Lleida Pirineus railway station

Lleida Pirineus railway station (Lleida Pyrenees) is a regional railway station in the city of Lleida, Catalonia, between the neighbourhoods of Pardinyes and Rambla de Ferran. The first train services in Lleida date of 1860, but the station wasn't was built until 1927, and it didn't adopt its current official name until 2003, when it underwent an ambitious reform. It serves broad gauge and standard gauge trains. It is one of the high speed railway stations of AVE Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line.

Name

Although Lleida is not located in the Pyrenees mountain range, a part of the Catalan Pyrenees is located within the province of Lleida, and Lleida Pirineus station is the terminal station of FGC Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line that connects the city of Lleida with those mountains.

Services

Ave High Speed Line:

• 26 trains per day to Barcelona
• 18 trains per day to Zaragoza, of which:
  • 9 continue to Madrid
  • 2 continue to Bilbao
  • 2 continue to Irún
  • 2 continue to Seville
  • 1 continues to Vigo
  • 2 continue to Málaga
  • 1 continues to A Coruña
  • 1 continues to Gijón

Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line:

• 8 trains per day to Balaguer, of which:
  • 3 continue to La Pobla de Segur

Other regional lines:

• 5 trains per day to Barcelona
• 3 trains per day to Zaragoza

Other transport

A bus station is currently projected immediately next to Lleida-Pirineus to replace the decaying one located in Carrer de Blondel.

See also

• Rail transport in Catalonia

External links

• Trenscat.com (Catalan)