Monforte de Lemos–A Coruña railway

For seventy years the only railway between Galicia and the meseta: Lugo to A Coruña opened on 10 October 1875, and the last stretch east of Monforte on 4 September 1883.

Stations

1. 0 kmMonforte de Lemos +1
2. 35 kmSarria
3. 69 kmLugo
4. 84 kmRábade
5. 97 kmBaamonde
6. 104 kmParga
7. Show 6 more stations

   1. 110 kmGuitiriz
   2. 125 kmTeixeiro
   3. 134 kmCurtis
   4. 139 kmPiñoi
   5. 146 kmCesuras
   6. 152 kmOza dos Ríos
8. 161 kmBetanzos-A Infesta
9. 169 kmCecebre
10. 173 kmCambre
11. 177 kmO Burgo-Santiago
12. 184 kmElviña-Universidade

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 2123392: 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 9 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IR 12641
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Monforte de Lemos–A Coruña railway?

The Monforte de Lemos–A Coruña railway runs 184 km from Monforte de Lemos to A Coruña.

How long does the Monforte de Lemos–A Coruña railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 38 min for the 184 km. That is an average of 70 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Monforte de Lemos–A Coruña railway?

Renfe, with IR 12641.

How old is the Monforte de Lemos–A Coruña railway?

The line has been in service since 1883. 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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