Alicante Train Station
Trains To & From Alicante
Alicante Train Station (Estación de Alicante-Terminal) in Alicante, southern Spain, is a terminal station with both local and long-distance trains leaving from the station. Altogether over 3 million passengers use the station each year.
Routes
The station serves both regional, suburban and more long distance trains.
There are C1 and C3 commuter trains on the Cercanías Murcia/Alicante. The C1 line has services to Elche and Murcia del Carmen; the short, 8 km C3 line has services to the University of Alicante and San Vicente Centre.
There are medium distance RENFE trains from Alicante to Albacete, Cartagena, Ciudad Real, Murcia, Valencia and Villarrobledo.
In addition, there are also high-speed RENFE trains to Madrid (2 hours, 20 minutes to 2 hours, 40 minutes) and Barcelona-Sants on the Euromed. (Journey time ranges from 4 and a half hours to five and a half hours+).
Accommodation
The resort city has a wide range of hotels, guest houses and pensions to suit all budgets.
La City Estacion is a 3-star property opposite Alicante train station in the center of town, just 10 minutes on foot from both the marina and Canalejas Park.
The three-star Ibis Alicante is on the seafront. The hotel offers a 24-hour café-bar, regional cuisine and sea views. It is just 2.5 km from Alicante Airport.
The Hotel Daniya Alicante is another 3-star establishment with swimming pool, bar and restaurant.
Other places include the 4-star NH Alicante Hotel offering an outdoor swimming pool, spa facilities, a sauna, fitness center and sun terrace.
Access & Hours
Av. Salamanca 1, 03003 Alicante, Spain
Ticket Office Hours: 5.45 am to 10.30 pm (Monday to Friday) and 6.15 am to 10.30 pm (weekends/holidays).
The station has the ticket office, toilets all within the building and bicycle parking outside. There is a RENFE Tourist Information Office within the concourse along with a photo booth, a pharmacy, a branch of ALE-HOP novelty store, a Body Shop and a tobacconist.
The C6 bus running between the airport, the bus station and the city center stops at Alicante Station.
The following local buses also stop near the station - 04, 05, 06, 09, 12.
There is a taxi rank outside the station as well as several car hire places nearby.
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