The Torrijos railway station is

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owned by ADIF that serves the Spanish municipality of Torrijos,

province of Toledo Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo. ...

History

The 2-storey historicist station—built in

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and featuring round-

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windows and doors— was inaugurated on 20 June 1876, by means of the opening of the 85.42 kilometre-long Madrid–Torrijos stretch of the Madrid–Extremadura line. Soon after, the Torrijos– Talavera de la Reina stretch (48.76 km), was inaugurated on 13 July 1876. At 17:40 on 14 January 2019, a derailment (with no injuries) occurred 500 metres from the station. According to Renfe, it was a case of

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;Citations ;Bibliography * Buildings and structures in the Province of Toledo Railway stations in Castilla–La Mancha Railway stations in Spain opened in 1876 {{Spain-railstation-stub

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