La Plana - Picamoixons railway station explained

La Plana – Picamoixons
Style:Adif
Type:Rodalies de Catalunya commuter and regional rail station
Borough:Valls (Alt Camp), Catalonia
Country:Spain
Coordinates:41.306°N 1.1949°W
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Opened:1863
Owned:Adif
Operator:Renfe Operadora

La Plana – Picamoixons is a railway station owned by adif located in the town of Picamoixons in the municipality of Valls, in the comarca of Alt Camp. The station is on the Tarragona-Reus-Lleida line, and it is served by trains of the R13 and R14 lines of the Rodalies de Catalunya, operated by Renfe Operadora.

This station entered service in 1863 when the section built by the Reus to Montblanc Railway Company between the Reus (1856) and Montblanc went into operation.[1]

Despite not being close to a significant population center, the station is of certain importance, as it is here that the line to Lleida bifurcates, one branch going to Reus and Tarragona and the other to Valls and Sant Vicenç de Calders.

In 2016, the station recorded the entry of 6,000 passengers.[2]

Line

Line 230 (Tarragona – Plana-Picamoixons – Lleida)

Railway services

Origin/DestinationPreceding stationRodalies de CatalunyaFollowing stationOrigin/Destination
Terminal¹Lleida – PirineusLa RibaMontblanc²VallsSant Vicenç de Calders Barcelona-Estació de França Barcelona-Sant Andreu Comtal
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  1. Some trains from R13 line originating from La Plana – Picamoixons and destination to Sant Vicenç de Calders.
  2. Some regional trains do not stop at La Riba or Vilaverd, with the next or previous stop being Montblanc.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Get to know line R14 . Generalitat de Catalunya . February 23, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113005341/http://www20.gencat.cat/portal/site/msi-dgac/menuitem.e045213d896fc73484276c10b0c0e1a0/?vgnextoid=087e89220ae7c210VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=087e89220ae7c210VgnVCM1000008d0c1e0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default . 2012-01-13 .
  2. Web site: Statistical Yearbook DPTOP 2016. Rail transport . Department of Territory and Sustainability.