Girona (Girona / Gerona)

Girona has a modern, functional station which stands in contrast to one of Spain's most historic city centres, though it is a station of two parts.

(1) There are vias (platforms) above ground, located up on a viaduct that crosses the city, which can be accessed by escalators and stairs linking them to the main station building.
This main building is below the vias at street level and it houses the station's facilities including the food and drink outlets.
A taxi rank is in front of the main exit.

These above ground vias are typically solely used by the MD and RE trains on the Barcelona - Girona - Figueres - Port Bou - Cerbere route.

These trains provide Girona with its most frequent and cheapest rail links with both Barcelona and Figueres.
Note that these trains make a city centre station call in Barcelona at Passeig de Gràcia station, before they call at the city's main rail hub, Barcelona Sants - some of the RE trains travel on terminate at L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - which is on the western side of Barcelona.

(2) Vias / platforms 11 - 14 are below ground, as they are located within a rail tunnel which is little to the west of the main station, on the opposite side of the station from the city centre.
They are typically solely used by the Alta-Velocidad / high speed trains on these routes:

• Figueres-Vilifant - Girona - Barcelona - Zaragoza - Madrid; AVE trains
• Figueres-Vilifant - Girona - Barcelona - Castello de la Plana - Valenica - Alicante; Euromed trains
• Barcelona - Girona - Figueres-Vilifant - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nimes - Valence - Paris, by TGV trains
• Barcelona - Girona - Figueres-Vilifant - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nimes - Valence - Lyon, by AVE train
• Madrid - Zaragoza - Barcelona - Girona - Figueres-Vilifant - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nimes - Avignon - Marseille by AVE train
  not all station calls have been included above
  Note that avlo, iryo and Ouigo trains don't serve Girona

Above these tracks there is a separate entrance, shared with Girona's bus station for long-distance and regional routes.
It is served by a taxi rank, so if you are taking a taxi to the station and tell the driver you are taking an Alta-Velocidad train, you can be dropped here.
Or if you'll want to take a taxi when arriving by train, you can head to the top level of this building and when you step outside this exit, the taxi rank will be ahead of you, over to the right..

A passage way under the ground on level -1, links the Alta-Velocidad station to the main station, so it can be used to access:

• the platforms used by the RE and MD trains
• the station facilities, including the car hire desk
• the exit on the city centre side of the station
• the other taxi rank.

The vias 11 - 14 can be accessed by flights of escalators, pictured at the top of the page, or by elevator / lift.

If you will be taking an Alta-Velocidad / high speed train aim to be at the station a minim of 15 mins before departure.
Between the city centre entrance and the trains will be three escalators and two elevators, plus there will also in effect be a ticket gate at which luggage will be screened.
Lines for the gate can build up ay busy times, so you'll need to avoid at the back of a queue when your train is leaving within the next 5 mins.

The station is located on the opposite side of the city centre to the old town area, which is named, Barri Vell.
Though Girona is a mid-sized city so the walk between them takes around 15 - 20 mins.

The public transport alternative is to take local bus route / line L7 - towards Torre Gironella.
Its stop named Pg. Fora Muralla 12 is adjacent to the Portal Nuo 'gate' into the old town area, though the route into the old town is down steps.
Though this route / line L7 doesn't stop outside the main exit at Girona station, its closest stop is a 3 to 5 min walk away at the Poeta Marquina.