page_title: Vitoria-Gasteiz
section_title: Railways
hierarchical_section_title: Vitoria-Gasteiz / Infrastructures / Transportation / Railways
caption_attribution_description: Español: Estación de FFCC de Vitoria-Gasteiz. País Vasco, España English: Railway station of Vitoria-Gasteiz. Basque Country, Spain
context_page_description: Vitoria-Gasteiz is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country and of the province of Araba/Álava in northern Spain. It holds the autonomous community's House of Parliament, the headquarters of the Government, and the Lehendakari's official residency. The municipality—which comprises not only the city but also the mainly agricultural lands of 63 villages around—is the largest in the Basque Country, with a total area of 276.81 square kilometres, and it has a population of 252,571. The dwellers of Vitoria-Gasteiz are called vitorianos or gasteiztarrak, while traditionally they are dubbed babazorros.
  Vitoria-Gasteiz is a multicultural city with strengths in healthcare, aeronautics, vehicle industry, and gastronomy. It is consistently ranked as one of the 5 best places to live in Spain, it is the first Spanish municipality to be awarded the title of European Green Capital and it has been also recognized by the UN with the Global Green City Award. The old town has some of the best preserved medieval streets and plazas in the region and it is one of very few cities with two cathedrals.
context_section_description: Vitoria-Gasteiz railway station is one of the main stops on the Madrid–Hendaye railway. Half a dozen trains each day link the city with Madrid, using Alvia trains on the AVE infrastructure to reach Madrid in 3 hours 43 minutes. There are also connections to Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon and Bordeaux. There is a complete lack of rail services to Andalusia and no direct rail link with Bilbao.
  A municipal tram service is operated by Euskotren Tranbia.
  The Basque Y high-speed rail network is planned to connect Vitoria-Gasteiz with the French border, San Sebastián and Bilbao within 35 minutes. However, work on this project has been slow and there is no date for its inaugural run.
caption: Railway station of Vitoria-Gasteiz
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