Vitoria-Gasteiz | |
|---|---|
 Station façade | |
| General information | |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe |
| Line(s) | Madrid–Hendaye |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018 | 546,767 [1] |
Vitoria-Gasteiz railway station is the main railway station in the Basque capital city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain.
Vitoria-Gasteiz railway station is one of the main stops on the Madrid–Hendaye railway. Half a dozen trains each day link the city with Madrid, using Alvia trains on the AVE infrastructure to reach Madrid in 3 hours 43 minutes. There are also connections to Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon and Bordeaux. There is a complete lack of rail services to Andalusia and no direct rail link with Bilbao.
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miranda de Ebro towards Madrid Chamartín | Alvia | Alsasua towards Hendaye | ||
| Miranda de Ebro towards A Coruña | Pamplona towards Barcelona Sants | |||
| Miranda de Ebro towards Vigo-Guixar | ||||
| Miranda de Ebro towards Gijón | ||||
| Miranda de Ebro towards Santa Apolónia | Trenhotel Surexpreso | San Sebastián towards Hendaye | ||
| Miranda de Ebro towards A Coruña | Intercity | Alsasua towards Hendaye | ||
| Miranda de Ebro towards Madrid Chamartín | Intercity | Alegría de Álava towards Irun | ||
| Terminus | ||||
| Terminus | Pamplona towards Barcelona Sants | |||
| Nanclares-Langraiz towards Valladolid-Campo Grande | Media Distancia 21 | Terminus | ||
| Nanclares-Langraiz towards Miranda de Ebro | Media Distancia 25 | Alegría de Álava towards Irun | ||
| Terminus | Media Distancia 26 | Alegría-Dulantzi towards Zaragoza-Delicias | ||
The Basque Y high-speed rail network is planned to connect Vitoria-Gasteiz with the French border, San Sebastián and Bilbao within 35 minutes. However, work on this project has been slow and there is no date for its inaugural run. [2] As part of these works, Vitoria-Gasteiz station will be rebuilt underground. [3]
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