Our holiday this year was a trip to northern Spain. We travelled around using public transport, including the fantastic FEVE network of metre (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge lines.

It is an extensive network of 1,250 km (777 miles) of track travelling through towns, villages and some very spectacular countryside. It’s used by commuters, teenagers and families, but (when we were there) very few tourists. Trains are reasonable frequent, and make steady progress over what is mostly single line working with passing places in the stations. Prices are very reasonable. Our first journey lasted 2 hour 25 minutes (Santander to Llanes) and cost 7.80 Euro. Yes, that’s over two hours riding on a narrow gauge line for £ 6.70. Get in!

Here are some snaps to give you a flavour of the FEVE. Click on a image for a larger version.

I love old advertisements and at Oviedo station they had retained a large number of adverts made from ceramic tiles. Fascinating and super craftsmanship. Click for a larger version.

Here’s a selection of tickets. FEVE has been absorbed into the national Renfe network.

The FEVE is an extensive and complex network. It would be fascinating to explore it in more depth. If you get the chance it’s well worth a visit.

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Map of FEVE system by Enekorga used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license