Santander railway station
Railway station in Santander, Spain
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Santander railway station, also known as Santander ADIF to distinguish it from the Santander Feve station (note both are currently owned by Adif) 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 Iberian-gauge railways, and another adjacent serving metre-gauge services to Bilbao-Abando and Oviedo.
Santander | |||||
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Main façade of the ADIF station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Santander, Cantabria, Spain | ||||
| Coordinates | 43.4591°N 3.8114°W | ||||
| Owned by | Adif | ||||
| Operated by | Renfe | ||||
| Lines | Iberian-gauge
Metre-gauge
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| History | |||||
| Opened | 11 October 1858 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018 | 3,072,339 ( )[1] | ||||
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Services
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 metre-gauge services from Santander link it to Oviedo and Bilbao. The Transcantábrico tourist train also stops here.[2] The first Cercanías Santander commuter rail lines also begin at the station, with the other two beginning at the other one
| Preceding station |  Renfe Operadora |
Following station | ||
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| Torrelavega towards Madrid Chamartín |
Alvia | Terminus | ||
| Torrelavega towards Alicante | ||||
| Torrelavega towards Madrid Chamartín |
Intercity | |||
| Renedo towards Valladolid-Campo Grande |
Media Distancia 20 |
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| Torrelavega towards Oviedo |
Media Distancia R-2 |
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| Valdecilla towards Bilbao-Concordia |
Media Distancia R-3 |
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| Cercanías Santander | ||||
| Valdecilla toward Reinosa |
C-1 | Terminus | ||
| Valdecilla toward Cabezón de la Sal |
C-2 | Terminus | ||
| Valdecilla toward Liérganes |
C-3 | |||
