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Tharsis Railway

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The course of the 1220 mm (4 foot) gauge Tharsis Railway crosses from top middle (the motorway overbridge is visible) to middle right in this view from the embankment of the Ayamonte - Gibraleón railway. There was a connecting line here between the two systems, running top middle to middle left; I have no information on how the break of gauge was managed.