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The only trains that stop at the station are those of the local services of [[Rodalies Barcelona]]. Medium-distance services from Barcelona to [[Tarragona]] and [[Tortosa]], and long-distance services to [[Valencia]] and [[Alicante]], also pass through the station.<ref name="EP-mismavia"/> These non-stopping trains can pass through the station at speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour (94 mph).<ref name="EPDC-Formento">{{citation | title = Fomento dice que el tren circulaba a menos velocidad de la permitida y que tocó la bocina en tres ocasiones | url = http://www.elperiodico.es/es/noticias/sociedad/20100624/fomento-dice-que-tren-iba-velocidad-permitida-que-aviso-tocando-bocina/345711.shtml | newspaper = El Periódico de Catalunya | date = 24 June 2010}}. {{es icon}}</ref> |
The only trains that stop at the station are those of the local services of [[Rodalies Barcelona]]. Medium-distance services from Barcelona to [[Tarragona]] and [[Tortosa]], and long-distance services to [[Valencia]] and [[Alicante]], also pass through the station.<ref name="EP-mismavia"/> These non-stopping trains can pass through the station at speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour (94 mph).<ref name="EPDC-Formento">{{citation | title = Fomento dice que el tren circulaba a menos velocidad de la permitida y que tocó la bocina en tres ocasiones | url = http://www.elperiodico.es/es/noticias/sociedad/20100624/fomento-dice-que-tren-iba-velocidad-permitida-que-aviso-tocando-bocina/345711.shtml | newspaper = El Periódico de Catalunya | date = 24 June 2010}}. {{es icon}}</ref> |
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The safety of the station, particularly the problems of allowing large numbers of passengers to leave the station, was criticized after its refurbishment in 2009 by members of Castelldefels town council. In November 2009, one council member, Àngels Coté said "on [[St. John's Eve]] [the night of 23 June, a major celebration in Catalonia] it could become a rat trap [''una ratera''], and the months of July and August as well."<ref name="EPDC-Cote">{{citation | title = Blanco apunta a la "imprudència" dels passatgers en l'atropellament de Castelldefels | url = http://www.elperiodico.es/ca/noticias/societat/20100624/blanco-apunta-imprudencia-dels-passatgers-latropellament-castelldefels/346710.shtml | newspaper = El Periódico de Catalunya | date = 24 June 2010}}. {{ca icon}}</ref> The town council also had official discussions on the subject with [[Adif]], the state company responsible for railway infrastructure in Spain.<ref name="EPDC-Cote"/> |
The safety of the station, particularly the problems of allowing large numbers of passengers to leave the station, was criticized after its refurbishment in 2009 by members of Castelldefels town council. In November 2009, one council member, Àngels Coté said "on [[St. John's Eve]] [the night of 23 June, a major celebration in Catalonia] it could become a rat trap [''una ratera''], and the months of July and August as well."<ref name="EPDC-Cote">{{citation | title = Blanco apunta a la "imprudència" dels passatgers en l'atropellament de Castelldefels | url = http://www.elperiodico.es/ca/noticias/societat/20100624/blanco-apunta-imprudencia-dels-passatgers-latropellament-castelldefels/346710.shtml | newspaper = El Periódico de Catalunya | date = 24 June 2010}}. {{ca icon}}</ref> The town council also had official discussions on the subject with [[Adif]], the state company responsible for railway infrastructure in Spain.<ref name="EPDC-Cote"/> However, it is clear that the passengers crossing the tracks could have used a bridge that is situated at one end of the platform[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=41%C2%B0+16%E2%80%B2+1.02%E2%80%B3+N,+1%C2%B0+57%E2%80%B2+25.61%E2%80%B3+E&sll=41.262413,1.930257&sspn=0.007452,0.013057&ie=UTF8&ll=41.267203,1.957122&spn=0,0.006528&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.267241,1.957466&panoid=lJM3-UaAv8L15STrERhIMw&cbp=12,239.61,,1,2.11], even if this would have involved a short additional walk. |
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Platja de Castelldefels railway station is a small stop on the Rodalies Barcelona R2 line serving the beach district of Castelldefels (about 2 km south of the main town), approximately 17 minutes by train from Barcelona Sants Station. It is less than 200 metres from the beach, and is very busy during the summer months[1] but almost deserted in winter.[2]
The station has two 200 m-long platforms connected by a footbridge and, since November 2009, an underpass.[1][3] Trains arriving from Barcelona stop at platform 1, on the opposite side of the railway tracks from the beach. [4] There have been several accidents caused by passengers directly crossing the tracks rather than using the footbridge. [5] A 19-year old woman was killed by an on-coming train while crossing the tracks on 4 March 2009.[6] On the evening of 23 June 2010, the station was the site of the Castelldefels train accident in which 13 people were killed and 14 people were injured when an Alaris intercity train from Alicante to Barcelona ploughed into a large group of people who were crossing the lines.[5]
The only trains that stop at the station are those of the local services of Rodalies Barcelona. Medium-distance services from Barcelona to Tarragona and Tortosa, and long-distance services to Valencia and Alicante, also pass through the station.[4] These non-stopping trains can pass through the station at speeds of up to 150 kilometres per hour (94 mph).[7]
The safety of the station, particularly the problems of allowing large numbers of passengers to leave the station, was criticized after its refurbishment in 2009 by members of Castelldefels town council. In November 2009, one council member, Àngels Coté said "on St. John's Eve [the night of 23 June, a major celebration in Catalonia] it could become a rat trap [una ratera], and the months of July and August as well."[8] The town council also had official discussions on the subject with Adif, the state company responsible for railway infrastructure in Spain.[8] However, it is clear that the passengers crossing the tracks could have used a bridge that is situated at one end of the platform[1], even if this would have involved a short additional walk.
See also
References
- ^ a b Castelldefels reforma la segunda estación de Renfe, Transporte Barcelona, retrieved 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ "Desierto en invierno, abarrotado en verano", El País, 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ "Blanco asegura que la estación de Castelldefels cumple "la normativa de seguridad"", El País, 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ a b "Cercanías y rápidos por la misma vía", El País, 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ a b "Todas las versiones apuntan a la imprudencia en la muerte de 12 personas arrolladas por un tren en Castelldefels", El País, 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ "Una joven murió atropellada al cruzar las vías del mismo apeadero hace un año", La Vanguardia, 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ "Fomento dice que el tren circulaba a menos velocidad de la permitida y que tocó la bocina en tres ocasiones", El Periódico de Catalunya, 24 June 2010. Template:Es icon
- ^ a b "Blanco apunta a la "imprudència" dels passatgers en l'atropellament de Castelldefels", El Periódico de Catalunya, 24 June 2010. Template:Ca icon
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