The station was nicknamed the Titanic of the Mountains.
The ambitious project involved dozens of bridges and a series of tunnels drilled through the mountains.
Unfortunately, the railway line never became profitable.
For the short period the station operated, it saw as few as 50 passengers a day.
The biggest flaw with the railway link was that gauges used by both countries were incompatible with each other.
The French rail standard gauge was of 1,435 millimeters, while the Spanish gauge was of 1,672 millimeters.
Likewise goods and freight had to be unloaded and reloaded into another train.
The process was excruciatingly slow.
But since the last few years, things have been in motion again.
Some years ago, the Aragon government bought the place and promised to transform the building into a hotel.
Already there are two trains bringing tourist and urban explorers from Saragossa to Canfranc every day.
The French regional government based in Bordeaux is also eager to reopen the line on its side.
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