The history of the Alicante train station dates back to 1858 when the first train from Madrid arrived in Alicante. It then took the railway station-that had apparently been built for more than a decade to be operational, few months to be officially launched with the arrival of Queen Isabella II. It got additional extensions after nearly a decade, making it one of the largest terminals built in those years.
The train station is run by the state owned company RENFE and therefore not related to the narrow gauge railway that is managed by Ferocarrils Generalitat Valencia FGV. The train station runs both the long and medium distance trains and is the origin of the C-1 line that serves Alicante Murcia suburban areas at a frequency of about 1 or two trains per day and eighth trains of its other line C-3. The railway station that is locally referred to as RENFE station is a terminal station that is also part of Adif.
The advancements in technology have prompted the introduction of a high-speed train that is expected to roll out in the year 2012. This will see a connection between Madrid-Valencia-Alicante. Upon the construction of the high-speed railway that will utilize the temporal terminal a train is expected to reach Alicante from Madrid in two hours.
This will boost the transport sector greatly and gear businesses into opening new branches elsewhere, due to easy access hence developing Spain’s economy. There are a number of trains with their specific destinations and intermediate stops well structured, such that the train in Spain is an efficient means of getting to your destination without much strain. This is one of the most central train station that is at the center of the city and is capable of serving all major Spanish cities Barcelona, Madrid, Seville with various daily connections.