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Cartagena railway station is the main railway station in the Spanish city of Cartagena in the Region of Murcia. It is the terminus of the Chinchilla–Cartagena railway, and the current station building opened in 1903.

Cartagena
Station building
General information
Coordinates	37.6048°N 0.974801°W / 37.6048; -0.974801
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe
Line(s)	Chinchilla–Cartagena
Platforms	3
Passengers
2018	213,773[1]

Services

Cartagena is served by Media Distancia trains to Valencia-Nord and Altaria services to Madrid, all via Murcia del Carmen.

In 2018, the Alvia 730 service began, enabling travel times between Cartagena to Madrid of three hours and thirty-two minutes.[2]

Approximately 250 m (820 ft) southwest of the station is the terminus of the Cartagena-Los Nietos commuter rail line.

Preceding station	Renfe Operadora			Following station
Torre Pacheco towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha		Alvia		Terminus
Torre Pacheco towards Madrid Chamartín		Intercity
Torre Pacheco towards Barcelona Sants
Torre Pacheco towards Miraflores		Intercity
Torre Pacheco towards Valencia Nord		Media Distancia 44

Future

Work began in 2018 to prepare Cartagena station as the future terminus of the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network, due to reach the station in 2023.[3]

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