Commonly referred locally as the RENFE station, the station is part of Adif and high-speed rail systems: it is located at the western part of the Southwest–Portuguese high speed line.

[2] The station accommodates RENFE long-distance and medium-distance trains (AVE).

It is part of the proposed Madrid–Lisbon high-speed rail line[broken anchor], the first (resp.

In August 2017 Comboios de Portugal (CP), the Portuguese national railway company, restarted an international passenger train service to/from Portugal.

A daily return service links Badajoz with Entroncamento, with connections to Lisbon and Porto.