Irun railway station
Irún | |
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| Location |
Irun, Basque Country Spain |
| Coordinates | 43°20′21″N 1°48′1″W / 43.33917°N 1.80028°WCoordinates: 43°20′21″N 1°48′1″W / 43.33917°N 1.80028°W |
| Owned by | adif |
| Line(s) |
Bordeaux–Irun railway Madrid–Hendaye railway Bilbao–Hendaye railway |
Irun is a railway station in Irun, Basque Country, Spain. The station is located on the Bordeaux - Irun, Bilbao - Hendaye and Hendaye - Madrid railway lines. The station is served by TGV (high speed trains) and Lunéa (night trains) operated by the SNCF and Alvia (High Speed Trains), Talgo, Arco, Estrella and EuskoTren services operated by RENFE.
The station is a border railway station where all trains have to stop, as those coming from/going into France have to change gauge from 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. The electric pickup supply also changes here from 3000V DC (overhead Spain) to 1500V DC (overhead France). Between the stations of Hendaye and Irun, both track gauges run together.
Train services
The following services currently call at Irun:
- high speed services (TGV) Paris - Bordeaux - Irun
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminus | TGV | toward Paris-Montparnasse |
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| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
San Sebastián toward Madrid Chamartín | Alvia | Terminus |
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San Sebastián toward Barcelona Sants | Alvia | |||
| San Sebastián toward Lisbon-Santa Apolónia |
Trenhotel "Surex" | Hendaye Terminus | ||
| San Sebastián toward A Coruña |
Intercity | Hendaye Terminus |
| Series | Train Type | Route | Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco | Salamanca - Valladolid Campo Grande - Burgos Rosa de Lima - Miranda de Ebro - Vitoria-Gasteiz - San Sebastián - Irun | Intermediate stations not shown | ||
| A Coruña - Santiago de Compostela - Ourense - Ponferrada - León - Palencia - Burgos Rosa de Lima - Miranda de Ebro - Vitoria-Gasteiz - San Sebastián - Irun | Intermediate stations not shown | |||
| Estrella (Sud Express) | Lisbon Santa Apolónia - Lisbon Oriente - Coimbra - Guarda - Ciudad Rodrigo - Salamanca - Valladolid Campo Grande - Burgos Rosa de Lima - Miranda de Ebro - Vitoria-Gasteiz - San Sebastián - Irun | Intermediate stations not shown | ||
| Renfe Media Distancia | Vitoria-Gasteiz - Zumarraga - San Sebastián - Irun | Intermediate stations not shown | ||
| Cercanías San Sebastian C-1 | Brinkola - Zumarraga - Tolosa - San Sebastián - Irun | Intermediate stations not shown | ||
| EuskoTren 2 | Lasarte-Oria - San Sebastián - Irun - Hendaye | Intermediate stations not shown |
References
External links
- Timetables TER Aquitaine (in French)
- RENFE