Huesca railway station serves the city of

Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

in the province of the same name,

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. The station is a terminus with four platforms faces and six tracks. It was opened in 2001, replacing an earlier station that had opened in 1864 along with the Zaragoza to Huesca railway. The old station was demolished not long after the opening of the new one. In 2016, the station was used by around 150,000 passengers.

Location

The station is located at kilometre point 88.536 on the line from Zaragoza to France via

Canfranc Canfranc () is a municipality in the Aragón Valley of north-eastern Spain consisting of two villages, the original village and ''Canfranc Estación'', which developed with the establishment of Canfranc International railway station to serve railw ...

, at 458 metres above sea level.

Infrastructure

Until 2006, the station was the only one in Spain in which trains heading towards Canfranc and the

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had to enter the station before then reversing out again to take the junction to Canfranc, around 500 metres outside the station. In 2007, Adif finished the Huesca rail bypass. Since then, regional trains from Zaragoza to

Jaca Jaca (; in Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón River, situated at the crossing of two great ea ...

and Canfranc reverse in the station. The station has four platform faces and six tracks: * Two tracks for high speed

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services, and

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* Four tracks for regional traffic, and not electrified Although the line from Huesca to

Tardienta Tardienta is a municipality located in Huesca Province, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de ...

has standard gauge tracks and is electrified at 25 kV, it is not a high speed line, and trains travel along this section at conventional speeds.

References

Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line Railway stations in Spain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Spain opened in 2001 {{Spain-railstation-stub