Classic route
Almería–Granada
Almería → Granada · Spain
Across the high desert of the Hoya de Guadix: Almería’s palms to Granada by way of Moreda, through the badlands the spaghetti Westerns loved.
- Distance
- 176 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 25 min
- Average speed
- 73 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmAlmería +1
- 7 kmHuércal-Viator
- 16 kmGádor +1
- 41 kmGérgal
- 67 kmFiñana +1
- 97 kmGuadix +1
- 102 kmBenalúa
- 145 kmIznalloz
- 177 kmGranada +2
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 171 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 6641022 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 30 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 37087
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Almería–Granada?
The Almería–Granada runs 176 km from Almería to Granada.
How long does the Almería–Granada take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 25 min for the 176 km. That is an average of 73 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Almería–Granada?
Renfe, with Media Distancia.
How old is the Almería–Granada?
The line has been in service since 1895. 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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