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Almería railway station is the main railway station of the
Almería's railway station originally opened in 1893 as the terminus for the line to Madrid. In 2005, the railway and bus station were combined in a new location next to the old station building.
The number of passengers at the station has decreased considerably in the 2000s; in 2000 the station was used by 240,344 passengers, but had decreased to 107,409 in 2017.
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city of Almería
Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...
, Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
.
History
Almería's railway station originally opened in 1893 as the terminus for the line to Madrid. In 2005, the railway and bus station were combined in a new location next to the old station building.
The number of passengers at the station has decreased considerably in the 2000s; in 2000 the station was used by 240,344 passengers, but had decreased to 107,409 in 2017.
Services
Almería is served by Media Distancia trains to Linares Baeza andGranada
Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...
, along with Intercity services to Madrid Atocha which takes around six hours.
Future
Almería is the future terminus of theMurcia–Almería high-speed rail line
The Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line is an under-construction railway in the Region of Murcia and Andalusia in Spain.
History
Murcia and Almería were once linked by rail from Lorca to Guadix via Baza, however this line closed in 1985. W ...
, which will link Almería to Madrid Atocha via Murcia del Carmen, Albacete-Los Llanos and Cuenca–Fernando Zóbel.
References
Buildings and structures in Almería Railway stations in Andalusia Railway stations in Spain opened in 1893 {{Almería-struct-stub