Murcia del Carmen railway station

Murcia del Carmen
The station exterior, built in 1863
General information
Coordinates37°58′29″N 1°07′53″W / 37.9748°N 1.1315°W / 37.9748; -1.1315
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)Chinchilla–Cartagena
Platforms2
Passengers
20181,788,607[1]

Murcia del Carmen railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Murcia.

Services

The Cercanías Murcia/Alicante commuter rail network connects Murcia del Carmen with Alicante railway station and Águilas through lines C-1 and C-2. AVE and Avlo high speed services use the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network to connect Murcia to Madrid. Talgo services also operate to Valencia Nord and Barcelona Sants.

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Orihuela-Miguel Hernández
towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha
 AVE Terminus
Orihuela-Miguel Hernández
towards Madrid Chamartín
Avlo
Archena-Fortuna
towards Madrid Chamartín
 Intercity Balsicas-Mar Menor
towards Cartagena
Orihuela-Miguel Hernández
towards Barcelona Sants
 Terminus
Balsicas-Mar Menor
towards Cartagena
Alhama de Murcia
towards Lorca-Sutullena
Albacete-Los Llanos
towards Madrid Chamartín
 Intercity Alhama de Murcia
towards Águilas
Beniel
towards Miraflores
 Balsicas-Mar Menor
towards Cartagena
Orihuela-Miguel Hernández
towards Alicante
 Media Distancia
43
 Librilla
towards Lorca-Sutullena
Beniel
towards Valencia Nord
 Media Distancia
44
 Balsicas-Mar Menor
towards Cartagena
Preceding station Cercanías Murcia/Alicante Following station
Terminus C-1 Beniel
towards Alicante
Alcantarilla-Los Romanos
towards Águilas
 C-2 Terminus

Future

Since 20 December 2022 the AVE high-speed rail system is serving Murcia via the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network[2][3] and construction works are ongoing for the Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line with extensive modifications for the train station in order platforms and track to be relocated underground.[4][5] In October 2017, protesters against the underground alignment blocked the track leading to the station, leading to multiple train cancellations.[6] The new station is expected to be finished by 2024 at a cost of 11 million euros.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Murcia del Carmen". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "El AVE Madrid-Murcia comenzará el servicio comercial el próximo 20 de diciembre". Renfe. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ "First AVE high-speed trains in Murcia delayed until at least 2022". Murcia Today. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Actuaciones Ferroviarias: Nueva estación intermodal de Murcia El Carmen". www.murciaaltavelocidad.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Could Cartagena AVE link re-open Hacienda Riquelme station?". Murcia Today. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Murcia trains back on track after four days of no service". Think Spain. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ^ Buitrago, Manuel (21 October 2023). "Montan la cubierta de la estación del AVE de Murcia para que abra el año que viene". www.laverdad.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.