Ciudad Real railway station

Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real
Coordinates	38°59′05″N 3°54′48″W / 38.9848°N 3.9132°WCoordinates: 38°59′05″N 3°54′48″W / 38.9848°N 3.9132°W
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe
Line(s)	Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line; Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz;
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2018	1,298,894

Ciudad Real railway station (Spanish: Estación de Ciudad Real) is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. Located on the AVE high-speed rail line from Madrid Atocha to Seville-Santa Justa and Málaga María Zambrano, travel to Madrid can be achieved in under an hour.

History[]

The station was built in 1992 with the arrival of the AVE line, over the site of an older station which originally opened in 1880. The arrival of the high-speed line to Ciudad Real has been credited with revitalising the city due to the short travel time to Madrid.^[2]

Services[]

Along with aforementioned AVE services to Madrid, Seville and Málaga; Alvia trains operate on from Madrid on the high-speed line and continuing on the classic Iberian gauge tracks to Cádiz, stopping at Ciudad Real. Altaria services operate between Madrid Atocha and Algeciras stopping at Ciudad Real, and Media Distancia trains to Alicante, Villena and Alcázar de San Juan.

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora	Following station
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus	AVE	toward Seville-Santa Justa
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus	AVE	toward Málaga María Zambrano
Zaragoza-Delicias toward Barcelona Sants	AVE	toward Seville-Santa Justa
Zaragoza-Delicias toward Barcelona Sants	AVE	Córdoba toward Málaga María Zambrano
Cuenca-Fernando Zóbel toward Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla	AVE	toward Seville-Santa Justa
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus	Alvia	toward Cádiz
Madrid Puerta de Atocha toward Santander	Alvia
Madrid Puerta de Atocha toward Gijón	Alvia
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus		toward Algeciras
toward Alicante	Media Distancia 45	Terminus
toward Madrid Chamartín	Media Distancia 58	Terminus
toward	Media Distancia 60	toward Badajoz
Madrid Puerta de Atocha Terminus	Avant 85	Terminus

References[]

^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - CIUDAD REAL - CENTRAL". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
^ "Breaking Down the Cost Benefit of High-Speed Rail". Green Tech Media. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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[1] "Adif - Información de estaciones - CIUDAD REAL - CENTRAL". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[2] "Breaking Down the Cost Benefit of High-Speed Rail". Green Tech Media. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2019.

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