Andalusia enjoyed one of the densest railway networks in the Iberian Peninsula. The MZA and Andaluces railway companies coincided in the task of linking Seville and Cordoba. The former opened its railway line in 1859, along the Guadalquivir Valley, which is a route that still survives today. Since the Andaluces company's line arrived later, being completed in 1885, it had to opt for a more winding, harder route, going through the countryside to reach Seville from the south, via Marchena. This railway line was, in turn, a shortcut for the trains that, from Córdoba, were bound directly for Cádiz. They thus avoided entering Seville and joined the Andaluces railway company's own line at Utrera.

After the disappearance of private railway companies, and their integration into Renfe in 1941, the Campiña railway gradually became less important compared to the main line along the Guadalquivir Valley. The latter was more direct, featuring a far easier route for trains, and catering to an area with a lot more of its own economic activities. Therefore, after a gradual decline, it was closed entirely in 1970, with all of its installations being dismantled shortly thereafter.