Badajoz railway station

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{{Infobox station

|name = Badajoz

|style = Adif

|image = CP Badajoz.jpg

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|coordinates ={{coord|38|53|26|N|6|58|53|W|region:ES-A_type:railwaystation|display=title}}

|electrified =

|owned = adif

|operator = Renfe

|services =

|passengers = 125,198{{cite web|url=http://www.adif.es/es_ES/infraestructuras/estaciones/37606/area_comercial_000078.shtml|title=Adif - Información de estaciones - Badajoz|website=ADIF|accessdate=3 September 2019}}

|pass_year = 2018

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Badajoz railway station {{airport codes|BQZ}} is the central railway station of Badajoz, Spain. Commonly referred locally as the RENFE station, the station is part of Adif and high-speed rail systems: it is located at the western part of the Southwest–Portuguese high speed line.{{cite web|url=http://www.adif.es/en_US/infraestructuras/lineas_de_alta_velocidad/madrid_extremadura_fronteraportuguesa/madrid_extremadura_fronteraportuguesa.shtml |title=High Speed Lines Madrid - Extremadura - Portuguese Border line |publisher=ADIF |accessdate=24 September 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923060043/http://www.adif.es/en_US/infraestructuras/lineas_de_alta_velocidad/madrid_extremadura_fronteraportuguesa/madrid_extremadura_fronteraportuguesa.shtml |archivedate=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}

Railway service

The station accommodates RENFE long-distance and medium-distance trains (AVE). It is part of the proposed Madrid–Lisbon high-speed rail line{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-03|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=High-speed rail in Spain#Madrid–Lisbon|reason= The anchor (Madrid–Lisbon) has been deleted.}}, the first (resp. last) Spanish railway station after (resp. before) the Portugal part.

In August 2017 Comboios de Portugal (CP), the Portuguese national railway company, restarted an international passenger train service to/from Portugal. A daily return service links Badajoz with Entroncamento, with connections to Lisbon and Porto.

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