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Old Halt Station of Lermilla - Quintanarruz
This old railway construction belonged to the failed Santander-Mediterranean railway line, serving the Burgos municipalities of Lermilla and Quintanarruz, which meant that this station was built in the middle of the countryside, with access to both towns via rural roads. 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 one that ran through this area halfway between Lermilla and Quintanarruz, 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 case of this station between Lermilla and Quintanarruz, its location far from the infrastructure meant that the construction was completely abandoned when the railway was closed. Despite this, we can still observe the architecture of its facilities today, which is quite similar to that of other stations on this line built in the area. Today, the advanced state of ruin of the building has led to its enclosure being fenced off due to the risk of collapse.