Classic route
Linares Baeza–Almería railway
Almería → Linares-Baeza · Spain
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Iberian gauge from the Alcázar–Cádiz main line at Linares down through the Sierra to the Mediterranean at Almería, through the desert country the spaghetti Westerns made famous.
Stations
- 0 kmAlmería +1
- 16 kmGádor +1
- 67 kmFiñana +1
- 97 kmGuadix +1
- 122 kmMoreda
- 153 kmCabra del Santo Cristo-Alicún
- 200 kmJódar - Úbeda
- 238 kmLinares-Baeza +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
- The 232 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 6641023 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 43 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 16 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 37279
- 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 Linares Baeza–Almería railway?
The Linares Baeza–Almería railway runs 234 km from Almería to Linares-Baeza.
How long does the Linares Baeza–Almería railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 52 min for the 234 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the Linares Baeza–Almería railway?
Renfe, with Media Distancia.
How old is the Linares Baeza–Almería railway?
The line has been in service since 1899. 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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