The line opened 1915, and the station opened in July, 1928 as the biggest station of Europe at that time. With a length of 241 meters and 75 doors on each side, the station is impressive. It also has an interesting history from WWII.
The village of Canfranc is quite small, but a huge station was needed to transfer passengers and cargo between the French standard gauge (1485 mm) to the Spanish gauge (1672 mm).
The line wasn't profitable and it was shut down after a derailment accident on the French side 1970, since SNCF decided not to repair the line.
Currently, there is still some traffic to the station from the Spanish side.
The last pictures are from another closed station along the line.
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