Latour-de-Carol

French commune
nomcommune=Latour-de-Carol

région=Languedoc-Roussillon
département=Pyrénées-Orientales
arrondissement=Prades
canton=Saillagouse
insee=66095
cp=66760
maire=Albert Truno
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Pyrénées Cerdagne
longitude=1.88972222222 |latitude=42.4658333333
alt moy=1,248 m
alt mini=1,209 m
alt maxi=2,080 m
hectares=1,263
km²=12.63
sans=367
date-sans=1999
dens=29
date-dens=1999

Latour-de-Carol ( _ca. La Tor de Querol) is a village and commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department and Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. It had a population in 1999 of 367.

Transport

The village's main claim to fame is as the site of the international railway station, Latour-de-Carol Enveitg ( _ca. La Tor de Querol-Enveig). This station is the terminus of three lines, all with different gauges:
* the Spanish state operator RENFE's 1688-mm gauge line running north from Barcelona via Ripoll
* the French state operator SNCF's 1435-mm gauge line running south from Toulouse via Foix
* SNCF's 1000-mm gauge line (known as the "Yellow Train") running west from Villefranche-de-Conflent

See also

* Break of gauge

External links

* [http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/stations_latour-de-carol.php Railways through Europe: Latour de Carol - Enveigt]