Murcia del Carmen | |
|---|---|
 The station exterior, built in 1863 | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 37°58′29″N1°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.
The Cercanías Murcia/Alicante commuter rail network connects Murcia del Carmen with Alicante railway station and Águilas through lines C-1 and C-2. AVE and Avlo high speed services use the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network to connect Murcia to Madrid. Talgo services also operate to Valencia Nord and Barcelona Sants.
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha | AVE | Terminus | ||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Madrid Chamartín | ||||
| Avlo | ||||
| Archena-Fortuna towards Madrid Chamartín | Intercity | Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | ||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Barcelona Sants | Terminus | |||
| Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | ||||
| Alhama de Murcia towards Lorca-Sutullena | ||||
| Albacete-Los Llanos towards Madrid Chamartín | Intercity | Alhama de Murcia towards Águilas | ||
| Beniel towards Miraflores | Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | |||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Alicante | Media Distancia 43 | Librilla towards Lorca-Sutullena | ||
| Beniel towards Valencia Nord | Media Distancia 44 | Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | ||
| Preceding station | Cercanías Murcia/Alicante | Following station | ||
| Terminus | C-1 | Beniel towards Alicante | ||
| Alcantarilla-Los Romanos towards Águilas | C-2 | Terminus | ||
Since 20 December 2022 the AVE high-speed rail system is serving Murcia via the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network [2] [3] and construction works are on going for the Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line with extensive modifications for the train station in order platforms and track to be relocated underground. [4] [5] In October 2017, protesters against the underground alignment blocked the track leading to the station, leading to multiple train cancellations. [6] The new station is expected to be finished by 2024 at a cost of 11 million euros. [7]
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Madrid Atocha, also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes, is the first major railway station in Madrid. It is the largest station serving commuter trains (Cercanías), regional trains from the south and southeast, intercity trains from Navarre, Cádiz and Huelva (Andalusia) and La Rioja, and the AVE high speed trains from Girona, Tarragona and Barcelona (Catalonia), Huesca and Zaragoza (Aragon), Sevilla, Córdoba, Málaga and Granada (Andalusia), Valencia, Castellón and Alicante. These train services are run by Spain's national rail company, Renfe. As of 2019, this station has daily services to Marseille, France.
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The Madrid—Extremadura high-speed rail line is a rail line under construction, intended to link Madrid and Badajoz.
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