Cuenca – Fernando Zóbel Railway Station is the new

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Cuenca, Spain Cuenca () is a city and municipality of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. It is the capital of the province of Cuenca. Etymology Its name may derive from the Latin ''conca'' meaning "river basin", referring ...

, located from the city centre. It is not to be confused with the historical train station, still in operation and located much closer to the city centre. The station is named after painter Fernando Zóbel to commemorate his links to the city. It occupies with of parking space. It is operated by RENFE and part of Adif and high-speed rail systems.

Facilities

is a popular day or weekend trip from

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, to which it is very well connected. On 2010 December 19 a new

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( high-speed rail) link was established on the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail line between Madrid – Atocha station and Cuenca – Fernando Zobel station, providing travellers with frequent connections everyday, and reducing the journey time to only 50 minutes. RENFE also operates a much cheaper, non high-speed service taking 3 hours going from Madrid (note that from Monday to Thursday, the train actually departs from the also touristic city of

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, although the

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connection from Madrid to

is included within the same ticket) and stopping at the historical station of Cuenca (much closer to the city centre, although not connected by rail to the high-speed station).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuenca-Fernando Zobel Railway Station Railway stations in Castilla–La Mancha Railway stations in Spain opened in 2010 Buildings and structures in Cuenca, Spain