Murcia del Carmen railway station

Murcia del Carmen railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Murcia.

Murcia del Carmen
The station exterior, built in 1863
Coordinates37.9748°N 1.1315°W / 37.9748; -1.1315
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)Chinchilla–Cartagena
Platforms2
Passengers
20181,788,607[1]

Services

The Cercanías Murcia/Alicante commuter rail network connects Murcia del Carmen with Alicante railway station and Águilas through lines C-1 and C-2. Alvia high speed services use the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network as far as Albacete, then the classic rail tracks to Murcia and on to Cartagena. Talgo services also operate to Valencia Nord and Barcelona Sants.

Preceding station   Renfe Operadora   Following station
Cieza
Alvia
Balsicas-Mar Menor
toward Cartagena
Archena-Fortuna
Altaria
Balsicas-Mar Menor
toward Cartagena
Orihuela
toward Barcelona Sants		   Talgo   Terminus
Orihuela
toward Barcelona Sants		   Talgo "Mare Nostrum"   Balsicas-Mar Menor
toward Cartagena
  Talgo "Mare Nostrum"   Alhama de Murcia
toward Lorca-Sutullena
Albacete-Los Llanos
toward Madrid Chamartín		   Intercity   Alhama de Murcia
toward Águilas
Beniel
toward Miraflores		   Intercity   Balsicas-Mar Menor
toward Cartagena
Orihuela
toward Alicante
Media Distancia
43
Librilla
Beniel
Media Distancia
44
Balsicas-Mar Menor
toward Cartagena
Preceding station   Cercanías Murcia/Alicante   Following station
Terminus   C-1   Beniel
toward Alicante
Alcantarilla-Los Romanos
toward Águilas		   C-2   Terminus

Future

The AVE high-speed rail system is due to be extended to Murcia in 2022 as part of the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network,[2] (and later, in 2023, as the starting point for the Murcia–Almería high-speed rail line) with platforms and track possibly being relocated underground.[3] In October 2017, protesters against the underground alignment blocked the track leading to the station, leading to multiple train cancellations.[4]

References
  1. "Adif - Información de estaciones - Murcia del Carmen". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "First AVE high-speed trains in Murcia delayed until at least 2022". Murcia Today. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. "Could Cartagena AVE link re-open Hacienda Riquelme station?". Murcia Today. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  4. "Murcia trains back on track after four days of no service". Think Spain. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
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