Canfranc International Estación Internacional de Canfranc | |
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| Former and future border station | |
 After the renovation of the facade of the old and the opening of the new station in the former goods halls (foreground), April 2021. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Avenida de Fernando El Católico, 2 22880 Canfranc  Spain |
| Coordinates | 42°45′05″N 00°30′51″W / 42.75139°N 0.51417°W |
| Elevation | 1,195 m (3,921 ft) |
| Owned by | Government of  Aragon |
| Operated by | Adif |
| Line(s) |
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| Tracks | 3 |
| Train operators |
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| Bus operators | Local: from Jaca to the ski resorts |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Architect | Fernando Ramírez de Dampierre |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 7174217 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Opened | 18 July 1928 |
| Closed | (i.e. sold): 15 January 2013 |
| Rebuilt | 15 April 2021 |
| Electrified | |
Canfranc International railway station (Spanish: Estación Internacional de Canfranc) is a formerly international railway station in the village of Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees. The Somport railway tunnel, inoperative since 1970, which carries the Pau–Canfranc railway, under the Pyrenees into France, is located at its northern end.
The station, which was opened during July 1928, was constructed on a grand scale to serve as a major hub for cross-border railway traffic. Already more modest than imagined, this came to a full and abrupt end during 1970 following a train derailment that damaged a key bridge in France.
With only minimal services over five decades, Canfranc station experienced a major decline and neglect, resulting in much of the site becoming derelict. The regional government has ambitions to reopen the international line and has redeveloped the station, which meant the renovation of the existing station building for use as a hotel and its replacement by a new facility in the former freight area. In February 2020, funding for both the relaunch of international services and the station's rehabilitation was made available by the European Union.