Alicante–Murcia line

Iberian gauge since 1884, threading the Elche palm groves and the Segura valley between two provincial capitals in under an hour.

Stations

1. 0 kmAlacant-Terminal +3
2. 5 kmSant Gabriel
3. 14 kmTorrellano
4. 24 kmElx-Parc
5. 25 kmElx-Carrús
6. 34 kmCrevillent
7. 42 kmSan Isidro-Albatera-Catral
8. 48 kmCallosa de Segura
9. 56 kmOrihuela - Miguel Hernández
10. 61 kmBeniel
11. 77 kmMurcia del Carmen +1

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1624140: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of AVL 5668
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Alicante–Murcia line?

The Alicante–Murcia line runs 77 km from Alicante to Murcia.

How long does the Alicante–Murcia line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 54 min for the 77 km. That is an average of 86 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Alicante–Murcia line?

Renfe, with Alvia & Regional.

How old is the Alicante–Murcia line?

The line has been in service since 1884. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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