Lleida Pirineus railway station

The station's main entrance.

Lleida Pirineus ("Lleida Pyrenees") is an important railway station serving the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Pardinyes and Rambla de Ferran. The first train services in Lleida date of 1860, but the station wasn't built until 1927, and it did not adopt its current official name until 2003, when it underwent an ambitious reform. As a transport hub connecting the interior of Spain with the Corredor Mediterráneo, it serves both broad gauge and standard gauge trains, operated by both Adif-Renfe and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. It is the terminus of several regional railway services centered in Aragon and Catalonia. It's also one of the stations on the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line, and it was its north-eastern terminus until 2008.[1]

Name

Although Lleida is not located in the Pyrenees mountain range, a part of the Catalan Pyrenees is located within the province of Lleida, and Lleida Pirineus station is the terminal station of FGC Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line that connects the city of Lleida with those mountains.

Rail services

Preceding station   FGC   Following station
Terminus   Lleida–La Pobla   Alcoletge
toward La Pobla de Segur
Preceding station   Renfe Operadora   Following station
AVE
AVE
toward Seville Santa Justa
AVE
AVE
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward Bilbao-Abando
  Alvia   Camp de Tarragona
toward Barcelona Sants
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward Hendaye
  Alvia  
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward A Coruña
  Alvia  
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward Vigo-Guixar
  Alvia  
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward Gijón
  Alvia  
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward A Coruña
  Trenhotel Galicia   Camp de Tarragona
toward Barcelona Sants
Zaragoza-Delicias
toward Vigo-Guixar
  Trenhotel Galicia  
TerminusAvant
Binéfar
Media DistanciaTerminus
Preceding station   Rodalies de Catalunya   Following station
TerminusR12
Bell-lloc d'Urgell
toward L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
R13
Artesa de Lleida
R14

Other transport

A bus station is currently projected immediately next to Lleida-Pirineus to replace the decaying one located in Carrer de Blondel.

References

  1. Ferropedia

External links

Coordinates: 41°37′15″N 0°37′58″E / 41.62083°N 0.63278°E / 41.62083; 0.63278

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