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The Compañía de Ferrocarril del Noroeste de España began building the line, but went bankrupt before completing it in 1878. Prior to the bankruptcy, the company finished the line between León and Busdongo in the province of León , as well as between Pola de Lena and Gijón on the Asturian side.
There is no through service operating on the line in its entirety; with A Coruña to León direct trains being routed via Santiago de Compostela.However, Media Distancia services run from A Coruña to Monforte de Lemos, where Alvia trains use the second stretch of the line to León. [2]
The 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) section between La Robla and Pola de Lena is a double electrified track for maximum speeds of 275 kilometres per hour (171 mph). 80% of this section consists of tunnels of a total length of 40 kilometres (25 mi), including the 25 kilometres (16 mi) long Pajares Base Tunnel, the seventh longest railway tunnel in ...
The airport was inaugurated in 1991 by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, replacing the former San Carlos International Airport located in León. [3] The growing industrial activity in the Bajío region and the massive migration of Mexicans to the United States in recent decades has been reflected in a substantial increase in international air transport demand.
Leon del Muerte (born 1977) is a musician living in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is a guitarist, a vocalist, and also a founding member of the band Murder Construct. [1] He is a guitarist in Terrorizer LA, [2] and Lightbreaker [3] vocalist in Impaled, [4] and he was previously involved with the bands Nails, [5] Exhumed, Nausea LA, [6] Intronaut, [7] Phobia, [8] and Artificium Sanguis.
La Linea was, and still is, a supplier of fresh produce from its open and fertile land area as well as its population supplying workers, mainly for the Gibraltar Dockyard. This provision stopped with the total closure of the border by the Spanish government between 9 June 1969 [ 2 ] and 15 December 1982 [ 3 ] as a result of the dispute between ...
Cárcel la 21 (Prison 21) was a jail located in the San Sebastian neighborhood of Leon. It was a detention center which housed political prisoners and was a symbol of torture. [ 5 ] Construction began in 1910 and it was first occupied in 1921. [ 6 ]
Church of Nuestra Señora del Merdado, from the 11th century. Church of San Francisco , an active Catholic church, completed in 1791. Church of San Juan y San Pedro de Renueva , dating to 1944–1970, but including an 18th-century Baroque façade taken from the ruined monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza , located about 22 km (14 mi) outside the city.