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Old Torás station
This old railway station in Torás, in the province of Castellón, was part of the mining railway line that facilitated the transport of raw materials extracted from the Ojos Negros iron mine in Teruel, owned by the Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera, to the Port of Sagunto for distribution. The mining company created its own railway line due to the high prices imposed by the Compañía Central de Aragón on the line between Zaragoza and Sagunto. So in 1907, the first railway began to run through this station, inaugurating a route that was active until 1972, when the line was definitively closed.
The establishment of this railway played a crucial role in fostering the development of the nearby towns, whose economies were heavily reliant on the production from the mine. This initiative helped launch a line that revitalised the region’s economy, bringing significant benefits to an area of the peninsula that had traditionally faced economic challenges.
The architecture of the Torás station is very similar to that of the rest of the buildings that appear along the road, although nowadays the surroundings of this infrastructure have a small picnic area with some benches and wooden tables, as well as litter bins and a bicycle rack, and an old well next to the building.
The station building itself in Torás is in a state of abandonment and disrepair, with windows and doors boarded up and parts of the roof have collapsed. However, the town council of Torás, in collaboration with the Consellería de Turismo, has already begun the process of refurbishing the old station into a museum and a hostel for users of the Ojos Negros Greenway.