I believe took once way back when living in Madrid and another time came alone and went to meet up with cousins otherwise just passing by taking pictures lately, Of course, have gone several times by car ! In my dear Spain, and my beautiful dream land of Castilla La Mancha, this is Toledo. The visit is a must by whatever means suit you me think, However, let me tell you briefly on the Toledo train station !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
The Toledo Train Station is located in the Paseo de la Rosa, corner with Calle Cabrahigos right on a traffic circle , and was inaugurated in 1919 and restored last in 2016, stands out for its néo-mudéjar style. The connection Toledo to Madrid has lastly about 15 daily train segments in both directions thanks to Avant trains of medium distance and high speed that complete the trip in 30 minutes. if you are as daring as Europeans are and not much luggage you can walk to inner Toledo in less than 25 minutes, depending on your habits. We have done it in 18 minutes! Easy walking and nice sights along the way !
The Toledo train station covers an area of 12 600 square meters. It is done with brick, stone, iron and cement for its construction. The travellers ‘ main building consists of a central pavilion flanked by two lower-elevated lateral wings. The whole structure is decorated with poly lobular arches and stepped battlements on the upper part. At one end you will find the clock tower. Five doors allow access to a hall of great ornamental richness that offers a good sample of the handicraft and goldsmith traditions of Toledo such as mosaics of tiles, lattices, lockers and wrought lamps. With the renovation operated in 2005, the platforms were modernized, new canopies were built to protect travelers in addition to renovating the existing one, a 325 parking spaces, a new cafeteria and new accesses were made. The historic fence of the station was also resettled; the clock tower was extensively restored. In 2016 the façade was restored again.
The Toledo train station has two platforms, one side that accesses track 1 and another central shared by the tracks 2 and 3. It lacks service lanes or beach tracks. Since it is a terminal station, all the tracks are integrated into the same platform. It has ticket sales, customer service, toilets and cafeteria. The whole enclosure is equipped with services adapted for the handicapped. Outside there is a parking lot of 325 spaces, a taxi stop and an urban bus stop.
The Urban bus line No 5 is one that stops there and takes you to inner Toledo such as Plaza Zocodover. There might be others not familiar with. The official urban bus network UNAUTO :https://unauto.es/lineas/
A bit of history I like tell us that the railway arrived in Toledo in 1858 with the start-up of the line that linked it with Castillejo and with it the radials that joined Madrid with Andalusia and the Levante. In 1917 ,the works were started to replace the old station of 1858 by a totally new one, that was finished in 1919 giving rise to an atypical design station and of clear Neo-mudejar style that at the time generated controversy by moving away drastically from the sober and functional design of the previous structure. In 1939 Toledo was finally linked with the radial Madrid-Cáceres and with the Toledo-Castillejo finally in 1947. Due to limited used and little commercial use as main cause it was decided to suspends travel when RENFE ordered the closure of the line in 1968. Eventually , in 2005 opened the high-speed line La Sagra-Toledo, third line of high-speed open in Spain joining exclusively to the Sagra and without intermediate stations Toledo with Madrid.
The official ADIF transports of Spain on the Toledo train station : https://www.adif.es/w/92102-toledo?pageFromPlid=335
The official RENFE train schedules of Spain on Toledo : https://www.renfe.com/es/es/experiencias/escapate-en-tren/toledo
The Toledo tourist office on its heritage : https://turismo.toledo.es/toledo.html
There you go folks, another easy trip to a wonderful huge city to be a must to visit ; Toledo is indeed a require visit in Spain. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Toledo train station as I
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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