Almería railway station explained

Almería
Style:Adif
Address:Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Coordinates:36.8347°N -2.4562°W
Opened:1893[1]
Rebuilt:2005
Owned:Adif
Operator:Renfe
Line:
Passengers:198,179[2]
Pass Year:2018

Almería railway station is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Almería, Andalusia.

History

Almería's railway station originally opened in 1893 as the terminus for the line to Madrid. In 2005, the railway and bus station were combined in a new location next to the old station building.

The number of passengers at the station has decreased considerably in the 2000s; in 2000 the station was used by 240,344 passengers, but had decreased to 107,409 in 2017.[3]

Services

Almería is served by Media Distancia trains to Linares Baeza and Granada, along with Intercity services to Madrid Atocha which takes around six hours.[4]

Future

Almería is the future terminus of the Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line, which will link Almería to Madrid Atocha via Murcia del Carmen, Albacete-Los Llanos and Cuenca–Fernando Zóbel.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Finishing touches for Almeria station. Euro Weekly News. 2 January 2021. 6 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Adif - Información de estaciones - Almería (Estación Intermodal). ADIF. 6 January 2020.
  3. Web site: El tortuoso camino de los trenes de Almería. El País. 28 June 2019. 8 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Our train in Spain was very far from plain. The Times. 9 July 2019. 3 April 2020.