Sant Vicenç de Calders Station | |||||
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 Sant Vicenç de Calders Station. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | El Vendrell, (Baix Penedès),Catalonia Spain | ||||
| Coordinates | 41°11′10″N1°31′33″E / 41.18603°N 1.52581°E /41.18603; 1.52581 | ||||
| System | Rodalies de Catalunyacommuter andregional rail station | ||||
| Owned by | Adif | ||||
| Operated by | Renfe Operadora | ||||
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| History | |||||
| Opened | 1887 | ||||
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Sant Vicenç de Calders is a railway station owned byAdif located in the municipality ofVendrell in the region ofBaix Penedès, in the neighborhood of l'Estació inSant Vicenç de Calders. The station is located at the junction of the lines from Barcelona-Vilafranca-Tarragona and Barcelona-Vilanova-Valls, where trains from the Barcelona suburban linesR2 andR4, theRT2 line and the regional linesR13,R14,R15,R16, andR17 ofRodalies de Catalunya, as well as Medium Distance lines, all operated byRenfe Operadora, circulate.[1]
This station on theVilafranca line and theVilanova line entered service onApril 24,1887, when a connecting station was built between these two lines owned by the Companyia dels Ferrocarrils de Tarragona a Barcelona i França (TBF), although trains have been running in this area since 1865 when the section betweenMartorell andTarragona (Barcelona-Martorell-Vilafranca-Tarragona line) was opened.[2] The connection and construction of the station are the result of the works aimed at joining different lines owned by TBF after the absorption of the companyCompanyia dels Ferrocarrils de Valls a Vilanova i Barcelona (VVB), which had built theBarcelona-Vilanova-Valls line and had opened the section Calafell-Valls in1883.[3]
Initially, the two railway lines crossed each other via an overpass, one above the other, located very close to the actual station. The station was built in an isolated area, surrounded by fields and marshes, about three kilometers from the urban center of Sant Vicenç de Calders, a village situated atop a hill, which was then an independent municipality of Vendrell. It was situated between the tracks, three on the mountain side and three on the sea side. The connection of the two tracks and the construction of the passenger and service station building were entrusted to the engineer Eduard Maristany i Gibert. The passenger building was a single-story structure with various dependencies. The lobby, restaurant, and baggage room occupied almost the entire space. From that moment until the 1920s, the houses of the Sant Vicenç de Calders Railway Colony were gradually built. Six pavilions and three buildings endure: those of the station master, the supervisor, and the block.[4]
It serves as the terminus for two lines, one heading towards Barcelona along the coast, theR2 Sud, and the other also heading to Barcelona but through Vilafranca del Penedès, theR4. In the case of the first line, currently, all trains have Estació de França as their destination until 2011 due to construction work in the Sant Andreu Comtal area.
Formerly, the station was named Sant Vicenç de Calders - Coma-ruga - el Vendrell, but due to the implementation of the term "Rodalia" in 1993, it was decided to shorten it to Sant Vicenç de Calders, even though it is located next toComa-ruga.
| Origin/Destination | Preceding station | Rodalies de Catalunya | Following station | Origin/Destination |
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 Rodalia de Barcelona | ||||
| terminal | | Calafell | Estació de França ¹ | |
| terminal | | El Vendrell | Terrassa Manresa | |
| terminal |  | Calafell | Sant Andreu Comtal | |
| Rodalia del Camp de Tarragona | ||||
| Port Aventura | Torredembarra | | El Vendrell | L'Arboç |
| Serveis regionals deRodalies de Catalunya | ||||
| La Plana - Picamoixons | Roda de Mar | | terminal² CalafellVilanova i la GeltrúBarcelona-Sants¹ | Barcelona-Estació de França |
| Lleida Pirineus | Torredembarra | | Calafell Vilanova i la GeltrúBarcelona-Sants¹ | |
| Reus Flix Riba-roja d'Ebre | | |||
| Tortosa Vinaròs | | Vilanova i la Geltrú | ||
| Port Aventura | | |||
| Casp |  | Barcelona-Sants | ||
