Lleida Pirineus railway station

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Lleida Pirineus
Estacio Lleida-Pirineus.jpg
The main entrance of the station.
General information
LocationCarrer Príncep de Viana
43765 Lleida
Spain
Owned by Adif
Operated by Renfe Operadora
Line(s)
Platforms3 island platforms
Tracks9 (2 in standard gauge and 7 in iberian)
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Local and interurban buses
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code78400
History
Opened3 May 1860 (1860-05-03)
Passengers
20181,500,703 [1]

Lleida Pirineus ("Lleida Pyrenees") is an important railway station serving the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Pardinyes and Rambla de Ferran. The first train services in Lleida date of 1860, but the station wasn't built until 1927, and it did not adopt its current official name until 2003, when it underwent an ambitious reform. As a transport hub connecting the interior of Spain with the Corredor Mediterráneo, it serves both broad gauge and standard gauge trains, operated by both Adif-Renfe and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. It is the terminus of several regional railway services centered in Aragon and Catalonia. It's also one of the stations on the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line, and it was its north-eastern terminus until 2008. [2]

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Name

Although Lleida is not located in the Pyrenees mountain range, a part of the Catalan Pyrenees is located within the province of Lleida, and Lleida Pirineus station is the terminal station of FGC Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line that connects the city of Lleida with those mountains.

Rail services

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Zaragoza–Delicias AVE Camp de Tarragona
Camp de Tarragona
Zaragoza–Delicias Camp de Tarragona
Zaragoza–Delicias
Zaragoza–Delicias
towards Bilbao Abando
Alvia
Zaragoza–Delicias
towards Hendaye
Zaragoza–Delicias
towards A Coruña
Zaragoza–Delicias
towards Vigo-Guixar
Zaragoza–Delicias
towards Gijón
Zaragoza–Delicias Trenhotel
Galicia
Terminus Avant
Binéfar Media Distancia Terminus
Preceding station Rodalies de Catalunya.svg Rodalies de Catalunya Following station
Terminus R12
Bell-lloc d'Urgell
R13 Artesa de Lleida
R14
FGC
Terminus  RL1   Alcoletge
toward Balaguer
  RL2   Alcoletge
toward La Pobla de Segur

Other transport

A bus station is currently projected immediately next to Lleida-Pirineus to replace the decaying one located in Carrer de Blondel.

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References

  1. "Adif - Información de estaciones - Lleida - Pirineus". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. Ferropedia

Coordinates: 41°37′15″N0°37′58″E / 41.62083°N 0.63278°E / 41.62083; 0.63278