Granada (Granada)

Granada station is L-shaped, because it is wrapped around two sides of the vias (platforms/tracks) that the trains use, with the L compromising both an older building and a more modern extension.
The older part of the station, pictured at the top of the page, is beside via 2 and it houses the ticket office and the train information desk, as it the first part of the station that most departing passengers will enter.
Though the station canteen, which can be a good location to await a train, is at the far end of the station, passed the area which gives access to the trains.

Arriving by train
The more modern part of the stations spans the ends of the vias (platforms/tracks), because Granada is a terminus station.
So it is the first part of the station that arriving passengers will encounter, as a consequence the car hire desks are logically located in this part of the station - as are the toilets.
There are two exits from this arrival hall, that to the left gives access to the taxi rank, but the exit to the right, which is by the canteen, leads to the tram stop, which is named 'Estación de ferrocarriles'
What's less obvious is that this exit also leads to the shortest walking routes to the city centre.

• Almeria = up to 4 x MD trains per day
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• Cordoba = up to 8 x trains per day
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• Malaga = up to 3 x Avant trains per day
• Seville = up to 4 x Avant trains per day

The rail station in Granada is some distance from the heart of the city at Puerta Real - it is around a half kilometer walk, so it will take around 20 - 30mins.
The route to take is:

1. Head to the tram stop - it is to the right of the part of the station, which is at the front of the trains.
2. Follow the tram tracks on foot until you come to a main street named Av. de Fuente Nueva and turn right.
3. One block along Av. de Fuente Nueva, turn left into the street on to the street named, Calle Melchior Almagro - and keep going straight ahead when the route becomes an alleyway
4. Turn left at the end of the alleyway.

At face value this doesn't seem a logical option because the tram route in Granada doesn't serve the heart of the city.
However, the tick in the box for taking this route is that the tram stop is easy to find at the rail station .
Just three stops to the east on the trams heading to Armilla, is the stop named Recogidas which is underground.
Two bus routes / lines - the 5 heading to Beethoven and the 9 heading to Los Ribets, provide up to 10 connections an hour on to Puerta Real from Recogidas
Though it's only a two-stop bus ride, so the walk along the street named Calle Recogidas to Puerta Real, only takes around 10 to 15 mins.

The bus stands in front of the older station building, which is to the left-hand side of the arriving trains, aren't used by the frequent local bus services.
However, there is a bus stop, named Constitucion 3 V within a 5 -10 min walk from the station, from which multiple local bus routes/lines head to the city centre.

1. Exit from the from the front of the station and turn to the right to cross the tram tracks, and take a side street named Calle Dr, Jaime Garcia Royo - on the right will be white buildings behind some back railings.
2. Take the second left into the street named Calle Maria Louisa de Dios
3. Turn left at the end of the street and you will soon see the bus stop.

The Alahambra is located on the opposite side of the city centre to the rail station in Granada, so it's a two bus journey, albeit on routes with frequent services.
The route from Granada train station to the Alahambra is:

1. Exit from the from the front of the station and turn to the right to cross the tram tracks, and take a side street named Calle Dr, Jaime Garcia Royo - on the right will be white buildings behind back railings.
2. Take the second left into the street named Calle Maria Louisa de Dios
3. Turn left at the end of the street and you will soon see the bus stop, named Constitucion 3 V
4. Take route/line 21 to the stop named Gran Vía 5- Catedral
5. From this same stop route/line C32 goes to the entrance of the Alahambra.
   From exiting the station to being at the the entrance to the Alahambra can take less than 45 minutes.

The cathedral in Granada is a 20 to 30 min walk from Granada rail station, but the most direct route doesn't have a particularly obvious beginning.

1. Head for the tram stop when exiting the station.
2. Walk passed it for around three minutes and on the left you will see a tree lined walkway named the Paseo Prof. Juan Ossorio.
3. Walk down this path until you come to a roundabout.
4. Go straight ahead into the street named Calle Rector Lopez Argueta which passes the university.
5. At the end of this street is the church named Santuario de Nuestra.
6. At the church go to the left and then first right info the street named Calle San Jeronimo, the cathedral is at the far end of this street.

1. Exit from the from the front of the station and turn to the right to cross the tram tracks, to take a side street named Calle Dr, Jaime Garcia Royo - on the right will be white buildings on the other side of some back railings.
2. Take the second left into the street named Calle Maria Louisa de Dios.
3. Turn left at the end of the street and you will soon see the bus stop.
4. Take any bus from here to the stop named Gran Vía 5- Catedral