Almería railway station

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

Almería
New intermodal station building
General information
LocationAlmería, Andalusia, Spain
Coordinates36.83466°N 2.456159°W / 36.83466; -2.456159
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)
History
Opened1893[1]
Rebuilt2005
Passengers
2018198,179[2]

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.

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


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