Cartagena railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Cartagena in the Region of Murcia. It is the terminus of the Chinchilla–Cartagena railway, and the current station building opened in 1903.
Cartagena | |
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 Station building | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 37°36′17″N 0°58′29″W / 37.6048°N 0.974801°W |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe |
| Line(s) | Chinchilla–Cartagena |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018 | 213,773[1] |
Services edit
Cartagena is served by Media Distancia trains to Valencia-Nord and Altaria services to Madrid, all via Murcia del Carmen.
In 2018, the Alvia 730 service began, enabling travel times between Cartagena to Madrid of three hours and thirty-two minutes.[2]
Approximately 250 m (820 ft) southwest of the station is the terminus of the Cartagena-Los Nietos commuter rail line.
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
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| Torre Pacheco towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha
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Alvia | Terminus | ||
| Torre Pacheco towards Madrid Chamartín
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Intercity | |||
| Torre Pacheco towards Barcelona Sants
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| Torre Pacheco towards Miraflores
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Intercity | |||
| Torre Pacheco towards Valencia Nord
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Media Distancia 44
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Future edit
Work began in 2018 to prepare Cartagena station as the future terminus of the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network, due to reach the station in 2023.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Cartagena". ADIF. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "El tren híbrido permitirá viajar a Madrid en tres horas y media desde el lunes". La Verdad (in Spanish). 14 September 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "El AVE llegará a Cartagena con los últimos 800 metros soterrados en 2023". La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 22 February 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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