Cartagena railway station

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Cartagena
Cartagena estacion.jpg
Station building
General information
Coordinates37°36′17″N 0°58′29″W / 37.6048°N 0.974801°W / 37.6048; -0.974801Coordinates: 37°36′17″N 0°58′29″W / 37.6048°N 0.974801°W / 37.6048; -0.974801
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)Chinchilla–Cartagena
Platforms3
Passengers
2018213,773[1]

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.

Services[]

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
toward Madrid Puerta de Atocha
AlviaTerminus

toward Madrid Chamartín
    Terminus

toward Barcelona Sants
   



toward
    Terminus
toward Valencia Nord
Media Distancia
44
Terminus

Future[]

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[]

  1. ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Cartagena". ADIF. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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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