Pontevedra railway station

The station is located at the end of the Estación Avenue, next to the Portuguese Way in the neighbourhood of O Gorgullón, in the south of the city. There is also a stopping place in the north of the city, called Pontevedra Universidad.

The Pontevedra station passenger building is a two-floor structure with an elongated, rectangular plan, clad in stone and adorned in its main entrance with an arch in a triangular pediment. It was inaugurated on 8 August 1966. It is located in the south-east of the city near the Gafos River, where the station was transferred to replace the old central station in the Campolongo district.[2]

On 30 November 2000, the Vialia shopping centre opened in the station annex, where there are also 8 cinemas.[3]

Between 2013 and 2015, Pontevedra railway station underwent an overhaul of its track plan: all platforms and tracks were demolished while three new platforms and a new track bundle with two central through tracks and 5 tracks with a platform were built. A huge underground passage has been made to replace the old one, which is now transformed into a service gallery. Glass lifts were installed in all three platforms and pre-installation for 6 escalators was carried out, finally only two escalators were installed to go up to the 2 most used platforms.[4]

The station has long and medium distance services operated by Renfe on the Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line. It is also served by Avant services marketed as Media Distancia and Cercanías peri-urban (previously Media Distancia).

It also receives freight trains, many of them to the port of Marín and Ria de Pontevedra since 10 July 2002.[5]

The Vialia shopping center has eight cinemas with 1,488 seats. The area of influence is close to 400,000 inhabitants.[6]

There is a taxi stop in front of the station.

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  Platforms
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  Vialia shopping center
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  Vialia shopping center, main entrance