Trip to Spain - December 2021
General Notes
Two Spanish rail days, then a few days at my sister's place in Sanlúcar de Guadiana in Spain, over Christmas 2021. I flew to Málaga to spend a day there covering the small suburban network plus the trams, before heading to overnight at Granada. Next day Granada to Sevilla via Córdoba, then to Sevilla airport to meet up with my nephew and his wife to drive to Sanlúcar de Guadiana. Odd trips out by car during Christmas week. Returning home via Sevilla for a flight to Bristol, then heading home by train from there via Newport and Crewe.
Numbers/letters in [square brackets] are platform identifiers.
Operating Company Abbreviations:
- RENFE - Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (principal train operator in Spain)
Track gauge
All trains are standard gauge (1435 mm) unless otherwise stated. Broad gauge: 1668 mm.
| Place | Arrive | Depart | Train | Traction details & notes |
Thursday 23 December 2021
| Timperley | 04:00 | taxi | ||
| Manchester Airport T3 (MAN) | 04:15 | 06:35 | EZY1868 | Easyjet G-EZTY Airbus A320 push-back 06:38, take-off 06:51 from runway 23R |
| Málaga (MGA) | 10:20 | landed 10:40 on runway 13, on stand 10:42 | ||
| Aeropuerto | 11:22 | 'C1' | RENFE EMU class 464 set 210 (broad gauge) | |
| Fueringirola | 11:56 | 12:00 | 'C1' | RENFE EMU class 464 set 210 (broad gauge) |
| Málaga Centro-Alameda | 12:46 | 12:50 | 'C1' | RENFE EMU class 464 set 210 (broad gauge) |
| Málaga María Zambrano | 12:52 | |||
| El Perchel | 13:08 | '1' | Málaga Metro 3054 | |
| Andalucía Tech | 13:24 | 13:27 | '1' | Málaga Metro 3054 |
| El Perchel | 13:44 | |||
| Málaga María Zambrano | 14:15 [1] | Avant 8744 | RENFE EMU class 104 set 05 | |
| Antequera Santa Ana | 14:40 [3] | 16:59 [4] | AVE 2146 | RENFE AVE class 112 set 011 |
| Granada | 17:52 [7] | |||
| Estación de Ferrocarril | 19:00 | 'L1' | Granada tram 301 | |
| Albolote | 19:25 | 19:29 | 'L1' | Granada tram 301 |
| Armilla | 20:22 | 20:33 | 'L1' | Granada tram 314 |
| Estación de Ferrocarril | 21:00 | Today's photos | ||
| New passenger track today: Fueringirola - Málaga Centro-Alameda; Málaga María Zambrano - Antequera Santa Ana; Antequera Santa Ana - Granada; Málaga metro (complete); Granada trams (complete). | ||||
| Overnight: Hotel Catalonia Granada, Av. de Madrid, 10, Granada. | ||||
| Notes Flight to Málaga to spend a day there covering the small suburban network plus the metro, before heading to overnight at Granada and the trams there. |
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Friday 24 December 2021
| Granada | 07:12 [6] | AVE 2077 | RENFE EMU class 112 set ? - dep 11 late | |
| Córdoba | 08:36 [2] | 08:56 [3] | AVE 2070 | RENFE EMU class 103 sets 07+03 - arr 12 late |
| Sevilla Santa Justa | 09:40 [2] | |||
| Estacion Santa Justa | 11:29 | 'EA' | Tussam bus | |
| Aeropuerto | 11:46 | then by car to Sanlúcar de Guadiana | ||
| New passenger track today: Antequera Santa Ana - Córdoba. | ||||
Monday 27 December 2021
| Shopping trip by car from Sanlúcar de Guadiana to Ayamonte. Today's photo |
Tuesday 28 December 2021
| Trip by car from Sanlúcar de Guadiana. Included a visit to the Chanza Canal. Today's photos |
Friday 31 December 2021
| Sanlúcar de Guadiana | car | |||
| Sevilla (SVQ) | 07:00 | FR6689 | Ryanair EI-EVAV737-8AS push-back 06:52, take-off 06:57 from runway 9 | |
| Bristol (BRS) | 08:40 | landed 08:17 on runway 27, on stand 08:22 - then by car | ||
| Bristol Temple Meads | 10:27 | Great Western Railway HST 2+4 set | ||
| Newport | 11:05 | 11:05 | Transport for Wales DMU 175 003 | |
| Crewe | 13:34 | 13:48 | Northern EMU 323 239 | |
| Man chester Piccadiully | 14:43 | 14:54 | Metrolink tram 3045 | |
| Timperley | 15:22 | Today's photo | ||
| New passenger track today: none. | ||||
Tickets used: single tickets as required.