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Old Calamocha station
The old Calamocha station, commonly known as Calamocha-Vega station, is in the municipality of Teruel from which it derives its name, in the Jiloca District.
It is a railway infrastructure whose origin is related to the arrival of the railway in the village, in June 1901, with the opening of one section of the Calatayud-Valencia railway line, more specifically the section running from Calatayud to Puerto Escandón.
The station was built by the Compañía del Ferrocarril Central de Aragón, a company with Belgian capital, and remained in operation from the opening of the section until it closed in 1985.
It is a simple building with an austere appearance, made up of a single nave with a rectangular floor plan, on a single storey, with a hipped roof. Made in ashlar, it has lintelled arched door and window openings with a raised nave.
It was built using the same model as other railway infrastructure in the Jiloca Valley, such as the Báguena, Luco de Jiloca and Caminreal stations.
Apart from the central passenger building, there were also two adjacent buildings. It is small and rectangular, which served as toilets, and another, larger one, used as a dock and goods warehouse.
As regards the railway’s route, the Calatayud-Valencia line was intended to link the municipality of Calatayud (Zaragoza) and the Levante area, crossing Teruel province and reaching Valencia. The project, known as the Ferrocarril Central de Aragón, ran along the Jiloca Valley over approximately 300 km and entered service in July 1901.
Construction of the line began in the 1890s by Compañía del Ferrocarril Central de Aragón. Until 1941, when management of it passed into the hands of the newly-created RENFE.
The line was eventually closed entirely in 1987. Today, only part of the route between Zaragoza and Sagunto remains operational.
