The Venta de Baños–Gijón railway is a Spanish railway linking

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality by population in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coa ...

Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

to the rest of the mainline Spanish rail network.

Route

The line branches from the

Madrid–Hendaye railway The Madrid–Hendaye railway, also known as the Madrid-Irún railway, General del Norte Line or Imperial Line, is a 641.6 km railway line linking the Spanish capital of Madrid with the French border at Irún and Hendaye, serving important norther ...

at Venta de Baños, and serves

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of ...

, León and

Oviedo Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...

before reaching Gijón. At León, the León–A Coruña railway starts.

Services

The

Cercanías Asturias Cercanías Asturias is a commuter rail service operating in Autonomous Community of Asturias, mainly in the central area of the region. History During the second half of the 20th century, Renfe operated several services on all the Iberian-ga ...

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

service operates to Puente de los Fierres from Gijón; and a Renfe Regional service runs the full length of the line from Gijón to Valladolid-Campo Grande, taking 5 hours and 43 minutes.

Future

The line is to be extended from its current Gijón terminus further into the city to

Cabueñes Cabueñes is a parish of the municipality of Gijón, in Asturias, Spain. Its population was 1,467 in 2012. Cabueñes is a residential area and a public services district which borders the municipality of Villaviciosa in the east. In this par ...

via a tunnel with underground stations. This project, known as Metrotrén Asturias, stalled in 2006, but is due to resume in 2019 and conclude in 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venta de Banos-Gijon railway Railway lines in Spain Railway lines opened in 1884 Iberian-gauge railways