A tourist train (Tren del Ciment)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Tren del Ciment
Date:	14/09/08 (131 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good route

Disadvantages: none

When we were on holiday in the Spanish Pyrenees somewhere I wanted to visit was the Jardins Artigus near la Pobla de Lillet and Castellar de n'hug .We decided to catch the tourist train Ferrocarril Turístic de l'Alt Llobregat. The train line is about 3 1/2 KM

This train once was the train that used to run cement from the cement factory at Casteller de n'Hug. This train is really a tourist train now it runs from the train museum at Pobla to the cement factory museum nr Casteller de n'hug where there are guided tours.

There are 4 stations on this line We got on at the Pobla de Lillet by the train museum.
The train stops in the centre of Pobla after 4 or 5 minutes.Then about 8 minutes later stops by the entrance to the Jardins Artigus. Then it continues to the cement factory museum. From the start the complete journey to the ceiment factory, where it terminates takes about 20 minutes. We did the complete journey but in two stages looking round the Jardfins Artigus then catching the train onto the cement museum.

We got to the end of the line at the museum but discovered we had got there at the beginning of the 2 hour lunch break ............................. We should have checked before we began our journey. The train turns round here and returns back to Pobla ten minutes later. We had got off the train and walked away so had to catch the next train back an hour later. There is a café at the station here so we had a drink and we could have had something to eat but I had a picnic with us so we walked of and found somewhere to eat. Returning to Pobla de lillet we looked around the small railway museum by the side of the station

The timetable is quite good trains run hourly check the timetable at http://www.fgc.net/accesible/eng/ociturisme/tren_t uristic.htm as they differ depending on the season. The hour between trains was ideal for us to walk around the jardins Artigus, and I think would have been ok at the ciment museum. However we did not go into the museum, something to do another year.

This train journey its self is good, goes on a scenic route and is a pleasant journey a good way of getting to both the gardens and the museum adding a little extra to the day out. The train goes through some fantastic mountain views round corners over a bridge
If you wish to see a video of this train journey go to http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=MmgTdeHDDg0 see

If you are going to this area I would recommend this journey and looking around the jardins Artigus and the train museum. I would like to go again and visit the ciment factory
This journey cost us 5 euros its 2.50 for a child special rates for groups. If you wish to go , or get further info go to http://www.ferrocarrilturistic.cat/ .Have a good time if you should go on this train , we did .

Summary: A tourist train