Málaga María Zambrano railway station (Spanish: Málaga María Zambrano) is the principal
railway station
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in the city
Málaga
Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...
in
Andalusia
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,
Spain
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on the
Córdoba-Málaga high-speed rail line. It is served by high-speed trains to
Madrid
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,
Barcelona
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as well as the
Cercanías Málaga and
Málaga Metro systems.
In 2017 the station served 6.1 million passengers, of which a million used Cercanías Málaga commuter services. It is named after
María Zambrano, a Spanish philosopher.
Layout
Málaga María Zambrano contains twelve platforms, of which two are underground and exclusively used by
Cercanías Málaga, which continue into the city centre to
Málaga Centro-Alameda railway station. There are eleven tracks available in the station of which five are of
standard gauge
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and used by
AVE services. The Málaga Metro's
El Perchel station is located outside María Zambrano station.
Facilities
Designed as a
public private partnership, Málaga María Zambrano operates as a Vialia
shopping mall
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containing various retail outlets including
Mercadona, MediaMarkt and
H&M. It is estimated that up to 50% of the customers of these outlets are not rail passengers.
Services
References
Railway stations in Andalusia
Buildings and structures in Málaga
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