Almería railway station
Almería | |
|---|---|
New intermodal station building | |
| General information | |
| Location | Almería, Andalusia, Spain |
| Coordinates | 36°50′05″N 2°27′22″W / 36.83466°N 2.456159°W |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe |
| Line(s) | |
| History | |
| Opened | 1893[1] |
| Rebuilt | 2005 |
| Passengers | |
| 2024 | 322,886[2] |
Almería railway station is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Almería, Andalusia.
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 decreased considerably in the 2000s; in 2000 the station was used by 240,344 passengers, but had decreased to 107,409 in 2017.[3] In the 2020s numbers increased considerably.[2]
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
- ^ "Finishing touches for Almeria station". Euro Weekly News. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Las grandes estaciones de tren de Andalucía registraron en 2024 un 23 por ciento más de viajeros que el año anterior" [Andalusia's main train stations registered a 23% growth in passenger numbers in 2024 compared to the previous year]. ABC (in Spanish). Seville. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "El tortuoso camino de los trenes de Almería". El País. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Our train in Spain was very far from plain". The Times. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.