Málaga María Zambrano railway station (Spanish: Málaga María Zambrano) is the principal railway station in the city Málaga in Andalusia, Spain on the Córdoba-Málaga high-speed rail line. It is served by high-speed trains to Madrid, Barcelona as well as the Cercanías Málaga and Málaga Metro systems.
Málaga María Zambrano | |
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![]() AVE trains in the station | |
General information | |
Location | Explanada de la Estación, 29002 Málaga,[1] Andalusia, Spain |
Coordinates | 36°42′42″N 4°25′56″W / 36.7118°N 4.4321°W |
Owned by | ADIF |
Line(s) | |
History | |
Electrified | Yes |
Passengers | |
2017 | 6,102,211[2] |
In 2017 the station served 6.1 million passengers, of which a million used Cercanías Málaga commuter services.[3] It is named after María Zambrano, a Spanish philosopher.
Layout
editMálaga María Zambrano contains twelve platforms, of which two are underground and exclusively used by Cercanías Málaga, which continue into the city centre to Málaga Centro-Alameda railway station. There are eleven tracks available in the station of which five are of standard gauge and used by AVE services. The Málaga Metro's El Perchel station is located outside María Zambrano station.
Facilities
editDesigned as a public private partnership, Málaga María Zambrano operates as a Vialia shopping mall containing various retail outlets including Mercadona, MediaMarkt and H&M. It is estimated that up to 50% of the customers of these outlets are not rail passengers.[4]
Services
editPreceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
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Antequera-Santa Ana towards Seville-Santa Justa
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Avant | Terminus | ||
Antequera-Santa Ana towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha
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AVE | |||
Antequera-Santa Ana towards Barcelona Sants
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Bobadilla towards Bilbao-Abando
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Estrella "Picasso" closed
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Bobadilla towards Seville-Santa Justa
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Media Distancia 67
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Álora towards Ronda
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Media Distancia 70
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Preceding station | Cercanías Málaga | Following station | ||
Victoria Kent towards Fuengirola
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C-1 | Málaga Centro-Alameda Terminus
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Victoria Kent towards Álora
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C-2 |
References
edit- ^ "Station Information". Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Adif - Información de estaciones - Málaga-María Zambrano". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Los Cercanías de Málaga alcanzan los 11,3 millones de usuarios". La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). 3 March 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Adif designs a plan to trigger commercial revenues at AVE stations". Spain's News. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.