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Old Jérica station
This is an old railway station located in the town of Jérica, in the province of Castellón. It 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 station is very similar to that of the rest of the constructions that appear along the route, although in this case the building had a reservoir that served to supply water to the steam locomotives.
Today, the building lies in a state of neglect, with boarded-up windows and doors, a caved-in roof and worn walls. However, next to the building there is a picnic area with wooden tables and benches in the shade of some pine trees, which also has a wooden bike rack and a small building in good condition built with similar materials.