Alicante railway station

Alicante Terminal (Valencian: Alacant Terminal) is the central railway station of Alicante, Spain. Commonly referred locally as the RENFE station, the station is part of Adif system, and is a terminal station.

Alacant Terminal
Two AVE Class 100 trains at the Alicante terminal.
LocationAvenida de Salamanca, Alicante
Spain
Coordinates38°20′40″N 0°29′41.9″W
Owned byadif
Line(s)Alaris, Altaria, Alvia, Euromed, Talgo
L-1, L-2 (Valencia, Cartagena, Ciudad Real)
, (Murcia, San Vicente del Raspeig)
History
Opened1858
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
20183,817,535[1]

The station accommodates RENFE long-distance and medium-distance trains, and it is the origin of lines C-1 and C-3 of Cercanías Murcia/Alicante (suburban trains). The station is not related to the narrow gauge railway Alicante-Dénia managed by FGV and part of the city's tram network.

In 2013, AVE (high-speed) railway reached Alicante. While a new intermodal station is to be constructed in place of the current terminal, a temporal terminal is to be utilized by the high speed trains.[2][3]

History

Alicante Terminal in 2005

The first train to Alicante arrived from Madrid on 4 January 1858. It took almost 10 years to construct a railway from Madrid to Alicante, which was carried out by Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Madrid a Zaragoza y Alicante, a predecessor of RENFE. Passenger services began on 1 March 1858, but the official opening awaited the arrival of Queen Isabella II on 25 May 1858.[4]

The initial design of the stations along the Almansa-Alicante part of the railway was approved in 1853. Additional extensions to the projects were made in 1857. It was one of the largest terminals built in Spain in those years.[4]

Between 1967 and 1968 the original facade of the Alicante station was completely rebuilt.[4]

Services

Preceding station   Renfe Operadora   Following station
AVETerminus
toward A Coruña
AlviaTerminus
toward Gijón
Alvia
toward Pontevedra
Alvia
toward Santander
Alvia
EuromedTerminus
Valencia Nord
toward Barcelona Sants
  Talgo   Terminus
Elda-Petrel
toward Barcelona Sants
  Talgo   Elche-Parque
toward Murcia del Carmen
Elda-Petrel
toward Barcelona Sants
  Talgo "Mare Nostrum"   Elche-Parque
toward Cartagena or Lorca-Sutullena
Novelda
toward Miraflores
  Intercity   Sant Gabriel
toward Cartagena
TerminusMedia Distancia
43
Sant Gabriel
Novelda-Aspe
Media Distancia
44
Sant Gabriel
toward Cartagena
Elda-Petrer
toward Ciudad Real
Media Distancia
45
Terminus
Elda-Petrer
toward Jaén
Media Distancia
61
Terminus
Preceding station   Cercanías Murcia/Alicante   Following station
San Gabriel
toward Murcia del Carmen
  C-1   Terminus
Terminus   C-3   Universidad de Alicante
toward San Vicente Centro

References

  1. "Adif - Información de estaciones - Alicante". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. La estación provisional del AVE podría mantenerse diez años., laverdad.es, 04.05.2010 (in Spanish)
  3. El AVE a Alicante se retrasa hasta finales de 2013, elpais.es, 12.06.2012 (in Spanish)
  4. 150 Year Anniversary of Madrid-Alicante Railroad Generalitat Valenciana (in Spanish)
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