The ruins of Bóveda railway station

The ruins of Bóveda railway station

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The Bóveda station was destroyed in 1977 when a train entered a dead track and crashed into the building.

Bóveda station was a railway station in the municipality of Bóveda. The station suffered from a decline in passenger traffic and the loss of goods traffic to the Rubián station.

The station was located on the line connecting León and A Coruña, between the stations of Monforte de Lemos and Rubián. This section of the line is single-track and not electrified.

On 10 de febreiro de 1977, the station was destroyed when a train entered a dead track and crashed into the building.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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