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Cámaras Altas Siding
The old Cámaras Altas siding is located in the municipality of Belmez, Córdoba. A structure that, until 1911, was called Hinojosa.
When the railway from Peñarroya to Puertollano was in operation, the station was located at kilometre point 16.775, between Belmez station and the Peñas Blancas siding.
The siding was inaugurated in the early 20th century, when operations first began on the Peñarroya-Puertollano section of the narrow-gauge mining railway intended to link the towns of Puertollano, in Ciudad Real, and Fuente del Arco, in Badajoz.
This line was operated by the Sociedad Minera y Metalúrgica de Peñarroya (SMMP), and from 1924 it was operated by its subsidiary, the Compañía de los Ferrocarriles de Peñarroya y Puertollano. In the middle of the century it passed into state hands and the old trains were replaced by diesel engines. The line mostly saw freight and mail traffic. This section was closed in the 1970s due to poor profitability.
Today, almost all of the buildings that formed part of the siding are in a state of ruin, with the exception of one building that is in private hands.