Donostia-San Sebastián
Front façade
General information
Location	San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Coordinates	43°19′04″N 1°58′36″W / 43.3177°N 1.9768°W / 43.3177; -1.9768
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe
Line(s)	Madrid–Hendaye railway
History
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2018	2,146,772[1]

San Sebastián railway station, also known as Donostia-San Sebastián or Estación del Norte is the main railway station of the Spanish city of San Sebastián, Basque Country. It served over 2 million passengers in 2018.

Services

Alvia services use the Madrid–León high-speed rail line as far as Valladolid-Campo Grande, and switches to the conventional rail network to serve Vitoria-Gasteiz and San Sebastián before reaching Irun. The Barcelona Sants to Irun Alvia service uses the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line to Zaragoza-Delicias before switching to conventional tracks to San Sebastián. The Cercanías San Sebastián commuter rail line also serves the station.

At present, no connection exists to Bilbao by Renfe tracks; however travel between the two cities by the Euskotren Trena metre-gauge network is provided between Matiko station in Bilbao and Donostia-Amara station.

Future

The Basque Y high-speed rail network will connect San Sebastián station to Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao-Abando in 34 and 38 minutes respectively.^[2]

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