San Roque railway station

San Roque-La Linea station
Railway Station
General information
LocationSan Roque, Andalusia
Spain
Coordinates36°12′50″N 5°25′56″W / 36.21389°N 5.43222°W / 36.21389; -5.43222
Owned byAdif
Line(s)Algeciras-Bobadilla railway
History
Opened1909
Passengers
201860,386[1]
Logistics Centre (goods station) San Roque.

San Roque station (called in the railway system San Roque-La Línea, due to the proximity of La Línea de la Concepción) is located in a neighbourhood belonging to the municipality of San Roque in the Cadiz province. The population of the neighbourhood is 2,582 inhabitants and it is situated between the river and the Guadarranque mountain. This neighbourhood is bordered by Taraguilla.

The neighbourhood was founded in 1909,[2] the date on which they built the railway station and surrounding neighbourhoods were established mainly from the nearby Ronda mountains leading to the neighbourhood.

Adif Station

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The importance of this neighborhood is that it is located ADIF railway station in the municipality of San Roque, which also provides service to La Linea de la Concepcion and Gibraltar, about 125,000 people in total. This station was opened in 1909 on the Algeciras-Bobadilla railway line and is an early stop on the Algeciras-Granada Renfe service with three trains a day.

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Ronda Intercity Algeciras
Terminus
Almoraima
towards Granada
Media Distancia Los Barrios
towards Algeciras

This station is being redesigned to allow greater accessibility to the disabled.[3]

Communications

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In addition to the railway station, the San Roque station can be accessed by the A-405, which connects to Gaucin, and exit 115 of the A-7. There are two roads, the CA-9203 and CA-9207, leading to the Pinar del Rey and Los Barrios, respectively.

The San Roque station is included in the fare system of the Metropolitan Transport Consortium of Campo de Gibraltar. It belongs to the AB zone (Central Bay Arc).

Bus routes stopping at the station San Roque
Line Way Office
M-121 Los Barrios - La Linea Comes
M-170 San Pablo - Jimena - Castellar - Algeciras Comes
M-270 San Pablo - Jimena - Castellar - La Linea Comes
City Buses
Buses in San Roque 1 San Roque City Centre - Rail Station Esteban

Services

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Freight

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A few miles north is the freight station of San Roque, one of the 19 stations of this kind in Spain, Adif maintained and operated by Renfe. The logistics terminal is the second busiest in Andalusia, Seville, just behind-the Bold.[4] It is accessible from the A-405.

References

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  1. ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - San Roque". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ Station San Roque marks a century and has prepared various events to celebrate
  3. ^ ADIF adjudicates over 112,000 euros for the station of San Roque - Southern Europe
  4. ^ terminal of San Roque, Andalusia, with a second of 31,121 teus traffic - Diario Sur