Bobadilla railway station explained

Bobadilla
Style:Adif
Address:Bobadilla, Andalusia
Country:Spain
Coordinates:37.0375°N -4.7276°W
Line:
Platform:3
Opened:15 August 1865
Owned:Adif
Passengers:45,481[1]
Pass Year:2018

Bobadilla railway station (known in Spanish as estación de Bobadilla), is a southern Spanish railway station located west of the village of Bobadilla, Malaga Province.

Bobadilla is on the Córdoba–Málaga railway line and developed into a railway junction in the 19th century. However, it has become less important following Spain's investment in AVE high-speed services.

History

A branch line to Granada was built in the 1870s.

In 1891 the Algeciras-Bobadilla railway line was built to Algeciras from Bobadilla by the Algeciras Gibraltar Railway Company.[2]

On 30 March 1950, a mail train from Madrid to Málaga derailed on a set of points in Bobadilla station, killing 8 people and injuring 30.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adif - Información de estaciones - Bobadilla. ADIF. 5 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Ronda - Mr Henderson's Railway . 28 May 2017.