| Box Width: | auto |
| Bayonne - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway | |
| System: | SNCF |
| Status: | Operational |
| Locale: | France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) |
| Start: | Bayonne station |
| End: | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port station |
| Open: | 1891 - 1898 |
| Owner: | RFF |
| Operator: | SNCF |
| Linelength: | 52km (32miles) |
| Tracks: | Single track[1] |
| Electrification: | [2] |
| Map State: | collapsed |
The Bayonne - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway is a French 52-kilometre long railway line, that connects the Bayonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, running through the foothills of the Pyrenees. The railway was opened fully in 1898.
The Bayonne - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway leaves the Bayonne station in a southerly direction. It crosses the river Adour south of Bayonne town centre, and then splits with the Toulouse-Bayonne railway and Bordeaux-Irun railway. It continues through valleys within the Pyrenees until it reaches Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port station, its south-eastern terminus.
The line opened in 3 sections between 1891 and 1898 as follows:
Between 1930 and 1931 the line was electrified to, however in May 2010 the line was de-electrified to reduce the costs of renewing the electrical equipment.
As of 2014 no trains run south from Cambo-les-Bains and a rail replacement bus service is used from this station onwards to SJPP. The rails are rusty and there are weeds growing up between the crossties. The line hugs a river valley and in places is only 20 feet above the Nive river. At one point, where the line crosses the river on a truss bridge, the ballast has been washed away over a distance of about 30 feet and the rail and crossties are suspended in mid-air. There is a collection of driftwood at this point; evidence of flood damage (probably at this location: 43.256303, -1.320315).
The line was reopened on November 22, 2015.
The Bayonne - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway is used by the following passenger services: