Figueres–Vilafant railway station

Figueres–Vilafant
Figueres–Vilafant
	The station building.
General information
Location	Avinguda Puig Grau; 17740 Vilafant; Spain
Coordinates	42°15′56″N 2°56′32″E / 42.26556°N 2.94222°E
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe Operadora and SNCF
Line(s)	Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line (PK 44.4)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	7
Connections	Local and interurban buses
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	A large parking is located next to the entrance. It costs €0.0182 per minute or €1.25 per hour. Max for 24 hours is €9.15. See http://www.saba.es for more details.
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	4307
History
Opened	19 December 2010
Passengers
2018	608,201

Figueres–Vilafant is a railway station serving the city of Figueres in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the municipality of Vilafant, at about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west from its urban center and 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from Figueres city centre. The station is on the Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line and is served by Renfe Operadora's AVE and SNCF's TGV high-speed trains.

Opened on 19 December 2010 (2010-12-19), the station served as the terminus for both TGV trains from Paris and AVE trains from Barcelona and Madrid. From 13 December 2013 (2013-12-13) on, through services run between Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse to Barcelona and Madrid.

The station is also connected to the Spanish broad gauge railway network thanks to a branch that links it with the Barcelona–Cerbère conventional railway line near Vilamalla. This allowed broad-gauge connecting services to run between Figueres–Vilafant, Girona and Barcelona until the high speed line from Barcelona was finished and opened for commercial service on 9 January 2013 (2013-01-09).^[2]

The general plan was to move all trains for the Figueres area to this station and close the current Figueres station. This location and that the station is only accessible by one road has been the subject of some comment in the local press.^[3] Opposition to the station location as well as the eventual plan to move all train service (local, medium, and long-distance and international) to this station has forced it to be deemed a "provisional station" until the matter can be resolved.^[4]^[5]

Services

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora		Following station
Girona towards Barcelona Sants		Avant	Terminus
Girona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		AVE	Terminus
Girona towards Barcelona Sants			Perpignan towards Lyon-Part-Dieu
Girona towards Barcelona Sants			Perpignan towards Toulouse-Matabiau
Girona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha			Perpignan towards Marseille-St-Charles
Girona towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		Avlo	Terminus
Preceding station	SNCF		Following station
Girona towards Barcelona Sants		TGV	Perpignan towards Paris-Lyon