Pontevedra Railway Station is a railway station of the Spanish Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line which provides services to the city of Pontevedra, in Galicia, Spain.
Pontevedra | |
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| General information | |
| Location | C/ de la Estación Pontevedra 36003- Pontevedra Spain |
| Coordinates | 42°25′18″N 8°38′09″W / 42.4216°N 8.63574°W |
| Owned by | adif |
| Line(s) | Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line Redondela-Santiago de Compostela |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Tracks | 7 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Parking | yes |
| Bicycle facilities | yes |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 23004 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1966 |
| Electrified | yes |
| Passengers | |
| 2022 | 1,024,500[1] |
Location
editThe 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.
History
editThe 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]
Services
editThe 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.
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
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| Ourense-Empalme towards Madrid Chamartín
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Alvia | Vigo-Urzáiz Terminus
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| Vilagarcía de Arousa towards Madrid Chamartín
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Terminus | |||
| Arcade towards Vigo-Guixar
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Media Distancia 1
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Pontevedra-Universidad towards A Coruña
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| Redondela AV towards Vigo-Urzáiz
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Avant | Vilagarcía de Arousa towards A Coruña
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Gallery
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Platforms -
Vialia shopping center -
Vialia shopping center, main entrance
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References
edit- ^ "La estación de tren supera el millón de viajeros en 2022, un 82% más que en 2021". Faro (in Spanish). 25 March 2023.
- ^ "NODO". RTVE. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Pontevedra duplicará la próxima semana su oferta de salas de cine". La Voz de Galicia. 23 November 2000.
- ^ "Pontevedra tendrá estación de tren renovada por 2,5 millones". La Región Internacional. 29 March 2011.
- ^ "1983: La Cámara de Comercio quería agilizar el tren a Marín". La Voz de Galicia. 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Pontevedra". ADIF. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
See also
editRelated articles
editExternal links
edit- Pontevedra station listing at Adif website
- Official webpage available to buy train tickets and check the timetable
