It is located in the municipality of Pontevedra, to the north of the city, in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain.

[1] In November 1998, specific dates began to be discussed for the construction of a railway stop near the Pontevedra campus.

[2] The Pontevedra-Universidad stop was finally put into service by Renfe in October 2001 to serve the Pontevedra campus.

[4] The railway stop has two platforms with video surveillance, shelters and electronic information boards indicating train arrivals and departures, a device for emergency calls and a clock.

[5] Pontevedra-Universidad is served by trains of the Media Distancia Renfe service, mainly originating or terminating at the railway stations of A Coruña, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo-Guixar.