Murcia del Carmen railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Murcia.
Murcia del Carmen | |
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 The station exterior, built in 1863 | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 37°58′29″N 1°07′53″W / 37.9748°N 1.1315°W |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe |
| Line(s) | Chinchilla–Cartagena |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018 | 1,788,607[1] |
Services
editThe 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
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AVE | Terminus | ||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Madrid Chamartín
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| Avlo | ||||
| Archena-Fortuna towards Madrid Chamartín
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Intercity | Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena
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| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Barcelona Sants
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Terminus | |||
| Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena
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| Alhama de Murcia towards Lorca-Sutullena
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| Albacete-Los Llanos towards Madrid Chamartín
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Intercity | Alhama de Murcia towards Águilas
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| Beniel towards Miraflores
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Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena
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| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Alicante
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Media Distancia 43
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Librilla towards Lorca-Sutullena
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| Beniel towards Valencia Nord
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Media Distancia 44
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Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena
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| Preceding station | Cercanías Murcia/Alicante | Following station | ||
| Terminus | C-1 | Beniel towards Alicante
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| Alcantarilla-Los Romanos towards Águilas
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C-2 | Terminus | ||
Future
editSince 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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- ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Murcia del Carmen". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "El AVE Madrid-Murcia comenzará el servicio comercial el próximo 20 de diciembre". Renfe. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "First AVE high-speed trains in Murcia delayed until at least 2022". Murcia Today. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Actuaciones Ferroviarias: Nueva estación intermodal de Murcia El Carmen". www.murciaaltavelocidad.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Could Cartagena AVE link re-open Hacienda Riquelme station?". Murcia Today. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Murcia trains back on track after four days of no service". Think Spain. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ 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.