Santander railway station

Santander
Main façade of the ADIF station
General information
LocationSantander, Cantabria, Spain
Coordinates43°27′33″N 3°48′41″W / 43.4591°N 3.8114°W / 43.4591; -3.8114
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)Adif

Feve

History
Opened11 October 1858
Passengers
20183,072,339 ()[1]

Santander railway station, also known as Santander ADIF to distinguish it from the Santander Feve station, is the main railway station of the Spanish city of Santander, Cantabria. It opened in 1858 and served over 3 million passengers in 2018. The station is actually a complex of two stations, one serving Renfe Iberian-gauge railways, and another adjacent serving FEVE metre-gauge services to Bilbao-Abando and Oviedo.

Services

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ADIF

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Alvia services use the Madrid–León high-speed rail line as far as Palencia, and switches to the conventional rail network to serve Santander, and one Media Distancia service operates on the classic line between Santander and Valladolid-Campo Grande. The Cercanías Santander commuter rail line also begins at the station.

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Torrelavega Alvia Terminus
Torrelavega
towards Alicante
Torrelavega Intercity
Renedo Media Distancia
20
Cercanías Santander
Valdecilla
toward Reinosa
  C-1   Terminus

FEVE

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Santander FEVE station building

The metre-gauge Feve Services from Santander link it with Liérganes and Cabezón de la Sal as a commuter service, and regional services to Oviedo and Bilbao. The Transcantábrico tourist train also stops here.[2]

Preceding station   Renfe Feve   Following station
Adarzo
toward Oviedo
  Regionales
R-2
  Terminus
Terminus   Regionales
R-3
  Valdecilla
toward Bilbao-Concordia
Preceding station   Cercanías Santander   Following station
Valdecilla
toward Cabezón de la Sal
  C-2f   Terminus
Valdecilla
toward Liérganes
  C-3f  

References

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  1. ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - SANTANDER". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ greenspain extract: "The remaining 650 km to the Atlantic coast are on the network of the FEVE" (Op the Google Map (See [1]) the distance is calculated at 641 km, estimated margin of error 0,5%).