Huesca railway station explained

Huesca
Style:Adif
Address:C/ José Gil Cávez, 10, 22005 Huesca
Country:Spain
Coordinates:42.1336°N -0.4097°W
Elevation:4580NaN0
Map Type:Spain
Owned:Adif
Operator:Renfe
Line:
  • Tardienta–Canfranc (PK 21.9)
  • Zaragoza–Huesca (high-speed) (PK 84.2)
Platforms:2
Tracks:6
Opened:2001
Passengers:200,752[1]
Pass Year:2018

Huesca railway station serves the city of Huesca in the province of the same name, Aragon, Spain. The station is a terminus with four platforms faces and six tracks. It was opened in 2001, replacing an earlier station that had opened in 1864 along with the Zaragoza to Huesca railway. The old station was demolished not long after the opening of the new one.

In 2016, the station was used by around 150,000 passengers.[2]

Location

The station is located at kilometre point 88.536 on the line from Zaragoza to France via Canfranc, at 458 metres above sea level.

Infrastructure

Until 2006, the station was the only one in Spain in which trains heading towards Canfranc and the Pyrenees had to enter the station before then reversing out again to take the junction to Canfranc, around 500 metres outside the station. In 2007, Adif finished the Huesca rail bypass. Since then, regional trains from Zaragoza to Jaca and Canfranc reverse in the station.

The station has four platform faces and six tracks:[3]

Although the line from Huesca to Tardienta has standard gauge tracks and is electrified at 25 kV, it is not a high speed line, and trains travel along this section at conventional speeds.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adif - Información de estaciones - Huesca. ADIF. 3 September 2019.
  2. Web site: La estación 'fantasma' del AVE en Yebes: 11 millones para sólo 200 viajeros al día. La Información. 21 May 2017. 2 September 2019. Spanish.
  3. Web site: Adif. Estación de Huesca. es.