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Villalegre
Villalegre Station Building
General information
Location	Avilés Asturias Spain
Coordinates	43°32′25″N 5°54′08″W / 43.54028°N 5.90222°W / 43.54028; -5.90222
Operated by
Transit authority	Adif
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus terminal
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
Website	www.adif.es/w/16401-villalegre
History
Opened	26 July 1890 (1890-07-26)
Pre-nationalisation	Norte
Services Preceding station Cercanías Asturias Following station Los Campostowards Llamaquique C-3 (Cercanías Asturias)Civis La Rocicatowards San Xuan C-3 (Cercanías Asturias)Local

Villalegre station is a station in Avilés, Asturias, Spain. It is owned by Adif and operated by Renfe.

Services

This station is served by C-3 Cercanías Asturias line.

History

Villalegre Station was opened in 1890, just 20 days after works on the railway connection between Villabona and San Xuan were completed by Norte.

The original Villalegre station consisted of a large wooden building with an adjoining house for the worker who raised and lowered the gate at the nearby railway crossing. As well as being used by commuters working in the industrial area, it originally played an important role in the transport of goods unloading logs and beetroot for the local factories and loading coal bound for San Xuan to be exported by ship.

In 1941, the new Francoist regime nationalised all the Iberian gauge railways in Spain and Norte's assets into the newly formed Renfe. In the following decades, freight transport dramatically decreased due to a lack of competitiveness compared to lorries. Consequently, the wooden station building was demolished and substituted by the current station in 1990. In 1998, its surroundings were refurbished in order to allocate space for parking slots for bicycles and cars. In 2005, Adif became the owner of the infrastructure and the management of railway lines that were part of RENFE, which became a mere operator.

References

1. García, Borja (2024-07-22). "Nuevo paso en la alta velocidad en Asturias: el Alvia ya llega a Avilés". COPE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
2. CEMBRANOS, T. (2015-03-18). "Avilés, 125 años entre vías". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-26.
3. CULTURA, POR ROMÁN ANTONIO ÁLVAREZ CONCEJAL DE (2007-10-01). "La llegada del ferrocarril". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
4. De la Torre, Enrique (1895). Líneas ó secciones abiertas a la explotación durante el año 1894 (in Spanish). Anuario de Ferrocarriles Españoles.
5. ^ GONZÁLEZ, SHEYLA (2015-04-05). "25 años sin la estación que llevó prosperidad a Villalegre". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-28.
6. Wais, Francisco (1974). Historia de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (in Spanish). Madrid: Editora Nacional.
7. "Réquiem por la estación de Renfe en Villalegre". hemeroteca.elcomercio.es. 1990. p. 34. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
8. "Renfe acomete la remodelación de la estación de Villalegre". hemeroteca.elcomercio.es. 2 March 1998. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
9. Madrid, Antonio Ruiz del Árbol (2005-01-20). "Adif se queda con la sede de Renfe y la operadora se va a la estación de Atocha". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-12-26.

External links

• Transport in Asturias
• Cercanías Asturias stations