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Old Halt Station of Lences
This is what remains of an old construction that was part of the unfinished Santander-Mediterranean railway line, which served the Burgos municipality of Lences. The aim of this service was to connect the Cantabrian coast from Santander to the Mediterranean at the port of Sagunto.
In 1920, the provincial councils of Burgos, Santander, Soria and Zaragoza supported the construction of the central sections of the Santander-Mediterranean railway. In 1930, the section between Calatayud and Cidad-Dosante, of which this station forms part, was completed.
However, technical problems, as well as the low profitability of the line, together with the political instability of the early 20th century meant that, in the end, the complete route of this ambitious project never saw the light of day. In fact, the connection to Santander was never completed, with 35 km of track missing. Nevertheless, some stretches were inaugurated, such as the section that passed through the small town of Lences, in the heart of the province of Burgos, which has remained as one of the vestiges of this grand railway that never was.
The line was closed definitively in 1985 and the facilities on the sections that had been inaugurated up to that time were condemned to their fate. In the specific case of the Lences halt station, the fact that it was inhabited until relatively recently has encouraged the conservation of the station. Its architecture is very similar to the rest of the buildings on the line in this part of the province of Burgos. This particular halt station was equipped with a waiting room and lodgings for the foreman, as well as a small track and works shed which was attached to the main building.