Santander railway station
Santander railway station, also known as Santander ADIF to distinguish it from the Santander Feve station, is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Santander, Cantabria. It opened in 1858 and served over 3 million passengers in 2018. The station is actually a complex of two stations, one serving Renfe Iberian-gauge railways, and another adjacent serving FEVE metre-gauge services to Bilbao-Abando and Oviedo.
Santander | |
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Main façade of the ADIF station | |
Location | Santander, Cantabria, Spain |
Coordinates | 43.4591°N 3.8114°W |
Owned by | Adif |
Operated by | Renfe |
Line(s) |
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History | |
Opened | 11 October 1858 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (2018) | 3,072,339 ( |
Services
ADIF
Alvia services use the Madrid–León high-speed rail line as far as Palencia, and switches to the conventional rail network to serve Santander, and one Media Distancia service operates on the classic line between Santander and Valladolid-Campo Grande. The Cercanías Santander commuter rail line also begins at the station.
Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
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Torrelavega toward Madrid Chamartín | Alvia | Terminus | ||
Torrelavega toward Alicante | Alvia | |||
Torrelavega toward Madrid Chamartín |
Intercity | Terminus | ||
Renedo toward Valladolid-Campo Grande | Media Distancia 20 | Terminus | ||
Preceding station | Cercanías Santander | Following station | ||
Valdecilla toward Reinosa |
C-1 | Terminus |
FEVE
The metre-gauge Feve Services from Santander link it with Liérganes and Cabezón de la Sal as a commuter service, and regional services to Oviedo and Bilbao. The Transcantábrico tourist train also stops here.[2]
Preceding station | Renfe Feve | Following station | ||
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Adarzo toward Oviedo |
Regionales R-2 |
Terminus | ||
Terminus | Regionales R-3 |
Valdecilla toward Bilbao-Concordia | ||
Preceding station | Cercanías Santander | Following station | ||
Valdecilla toward Cabezón de la Sal |
C-2f | Terminus | ||
Valdecilla toward Liérganes |
C-3f |
References
- "Adif - Información de estaciones - SANTANDER". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- greenspain extract: "The remaining 650 km to the Atlantic coast are on the network of the FEVE" (Op the Google Map (See ) the distance is calculated at 641 km, estimated margin of error 0,5%).