Madrid Atocha railway station
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Madrid Atocha (Spanish: Estación de Madrid Atocha), also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes, is the first major railway station in Madrid. It is the largest station serving commuter trains (Cercanías), regional trains from the south and southeast, intercity trains from Navarre, Cádiz and Huelva (Andalusia) and La Rioja, and the AVE high speed trains from Girona, Tarragona and Barcelona (Catalonia), Huesca and Zaragoza (Aragon), Sevilla, Córdoba, Málaga and Granada (Andalusia), Valencia, Castellón and Alicante (Levante Region). These train services are run by Spain's national rail company, Renfe. As of 2019, this station has daily services to Marseille, France.
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Location | Arganzuela, Madrid Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.406528°N 3.689373°W / 40.406528; -3.689373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Adif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Renfe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | From Puerta de Atocha:
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Tracks | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 9 February 1851; 173 years ago (1851-02-09) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 | 110 million[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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