La Plana - Picamoixons railway station
La Plana – Picamoixons | |||||
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| Rodalies de Catalunya commuter and regional rail station | |||||
 La Plana – Picamoixons Railway Station. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Valls (Alt Camp), Catalonia Spain | ||||
| Coordinates | 41°18′22″N 1°11′42″E / 41.30604°N 1.19493°E | ||||
| Owned by | Adif | ||||
| Operated by | Renfe Operadora | ||||
| Line(s) |   | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1863 | ||||
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La Plana – Picamoixons is a railway station owned by adif located in the town of Picamoixons in the municipality of Valls, in the comarca of Alt Camp. The station is on the Tarragona-Reus-Lleida line, and it is served by trains of the R13 and R14 lines of the Rodalies de Catalunya, operated by Renfe Operadora.
This station entered service in 1863 when the section built by the Reus to Montblanc Railway Company between the Reus (1856) and Montblanc went into operation.[1]
Despite not being close to a significant population center, the station is of certain importance, as it is here that the line to Lleida bifurcates, one branch going to Reus and Tarragona and the other to Valls and Sant Vicenç de Calders.
In 2016, the station recorded the entry of 6,000 passengers.[2]
Line
[edit]Line 230 (Tarragona – Plana-Picamoixons – Lleida)
Railway services
[edit]| Origin/Destination | Preceding station | Rodalies de Catalunya | Following station | Origin/Destination |
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| Terminal¹ | La Riba
Montblanc² |
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Valls | Sant Vicenç de Calders Barcelona-Estació de França Barcelona-Sant Andreu Comtal |
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Alcover |
- Some trains from R13 line originating from La Plana – Picamoixons and destination to Sant Vicenç de Calders.
- Some regional trains do not stop at La Riba or Vilaverd, with the next or previous stop being Montblanc.
References
[edit]- ^ "Get to know line R14". Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Statistical Yearbook DPTOP 2016. Rail transport" (PDF). Department of Territory and Sustainability.