Santander railway station, also known as Santander ADIF to distinguish it from the Santander Feve station, 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 Renfe Iberian-gauge railways, and another adjacent serving FEVE metre-gauge services to Bilbao-Abando and Oviedo.
Santander | |
|---|---|
 Main façade of the ADIF station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Santander, Cantabria, Spain |
| Coordinates | 43°27′33″N 3°48′41″W / 43.4591°N 3.8114°W |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe |
| Line(s) | Adif
Feve
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| History | |
| Opened | 11 October 1858 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018 | 3,072,339 ( )[1] |
Services
ADIF
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 Cercanías Santander commuter rail line also begins at the station.
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrelavega towards Madrid Chamartín | Alvia | Terminus | ||
| Torrelavega towards Alicante | ||||
| Torrelavega towards Madrid Chamartín | Intercity | |||
| Renedo towards Valladolid-Campo Grande | Media Distancia 20 | |||
| Cercanías Santander | ||||
| Valdecilla toward Reinosa | C-1 | Terminus | ||
FEVE
The metre-gauge Feve Services from Santander link it with Liérganes and Cabezón de la Sal as a commuter service, and regional services to Oviedo and Bilbao. The Transcantábrico tourist train also stops here.[2]