Murcia del Carmen railway station
Murcia del Carmen railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Murcia.
Murcia del Carmen | |
|---|---|
 The station exterior, built in 1863 | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 37.9748°N 1.1315°W |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe |
| Line(s) | Chinchilla–Cartagena |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018 | 1,788,607[1] |
Services
The Cercanías Murcia/Alicante commuter rail network connects Murcia del Carmen with Alicante railway station and Águilas through lines C-1 and C-2. Alvia high speed services use the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network as far as Albacete, then the classic rail tracks to Murcia and on to Cartagena. Talgo services also operate to Valencia Nord and Barcelona Sants.
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha |
AVE | Terminus | ||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Madrid Chamartín | ||||
| Cieza towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha |
Alvia | Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | ||
| Archena-Fortuna towards Madrid Chamartín |
Intercity | |||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Barcelona Sants |
Terminus | |||
| Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | ||||
| Alhama de Murcia towards Lorca-Sutullena | ||||
| Albacete-Los Llanos towards Madrid Chamartín |
Intercity | Alhama de Murcia towards Águilas | ||
| Beniel towards Miraflores |
Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | |||
| Orihuela-Miguel Hernández towards Alicante |
Media Distancia 43 |
Librilla towards Lorca-Sutullena | ||
| Beniel towards Valencia Nord |
Media Distancia 44 |
Balsicas-Mar Menor towards Cartagena | ||
| Preceding station | Cercanías Murcia/Alicante | Following station | ||
| Terminus | C-1 | Beniel towards Alicante | ||
| Alcantarilla-Los Romanos towards Águilas |
C-2 | Terminus | ||
Future
The AVE high-speed rail system is due to be extended to Murcia in 2022 as part of the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network,[2] (and later, in 2023, as the starting point for the Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line) with platforms and track possibly being relocated underground.[3] In October 2017, protesters against the underground alignment blocked the track leading to the station, leading to multiple train cancellations.[4]
References
- "Adif - Información de estaciones - Murcia del Carmen". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- "First AVE high-speed trains in Murcia delayed until at least 2022". Murcia Today. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- "Could Cartagena AVE link re-open Hacienda Riquelme station?". Murcia Today. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- "Murcia trains back on track after four days of no service". Think Spain. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2019.