Editing Transport in Gibraltar (section)

==Rail==
===Historical===
There are no extant railways in Gibraltar. There was formerly an extensive railway within the Gibraltar Dockyard, and neighbouring works and storage facilities. It included tunnels, one of which went through the [[Rock of Gibraltar]], and is still in use today as a road tunnel. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries there was also a temporary industrial railway in Gibraltar. At the period when both railways were operational, it was possible to travel right round the entire coastline of Gibraltar by train.<ref>[http://www.foghs.org.uk/nl/67.pdf Friends of Gibraltar Heritage Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327122347/http://www.foghs.org.uk/nl/67.pdf |date=27 March 2009 }}, December 2003, pp 7-8, ptovide full details.</ref> The dockyard railway had a roster of 17 locomotives, distinguished by numbers, but four of which also carried names: ''Gibraltar'', ''[[Catalan Bay|Catalan]]'', ''Rosia'', and ''[[Mons Calpe|Calpe]]''.

===Access to the rail system in Spain===
Whilst railway track extends to the outskirts of [[La Linea de la Concepcion|La Linea]] from the aborted [[San Roque-La Línea railway]] line expansion project in the 1970s,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europasur.es/lalinea/Linea-lleva-ochenta-esperando-primer_0_423857779.html|title=La Línea lleva más de ochenta años esperando que pase el primer tren|first=Europa|last=Sur|date=14 November 2010|website=Europa Sur}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps?q=36.175256,-5.359137|title=36°10'30.9"N 5°21'32.9"W|website=36°10'30.9"N 5°21'32.9"W}}</ref> the nearest actual railway station (in Spain) is ''"[[San Roque station|San Roque - La Línea]]"'' station on the [[Adif|ADIF]] [[Algeciras-Bobadilla railway]] line Junction via [[Ronda]].  In 2021, after details emerged about a possible accession agreement of Gibraltar into the Schengen Area, the Chief Minister [[Fabian Picardo]] commented on the potential of railway development upwards towards Europe.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Zrx0DdMLe5c Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210212055614/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrx0DdMLe5c Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2208&v=Zrx0DdMLe5c&feature=youtu.be| title = Fabian Picardo answers questions about Gibraltar's future relationship with EU #GBCviewpoint 2/2 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 15 January 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Until 1969 a ferry from Gibraltar provided convenient access to Algeciras station, which along with the railway line to Ronda was built by a British company known as the [[Algeciras Gibraltar Railway Company]].

===Access to the rail system in Morocco===
Ferries by ''FRS'' running twice a week from Gibraltar to [[Tanger-Med]] port provide access to the [[Rail transport in Morocco|Moroccan railway]] system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://goafrica.about.com/od/morocco/a/moroctraveltips_2.htm|title=Top Tips for Getting to and Around Morocco|access-date=6 July 2012|archive-date=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009202056/https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/judiciary-a-law?start=2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seat61.com/Morocco.htm|title=How to travel by train London to Morocco &#124; Train travel in Morocco|website=www.seat61.com}}</ref>