Pontevedra railway station

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
General information
LocationC/ de la Estación
Pontevedra
36003- Pontevedra
Spain
Coordinates42°25′18″N 8°38′09″W / 42.4216°N 8.63574°W / 42.4216; -8.63574
Owned byadif
Line(s)Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line
Redondela-Santiago de Compostela
Platforms3
Tracks7
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parkingyes
Bicycle facilitiesyes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code23004
History
Opened1966
Electrifiedyes
Passengers
20221,024,500[1]

Location

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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.

History

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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]

Services

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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.

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Ourense-Empalme Alvia Vigo-Urzáiz
Terminus
Vilagarcía de Arousa Terminus
Arcade
towards Vigo-Guixar
Media Distancia
1
Pontevedra-Universidad
towards A Coruña
Redondela AV
towards Vigo-Urzáiz
Avant Vilagarcía de Arousa
towards A Coruña
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References

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  1. ^ "La estación de tren supera el millón de viajeros en 2022, un 82% más que en 2021". Faro (in Spanish). 25 March 2023.
  2. ^ "NODO". RTVE. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Pontevedra duplicará la próxima semana su oferta de salas de cine". La Voz de Galicia. 23 November 2000.
  4. ^ "Pontevedra tendrá estación de tren renovada por 2,5 millones". La Región Internacional. 29 March 2011.
  5. ^ "1983: La Cámara de Comercio quería agilizar el tren a Marín". La Voz de Galicia. 1 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Pontevedra". ADIF. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

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