Alicante railway station
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Alicante terminal is the central railway station of Alicante
, Spain
. Commonly referred locally as the RENFE
station, the station is part of Adif
system, and is a terminal station
.
The station accommodates RENFE long-distance and medium-distance trains, and it is the origin of lines C-1 and C-3 of Cercanías Murcia/Alicante
(suburban trains). The station is not related to the narrow gauge railway Alicante
-Dénia
managed by FGV
and part of the city's tram network
.
By 2012, AVE
(high-speed) railway is expected to reach Alicante. While a new intermodal station is to be constructed in place of the current terminal, a temporal terminal is to be utilized by the high speed trains.
from Madrid
on 4 January 1858. It took almost 10 years to construct a railway from Madrid to Alicante, which was carried out by Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante, a predecessor of RENFE
. Passenger services began on 1 March 1858, but the official opening awaited the arrival of Queen Isabella II
on 25 May 1858.
The initial design of the stations along the Almansa
-Alicante part of the railway was approved in 1853. Additional extensions to the projects were made in 1857. It was one of the largest terminals built in Spain in those years.
Between 1967 and 1968 the original facade of the Alicante station was completely rebuilt.
The station services Alicante and Murcia suburban areas with a frequency of 1 or 2 trains per hour on line C-1 and with eight trains per day on line C-3. The station is the origin for both lines and is located in tariff area 6 of the Cercanías Murcia/Alicante
netrwork.
, Cartagena
, Albacete
, Villarrobledo
, and Ciudad Real
as lines L-1 and L-2.
and Madrid
are the primary destinations of long-distance trains operated by Renfe
. Upon the construction of high-speed railway (AVE
) in 2012, a trip from Madrid
to Alicante
is expected to take less than 2 hours.
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
, Spain
Spain
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. Commonly referred locally as the RENFE
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
station, the station is part of Adif
Adif
Adif, an acronym of Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, is a Spanish state-owned company under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, charged with the management of most of Spain's railway infrastructure, that is the track, signalling and stations...
system, and is a terminal station
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
.
The station accommodates RENFE long-distance and medium-distance trains, and it is the origin of lines C-1 and C-3 of Cercanías Murcia/Alicante
Cercanías Murcia/Alicante
Cercanías Murcia/Alicante is a commuter rail service in Alicante province and Region of Murcia that connects Alicante and Murcia with San Vicente del Raspeig, Elche, Orihuela, Totana, Lorca, and Águilas. It runs through 200 km of railways with a total of 26 stations.- Lines :The cercanías...
(suburban trains). The station is not related to the narrow gauge railway Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
-Dénia
Dénia
Dénia is a city in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia, the judicial seat of the comarca of Marina Alta...
managed by FGV
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana or FGV is a public Valencian railway company which operates several metre gauge lines, in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, in Spain....
and part of the city's tram network
Alicante Tram
The Alicante Metropolitan TRAM operates in the Spanish city of Alicante and its surrounding area and, like other narrow gauge railways in the Valencian Community, is run by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana...
.
By 2012, AVE
AVE
Alta Velocidad Española is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . The name is literally translated from Spanish as "Spanish High Speed", but also a play on the word , meaning "bird".AVE trains run on a network of...
(high-speed) railway is expected to reach Alicante. While a new intermodal station is to be constructed in place of the current terminal, a temporal terminal is to be utilized by the high speed trains.
History
The first train arrived to AlicanteAlicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
from Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
on 4 January 1858. It took almost 10 years to construct a railway from Madrid to Alicante, which was carried out by Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante, a predecessor of RENFE
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
. Passenger services began on 1 March 1858, but the official opening awaited the arrival of Queen Isabella II
Isabella II of Spain
Isabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
on 25 May 1858.
The initial design of the stations along the Almansa
Almansa
Almansa is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia...
-Alicante part of the railway was approved in 1853. Additional extensions to the projects were made in 1857. It was one of the largest terminals built in Spain in those years.
Between 1967 and 1968 the original facade of the Alicante station was completely rebuilt.
Cercanías Murcia/Alicante
Cercanías Murcia/Alicante
Cercanías Murcia/Alicante is a commuter rail service in Alicante province and Region of Murcia that connects Alicante and Murcia with San Vicente del Raspeig, Elche, Orihuela, Totana, Lorca, and Águilas. It runs through 200 km of railways with a total of 26 stations.- Lines :The cercanías...
netrwork.
| Line | Route |
|---|---|
 |
Alicante - San Gabriel - Murcia del Carmen |
 |
Alicante - University of Alicante - San Vicente Center |
Medium-distance trains
The station is used by medium-distance RENFE trains such as Regional Express or Regional with services to Valencia, MurciaMurcia
-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
, Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...
, Albacete
Albacete
Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009....
, Villarrobledo
Villarrobledo
Villarrobledo is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.Villarrobledo has the world's largest area covered by vineyards as well as the world's greatest production of La Mancha wine, called in Spanish Denominación de Origen)...
, and Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 74,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles to the north. A high capacity...
as lines L-1 and L-2.
| Line | Route | Stops |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Valencia - Alicante Alicante Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest... - Murcia Murcia -History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village... - Cartagena Cartagena, Spain Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital... |
Valencia-Norte · Xàtiva · Villena · Sax · Elda-Petrer · Novelda · Alicante · San Gabriel · Torrellano · Elx Parc · Elx Carrús · Crevillent · Albatera-Catral · Callosa de Segura · Orihuela · Beniel · Los Ramos-Alquerías · Beniaján · Murcia-Estación del Carmen · Balsicas-Mar Menor · Torre-Pacheco · Cartagena |
| L2 | Alicante Alicante Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest... - Albacete Albacete Albacete is a city and municipality in southeastern Spain, 258 km southeast of Madrid, the capital of the province of Albacete in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The municipality had a population of c. 169,700 in 2009.... - Alcázar de San Juan Alcázar de San Juan Alcázar de San Juan is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain... - Ciudad Real Ciudad Real Ciudad Real is a city in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, with a population of c. 74,000. It is the capital of the province of Ciudad Real. It has a stop on the AVE high-speed rail line and has begun to grow as a long-distance commuter suburb of Madrid, located 115 miles to the north. A high capacity... |
Alicante · Elda-Petrer · Villena · Almansa · Albacete · La Gineta · La Roda · Minaya · Villarrobledo · Socuéllamos · Campo de Criptana · Alcázar de San Juan · Cinco Casas · Manzanares · Daimiel · Almagro · Ciudad Real-Central |
Long-distance trains
BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
and Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
are the primary destinations of long-distance trains operated by Renfe
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
. Upon the construction of high-speed railway (AVE
AVE
Alta Velocidad Española is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . The name is literally translated from Spanish as "Spanish High Speed", but also a play on the word , meaning "bird".AVE trains run on a network of...
) in 2012, a trip from Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
to Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
is expected to take less than 2 hours.
| Train | Destination | Intermediate stops | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euromed Euromed (train) Euromed is a high speed rail service which uses series 101 EMU rolling stock with bogies adapted for use on the 1,668mm Iberian gauge track. Traction current, supplied by overhead lines, can be either 3,000 volts, direct current or 25,000 volts, 50 Hz, alternating current... |
Barcelona-Sants Barcelona Sants railway station Barcelona Sants railway station or Sants Estació is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of the Spanish state... |
Valencia-Norte · Castellón de la Plana · Tarragona | 3-4 trains daily |
| Alaris Alaris Alaris is the brand name of the regional rail network run by the Spanish national rail company RENFE that connects the major cities of Madrid and Valencia, and Barcelona and the main cities of the Valencian community... |
Barcelona-Sants Barcelona Sants railway station Barcelona Sants railway station or Sants Estació is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of the Spanish state... |
Valencia-Norte · Sagunt · Castellón de la Plana · Benicàssim · Oropesa del Mar · Benicarló-Peñíscola · Vinaròs · L'Aldea-Amposta-Tortosa · Salou · Tarragona | 1 train per day except Sunday |
| Alvia Alvia Alvia is a high speed train in Spain used by RENFE for long distance service. The trains have the ability to use both Iberian gauge and standard gauge, which allows them to utilize the recently constructed high-speed lines for part of the journey before switching to the "classic" Iberian gauge... |
Madrid-Chamartín Chamartín Station Madrid Chamartín is the name of the second major railway station in Madrid, Spain. Positioned on the north side of the city, it was built prior to the time of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, between 1970 and 1975, although subsequent work would be carried on into the early 1980s. At that time it... |
Elda-Petrer · Villena · Almansa · Albacete · Alcázar de San Juan · Madrid-Atocha | 5-8 trains daily |
| Gijón-Cercanías | Elda-Petrer · Villena · Albacete · Madrid-Atocha · Madrid-Chamartín Chamartín Station Madrid Chamartín is the name of the second major railway station in Madrid, Spain. Positioned on the north side of the city, it was built prior to the time of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, between 1970 and 1975, although subsequent work would be carried on into the early 1980s. At that time it... · Segovia-Guiomar · Valladolid-Campo Grande · Palencia · Sahagún · León · Pola de Lena · Mieres-Puente · Oviedo |
1 train per day except Saturday | |
| Santander | Elda-Petrer · Villena · Albacete · Alcázar de San Juan · Aranjuez · Madrid-Atocha · Madrid-Chamartín Chamartín Station Madrid Chamartín is the name of the second major railway station in Madrid, Spain. Positioned on the north side of the city, it was built prior to the time of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, between 1970 and 1975, although subsequent work would be carried on into the early 1980s. At that time it... · Segovia-Guiomar · Valladolid-Campo Grande · Palencia · Aguilar de Campóo · Reinosa · Torrelavega |
1 train per day except Saturday | |
| Talgo Talgo Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. It is best known for a design of articulated railway passenger cars in which the wheels are mounted in pairs, but not joined by an axle, and being between rather than underneath the individual coaches... |
Barcelona-Sants Barcelona Sants railway station Barcelona Sants railway station or Sants Estació is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of the Spanish state... |
Elda-Petrer · Villena · Xàtiva · Valencia-Norte · Sagunt · Castellón de la Plana · Benicàssim · Oropesa del Mar · Benicarlò-Peníscola · Vinaròs · L'Aldea-Amposta-Tortosa · Cambrils · Salou · Tarragona | 2-3 trains daily |
| Murcia del Carmen | Elx Parc · Orihuela | 1-2 trains per day | |
| Cartagena | Elx Parc · Orihuela · Murcia del Carmen · Balsicas-Mar Menor · Torre-Pacheco | 1 train per day | |
| Talgo Mare Nostrum Talgo Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. It is best known for a design of articulated railway passenger cars in which the wheels are mounted in pairs, but not joined by an axle, and being between rather than underneath the individual coaches... |
Montpellier Saint-Roch Gare de Montpellier Saint-Roch Saint-Roch is the main railway station in Montpellier, France. The station was formerly known as Gare de Montpellier, but since March 2005 it bears the name of Saint Roch, a native of the city, who was born in the 14th century... |
Elda-Petrer · Villena · Xàtiva · Valencia-Norte · Castellón de la Plana · Benicàssim · Benicarlò-Peníscola · Vinaròs · La Aldea-Amposta-Tortosa · Cambrils · Salou · Tarragona · Barcelona-Sants Barcelona Sants railway station Barcelona Sants railway station or Sants Estació is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of the Spanish state... · Girona · Figueras · Portbou · Cervera de la Marenda · Perpiñán · Narbona · Béziers |
1 train per day |
| Lorca-Sutullena | Elx Parc · Orihuela · Murcia del Carmen · Alhama de Murcia · Totana | 1 train per day | |
| Altaria Altaria (rail service) Altaria is the brand name of a group of fast long-distance passenger railway services operated by Spanish national railway company Renfe Operadora and connecting Madrid to Algeciras, Alicante, Barcelona, Cádiz, Cartagena, Granada, Irún, Logroño, Murcia, Pamplona, and San Sebastián.Altaria trains... -Talgo Talgo Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. It is best known for a design of articulated railway passenger cars in which the wheels are mounted in pairs, but not joined by an axle, and being between rather than underneath the individual coaches... |
A Coruña-San Cristóbal | Elda-Petrer · Villena · Almansa · Albacete · Alcázar de San Juan · Madrid-Atocha · Madrid-Chamartín Chamartín Station Madrid Chamartín is the name of the second major railway station in Madrid, Spain. Positioned on the north side of the city, it was built prior to the time of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, between 1970 and 1975, although subsequent work would be carried on into the early 1980s. At that time it... · Collado Villalba · Ávila · Medina del Campo · Zamora · Puebla de Sanabria · La Gudiña · Ourense-Empalme · El Carballiño · Santiago de Compostela |
1 train on Sunday |
| Pontevedra | Elda-Petrer · Villena · Almansa · Albacete · Alcázar de San Juan · Madrid-Atocha · Madrid-Chamartín Chamartín Station Madrid Chamartín is the name of the second major railway station in Madrid, Spain. Positioned on the north side of the city, it was built prior to the time of the 1982 FIFA World Cup, between 1970 and 1975, although subsequent work would be carried on into the early 1980s. At that time it... · Collado Villalba · Ávila · Medina del Campo · Zamora · Puebla de Sanabria · La Gudiña · Ourense-Empalme · Guillarey · Redondela de Galicia · Vigo |
1 train on Sunday |