Mérida-Los Rosales railway

The Mérida-Los Rosales railway is a Spanish railway line that connects the Extremaduran city of Mérida with Zafra and Los Rosales in Andalusia, a railway junction near to Seville.

Mérida-Los Rosales railway line
The line near Pedroso
Overview
Statusin use
OwnerADIF
LocaleExtremadura, Andalusia, Spain
Termini
Stations16 open, 2 closed
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)Renfe
History
Opened16 January 1885
Technical
Line length204.3 km (126.9 mi)
Number of tracks1
Track gaugeIberian
Electrificationno
Route map

Aljucén
0.0
Mérida
to Puertollano
6.5
Calamonte
29.6
Almendralejo
43.7
Villafranca de los Barros
56.8
Los Santos de Maimona
63.8
Zafra Feria
65.2
Zafra
86.7
Usagre-Bienvenida
105.6
Llerena
118.3
Fuente del Arco
130.3
Guadalcanal
143.3
Alanís
155.3
Cazalla-Constantina
171.7
Pedroso
195.5
Villanueva del Río Minas
199.2
Alcolea del Río
202.1
Tocina
204.7
Los Rosales

The railway line is 204.3km long, it is Iberian gauge (1668mm), non electrified and on a single track. It has been owned by many railway operators, currently it is owned by Adif and it is catalogued as line 516.

History and Traffic

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The concession for the line was given in 1869, and work progressed slowly over the next few years, culminating in 1885. There are a number of different services that use the line. Services that use the full line are Media Distancia and Regional Exprés services, mostly running from Cáceres to Sevilla Santa Justa. The Cercanías Sevilla line C-3 uses the line up to Cazalla-Constantina, and services along the Zafra-Huelva line, when continuing to Mérida, use the Mérida-Zafra section. A daily Seville-Cáceres service continues to Madrid Atocha.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.renfe.com/content/dam/renfe/es/Viajeros/Secciones/pdf/mapa_general_ServiocioPublico.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Horarios, precios de trenes, Ave, Avlo, Alvia, Regionales | Renfe". www.renfe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-05.