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On this tour you are going to discover the history of a train called “La Panderola”, meaning cockroach in Valencian, probably due to the black colour of the steam engines. Officially, its title was the “Tranvía a Vapor de Onda al Grao de Castellón”, meaning Steam Tram from Onda to Grao de Castelló, in English.
It was a narrow-gauge train, in other words 0.75 metres (29.5 inches approximately) between rails, and was operational in the La Plana region for 75 years, between 1888 and 1963. Its longest route, between El Grao de Castelló and Onda, covered 28 km (17.40 mile approximately). Its main purpose was to transport goods from the different municipalities of La Plana to the ports of Castelló and later Burriana, from which they were then exported. The most commonly-transported products were oranges, representing 30% to over 50% of the total cargo, followed by tiles, namely those made in Onda.
- Author: Universitat Jaume I, Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials
- Duration: 30 min.
- Publication date: 04-12-2025
La Panderola tour (Castelló, Spain)
Stops:
1. Grao Station (La Panderola Square, Grao Station)
2. Castelló Station (Borrull Square)
3. Escultor Viciano Street – La Paz Square (Escultor Viciano Street, on the corner of La Paz Square)
4. Pelayo del Castillo Street
5. The Trolleybus Network of La Plana (Herrero Street, 15 / Dávalos factory)
6. El Sequiol (Herrero Street, on the corner of Maestro Bretón Street)
To travel the Castelló-Grao-Castelló route (4 km, 2.5 miles):
The Castelló-Grao-Castelló bus leaves every 20 minutes from Borrul Square (Castelló) and La Panderola Square (Grao of Castelló), and follows the same route as to La Panderola.
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Universitat Jaume I, Facultat de Ciències Humanes I Socials.
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