San Sebastián railway station

San Sebastián railway station, also known as Donostia-San Sebastián or Estación del Norte is the main railway station of the Spanish city of San Sebastián, Basque Country. It served over 2 million passengers in 2018.

Donostia-San Sebastián
Front façade
General information
LocationSan Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates43.3177°N 1.9768°W / 43.3177; -1.9768
Owned byAdif
Operated byRenfe
Line(s)
History
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
20182,146,772[1]

Services

Alvia services use the Madrid–León high-speed rail line as far as Valladolid-Campo Grande, and switches to the conventional rail network to serve Vitoria-Gasteiz and San Sebastián before reaching Irun. The Barcelona Sants to Irun Alvia service uses the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line to Zaragoza-Delicias before switching to conventional tracks to San Sebastián. The Cercanías San Sebastián commuter rail line also serves the station.

At present, no connection exists to Bilbao by Renfe tracks; however travel between the two cities by the Euskotren Trena metre-gauge network is provided between Matiko station in Bilbao and Donostia-Amara station.

Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Tolosa
towards Madrid Chamartín
 Alvia Irun
towards Hendaye
Zumárraga
towards Barcelona Sants
Zumárraga
towards A Coruña
 Intercity
Tolosa
towards Madrid Chamartín
 Intercity Alegría de Álava
towards Irun
Tolosa
towards Miranda de Ebro
 Media Distancia
25
 Pasajes
towards Irun
Preceding station Cercanías San Sebastián Following station
Loiola
towards Brinkola
 C-1 Gros
towards Irun

Future

The Basque Y high-speed rail network will connect San Sebastián station to Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao-Abando in 34 and 38 minutes respectively.[2]

References
  1. "Adif - Información de estaciones - San Sebastián - Donostia". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Fomento admite que el TAV vasco será más lento de lo previsto". EITB. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-04-15.


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