The Compañia de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España (CCHNE), known simply as Norte, was a Spanish railway company founded on December 29, 1858. Its network was one of the most extensive in Spain, until it was nationalized in 1941, and integrated into the Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE).
Inauguration of the Northern Railway in San Sebastian on August 15, 1864.
The Barcelona-North Station, photographed around 1874
A 6100 series locomotive at La Cobertoria station (1925)
The locomotive 6103 of "Norte" at the Puerto de Pajares
The Estació del Nord or Estación del Norte, is a former main line railway station in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally opened in 1862, it was closed as a railway station in 1972. It is now used partly as a bus station, partly as a large multi-purpose sports hall, and partly as a police station. The sports hall is known as the Poliesportiu Estació del Nord, and was a 1992 Summer Olympics venue. The bus station is known as the Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord, and is Barcelona's principal terminal for scheduled medium and long-distance coach services.
The frontage seen from Plaça d'André Malraux
The original 1861 facade facing the park
North Station, Barcelona by Juan Laurent, c. 1864–1867, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
The facade, with sports hall behind