Seville-Santa Justa railway station is the major railway station of the

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city of

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. It was opened in 1991La estación Santa Justa cumple 20 años con más de 120 millones usuarios
''Diario de Sevilla''. with the inauguration of the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line, and serves around 9.25 million passengers a year.

History

Seville's first main railway station was called , which was situated on the banks of the

Guadalquivir The Guadalquivir (, also , , ) is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is the only major navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable from the Gul ...

river as a terminus station for trains heading north of the city. A southern terminus known as the ''Cádiz station'' served southbound trains. As part of the preparations for the arrival of the

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, the rail tracks on the river bank were removed and the area redeveloped. The

Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line The Madrid–Sevilla high-speed line (NAFA or ''Nuevo Acceso Ferroviario a Andalucía'') is a Spanish railway line for high-speed traffic between Madrid and Seville. The first Spanish high-speed rail connection has been in use since 21 April 19 ...

was opened in 1992 with the new Santa Justa railway station connected via a tunnel to the underground San Bernardo railway station, allowing through services north to south.

Services

Station Sevilla-Santa Justa 15-03-2011 15-09-04

Santa Justa is the hub of the

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network, and is served by

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high-speed trains to

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and

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via Córdoba, and southward AVE services to Málaga María Zambrano and Granada via Antequera-Santa Ana.

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trains operate from Madrid to

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

via Santa Justa, as well as Larga and Media Distancia services to

Algeciras Algeciras ( , ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeci ...

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and Jaén. It is also served by six TUSSAM bus routes.

Projects

The MetroCentro

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line is projected to be extended to serve Santa Justa station. The proposed Line 2 of the Seville Metro will also serve the station if built.

References

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