Lleida Pirineus ("Lleida Pyrenees") is an important
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
serving the city of
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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, i ...
. It is located between the neighbourhoods of
Pardinyes and
Rambla de Ferran. The first train services in Lleida date of 1860, but the station wasn't built until 1927, and it did not adopt its current official name until 2003, when it underwent an ambitious reform. As a transport hub connecting the interior of Spain with the Corredor Mediterráneo, it serves both broad gauge and standard gauge trains, operated by both
Adif-
Renfe and
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (, "Catalan Government Railways"), or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain.
The lines operated include metro and commuter lines in and around the city o ...
. It is the terminus of several regional railway services centered in
Aragon
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and Catalonia. It's also one of the stations on the
Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line
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, and it was its north-eastern terminus until 2008.
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Name
Although Lleida is not located in the Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
mountain range, a part of the Catalan Pyrenees is located within the province of Lleida
The Province of Lleida (; Aranese Occitan: Lhèida ; es, Lérida ) is one of the four provinces of Catalonia. It lies in north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, and is bordered by the Provinces of ...
, and Lleida Pirineus station is the terminal station of FGC Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
that connects the city of Lleida with those mountains.
Rail services
Other transport
A bus station is currently projected immediately next to Lleida-Pirineus to replace the decaying one located in Carrer de Blondel.
References
External links
Lleida Pirineus
listing at Adif website
Lleida Pirineus
listing at Rodalies de Catalunya
Rodalies de Catalunya (, ; "Commuter Rail of Catalonia") is the main commuter and regional rail system in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It is administered by the Government of Catalonia and operated by the national rail operato ...
website
Information and photos of the station
at Trenscat.com
Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line
Railway stations in Catalonia
Buildings and structures in Lleida
Railway stations opened in 1927
Rodalies de Catalunya stations
Transport in Lleida
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