Railroad Route

Buscador

We start the walk in the old station of San Tirso de Abres, today restored for private housing, finding the first of the six tunnels just 300 m away, continuing next to the river Eo enjoying every moment of great panoramic views of the riverbed, of incalculable ecological and fish value, in which abound a large number of aquatic species, the most characteristic being trout, lamprey and salmon. Later the path crosses the N-640 road and leads us to an old power station built in 1932, located just before crossing another of the tunnels drilled in the rock, which leaves us close to the pedestrian walkway over the river Eo.

Shortly after the last tunnel we find some small masonry buildings “casetos”, with slate gable roof that served to house the coal used by the railroad. Following the route we reach the point where Galicia and Asturias come together, on the stream of O Cairo that acts as a natural divide. At this point the Asturian part of the route ends and we can choose to turn back or continue for 6 km. on asphalt until we reach the village of A Pontenova (Lugo), where four calcination furnaces that served to transform the ore transported by the railroad stand.