Jump to content

Draft:Garraf railway station

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Garraf
Rodalies de Catalunya commuter rail station
General information
LocationSpain
Operated byRenfe Operadora
Line(s)Madrid–Barcelona
Tracks5
Services
Preceding station Rodalies de Catalunya Following station
Sitges R2 Sud Platja de Castelldefels

Garraf is a Rodalies de Catalunya railway station[1] serving the village of Garraf in Catalonia, Spain. It is extremely close to the beach in Garraf.[2]

Tracks

[edit]

The station has 6 tracks, of which 5 are used and 4 have platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 are on an island, which is accessible by an underground subway, platform 3 connects to the station building, and platform 6 is on the other side of the station, accessible by an underpass connecting to the beach and town centre. The most used platforms are 1 and 2, with 1 hosting Vilanova i la Geltrú and Sant Vicenç de Calders (southbound) trains and platform 2 hosting Barcelona Estació de França (northbound) trains.

Trains

[edit]

Northbound

[edit]

Northbound trains usually arrive at platform 2.[3]. Some trains can arrive at platform 6, however this is an uncommon occurence. The stations is stopped at by trains originating at Vilanova i la Geltrú, however the final trains of the day originating at Sant Vicenç stop here as well.

Southbound

[edit]

Southbound trains usually arrive at platform 1.[3] Few trains arrive at platform 3, but this is not usually the case. The station is mostly stopped at by Vilanova i La Geltrú trains, however the final trains of the day stop at all stations, including Garraf. [4][5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Lines". Rodalies de Catalunya. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  2. ^ Everything Barcelona (2012-08-03). "Garraf Beach". Everything Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  3. ^ a b "71703 Garraf". Adif. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  4. ^ "Red ferroviaria española" (PDF). sede.fomento.gob.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  5. ^ "Garraf (Apt.) :: © EuroFerroviarios ® :: El Punto de Encuentro de los Trabajadores Ferroviarios". euroferroviarios.net. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  6. ^ "Spanish Railway » Blog Archive » Ferrocarril de Valls á Villanueva y Barcelona". www.spanishrailway.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  7. ^ "Garraf". www.trenscat.com. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  8. ^ "Spanish Railway » Blog Archive » Ferrocarril de Valls á Villanueva y Barcelona". www.spanishrailway.com (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  9. ^ Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Arxivat de l'original el 2018-05-04. "Anuari estadístic DPTOP 2016. Transport per ferrocarril" (PDF). territori.gencat.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2025-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Rafael Alcaide González (2005-08-01). "El ferrocarril como elemento estructurador de la morfología urbana: el caso de Barcelona 1848-1900". Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales. IX (194). Universidad de Barcelona: 65. ISSN 1138-9788. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  11. ^ "R2 - Generalitat de Catalunya". www20.gencat.cat (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2025-06-22.