San Sebastián railway station

San Sebastián railway station, also known as Donostia-San Sebastián or Estación del Norte is the main railway station of the Spanish city of San Sebastián, Basque Country. It served over 2 million passengers in 2018.

Donostia-San Sebastián
Front façade
General information
LocationSan Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates43°19′04″N 1°58′36″W / 43.3177°N 1.9768°W / 43.3177; -1.9768
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)
History
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
20182,146,772[1]

Services edit

Alvia services use the Madrid–León high-speed rail line as far as Valladolid-Campo Grande, and switches to the conventional rail network to serve Vitoria-Gasteiz and San Sebastián before reaching Irun. The Barcelona Sants to Irun Alvia service uses the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line to Zaragoza-Delicias before switching to conventional tracks to San Sebastián. The Cercanías San Sebastián commuter rail line also serves the station.

At present, no connection exists to Bilbao by Renfe tracks; however travel between the two cities by the Euskotren Trena metre-gauge network is provided between Matiko station in Bilbao and Donostia-Amara station.

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Tolosa Alvia Irun
towards Hendaye
Zumárraga
Zumárraga
towards A Coruña
Intercity
Tolosa Intercity Alegría de Álava
towards Irun
Tolosa Media Distancia
25
Pasajes
towards Irun
Preceding station Cercanías San Sebastián Following station
Loiola
towards Brinkola
C-1 Gros
towards Irun

Future edit

The Basque Y high-speed rail network will connect San Sebastián station to Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao-Abando in 34 and 38 minutes respectively.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - San Sebastián - Donostia". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Fomento admite que el TAV vasco será más lento de lo previsto". EITB. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-04-15.