Ramal Alquife – Calahorra : Patrimonio Minero de Andalucía oriental

	ID
	Codigo
	Nombre
	Clave de Zona

	Via
	Empresa

	Carga
	Cantidad
	Implementation
	Cerrar
	Tipo
	Duración del Via

	Localisation
	Clave
	Observación		Funktion in Station Calahorra unklar da Zug zuruecksetzen muss, Zugbeladung usw. schlecht dokumentiert

	Pagina
	Estado

	Cargaderos		Cargadero Minas de Marquesado - Cable Ingles
	Material/Técnica		Spur 1,668 mm ( Spanien ) , Waggons bis 54 t , bis 20 Wagen / Zug

FC = Ferrovia || CA = Cable Aero ( p-pequenio,g-grande ) || FCM Ferrovia de Minero || FCVE Tren/ Ferrovia a Via Estrecha

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Minas de Alquife
A TODO TREN: THE ALMERIA – LINARES LINE ( By Antonio Aguilera and Domingo Cuéllar)
Linares a Almería (Línea FC)
Alquife a La Calahorra (Línea FC)
5.3.4 La Calahorra-Ferreira – Cerro de Alquife

Text by Antonio Aguilera and Domingo Cuéllar

Once the first few kilometres were in place, the mining companies began to consider linking their mines to the railway. One of the first to do so was the Alquife mine. It constructed a line to link the deposits situated in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the line at La Calahorra and Ferreira. This branch, which was for commercial traffic only, commenced service on 27th December 1899 and operated continuously until 1973 when the mine closed.In 1905, a new company was formed In the Alquife region, the Bairds’ Mining Company. It also intended to transport iron ore to Almería. In tough competition with Alquife mines, William Baird needed to construct his own railway to link up with the Almería -Linares line. This went to Huéneja y Dólar station and opened on 20th September 1916. Like his competitor earlier, Baird also had to construct his own pier. This new pier had a long and active life and in the middle of the 70’s was extensively modified to cause much less disturbance to the population. All activity ceased when operations closed in October 1996.

Image : Cargadero at the mine ( for both Lines )– IKIMAP