The tourist train traveling along the Tinto River in 2014.
Overview
Native name
Ferrocarril Turístico Minero
Locale
Spain, Huelva
Transit type
Tourist train
Operation
Began operation
4 November 1994
Operator(s)
Fundación Río Tinto
Technical
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
The Tourist Mining Train is a Spanish tourist train that travels along the historic Riotinto Railway, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia. The first railway services were started in 1994 by the Río Tinto Foundation, using historical rolling stock. The tourist train is part of the Rio Tinto Mining Park,[1] constituting one of its most attractive elements.
The total distance covered by the tourist train is about 22 kilometers,[2] including the round trip.
^Bayón Mariné (2009), p. 707
^García, Delgado & Felicidades (2013), p. 137
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