Media Distancia R-3f

Three metre-gauge trains a day still thread all 119 km of the 1898 Santander–Bilbao railway, winding through green Basque and Cantabrian valleys.

Stations

1. 0 kmBilbao La Concordia
2. 2 kmAmetzola
3. 3 kmBasurto-Ospitalea/Hospital
4. 5 kmZorrotza Zorrotzgoiti
5. 9 kmIrauregi Alonsotegi
6. 13 kmZaramillo
7. Show 22 more stations

   1. 18 kmSodupe
   2. 23 kmAranguren
   3. 25 kmMimetiz
   4. 32 kmTraslaviña
   5. 34 kmArtzentales
   6. 38 kmVillaverde de Trucios
   7. 49 kmKarrantza
   8. 58 kmGibaja
   9. 62 kmUdalla
   10. 67 kmMarrón
   11. 70 kmLimpias
   12. 75 kmTreto
   13. 78 kmCicero
   14. 81 kmGama
   15. 86 kmBeranga
   16. 94 kmHoz de Anero
   17. 97 kmVillaverde de Pontones
   18. 100 kmOrejo
   19. 103 kmHeras
   20. 106 kmSan Salvador
   21. 107 kmLa Cantábrica
   22. 108 kmAstillero
8. 110 kmMaliaño
9. 111 kmValle Real
10. 113 kmNueva Montaña
11. 116 kmValdecilla-La Marga
12. 117 kmSantander

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.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6634816 — 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 7 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via Renfe: our line passes within 82 m of every station REGIONAL calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Media Distancia R-3f?

The Media Distancia R-3f runs 119 km from Bilbao to Santander.

How long does the Media Distancia R-3f take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h for the 119 km. That is an average of 40 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.

Who runs the Media Distancia R-3f?

Renfe.

How old is the Media Distancia R-3f?

The line has been in service since 1898. 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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