Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: gorge

It's the sheer scale of it really but if steam engines still ran on the metre gauge Alicante - Dénia Line there is no doubt that they would be working so hard that the exhaust would make a train passing through the Garganta de Gata gorge much more obvious! The gorge cuts through a line of mountains made up of Cretaceous limestone which is very actively being quarried. Sadly all the crushed rock is transported out by road. A FGV Stadler dual-traction tram-train is seen about to enter the third tunnel in this section on its way to Dénia. The line opened in 1911 and has been upgraded over the last decade reopening throughout in 2023. The Mediterranean Sea and the mountains behind Valencia city are just visible in the far distance. The fence is in there. It may take some finding but so does the train-tram!! HFF to everyone. Enjoy the weekend.