Mérida-Los Rosales railway

Railway line in Spain.
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Stations16 open, 2 closedServiceTypeHeavy railOperator(s)RenfeHistoryOpened16 January 1885TechnicalLine length204.3 km (126.9 mi)Number of tracks1Track gaugeIberianElectrificationno
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Legend
to Badajoz
 Aljucén
0.0
 Mérida
to Puertollano
6.5
 Calamonte
29.6
 Almendralejo
43.7
 Villafranca de los Barros
56.8
 Los Santos de Maimona
63.8
 Zafra Feria
65.2
 Zafra
to Huelva
86.7
 Usagre-Bienvenida
105.6
 Llerena
118.3
 Fuente del Arco
130.3
 Guadalcanal
143.3
 Alanís
155.3
 Cazalla-Constantina
171.7
 Pedroso
195.5
 Villanueva del Río Minas
199.2
 Alcolea del Río
202.1
 Tocina
204.7
 Los Rosales
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The Mérida-Los Rosales railway is a Spanish railway line that connects the Extremaduran city of Mérida with Zafra and Los Rosales in Andalusia, a railway junction near to Seville.

The railway line is 204.3km long, it is Iberian gauge (1668mm), non electrified and on a single track. It has been owned by many railway operators, currently it is owned by Adif and it is catalogued as line 516.

History and Traffic

The concession for the line was given in 1869, and work progressed slowly over the next few years, culminating in 1885. There are a number of different services that use the line. Services that use the full line are Media Distancia and Regional Exprés services, mostly running from Cáceres to Sevilla Santa Justa. The Cercanías Sevilla line C-3 uses the line up to Cazalla-Constantina, and services along the Zafra-Huelva line, when continuing to Mérida, use the Mérida-Zafra section. A daily Seville-Cáceres service continues to Madrid Atocha.[1][2]

  • Cazalla-Constantina railway station.
    Cazalla-Constantina railway station.
  • An infrastructure train on the line.
    An infrastructure train on the line.
  • The same infrastructure train, showing the landscape along the line.
    The same infrastructure train, showing the landscape along the line.
  • Fuente del Arco railway station.
    Fuente del Arco railway station.
  • Guadalcanal railway station.
    Guadalcanal railway station.
  • The line seen on a map of the railways of Spain.
    The line seen on a map of the railways of Spain.

References

  1. ^ https://www.renfe.com/content/dam/renfe/es/Viajeros/Secciones/pdf/mapa_general_ServiocioPublico.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Horarios, precios de trenes, Ave, Avlo, Alvia, Regionales | Renfe". www.renfe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-05.