Murcia del Carmen railway station
Murcia del Carmen | |
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General information | |
Coordinates | 37°58′29″N 1°07′53″W / 37.9748°N 1.1315°W |
Owned by | Adif |
Operated by | Renfe |
Line(s) | Chinchilla–Cartagena |
Platforms | 2 |
Passengers | |
2018 | 1,788,607[1] |
Murcia del Carmen railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Murcia.
Services
The Cercanías Murcia/Alicante commuter rail network connects Murcia del Carmen with Alicante railway station and Águilas through lines C-1 and C-2. Alvia high speed services use the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network as far as Albacete, then the classic rail tracks to Murcia and on to Cartagena. Talgo services also operate to Valencia Nord and Barcelona Sants.
Future
The AVE high-speed rail system is due to be extended to Murcia in 2022 as part of the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network,[2] (and later, in 2023, as the starting point for the Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line) with platforms and track possibly being relocated underground.[3] In October 2017, protesters against the underground alignment blocked the track leading to the station, leading to multiple train cancellations.[4]
References
- ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Murcia del Carmen". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "First AVE high-speed trains in Murcia delayed until at least 2022". Murcia Today. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Could Cartagena AVE link re-open Hacienda Riquelme station?". Murcia Today. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Murcia trains back on track after four days of no service". Think Spain. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2019.