Antequera–Granada high-speed rail line

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Antequera–Granada high-speed rail line
25 kV 50 Hz
Operating speedmax 300 km/h (190 mph)

The Antequera–Granada high-speed rail line opened in 2019, linking the Spanish city of Granada to the AVE network via a branch from the existing Madrid–Málaga high-speed rail line at Antequera.

Background

Construction on the line near Antequera in 2013

The 122.8 km (76.3 mi) line from

S-112 (Pato, max speed 330 km/h (210 mph)) trains are used for these services and all trains call at Córdoba, offering a journey time of 90 min from Granada.[3] The total cost of building the line was €1.4 billion.[4]

Stations

After branching from the existing

Loja and Granada. In 2019, construction was set to begin on a €16 million underground AVE station in Antequera town centre, making Antequera the only city in Spain outside of Madrid to have two high-speed rail stops.[5]

Services

The line is used by AVE services to Madrid and one daily service to Barcelona. In November 2019, a daily patronage of 2,600 passengers using these services was reported.[6]

References

  1. Renfe
    . 25 June 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Los viajes en AVE a Málaga y Sevilla se estrenan esta semana, con transbordo en Antequera y Córdoba". www.ideal.es. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Granada joins the AVE network". Railway Gazette International. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Antequera se sube al AVE". Diario Sur (in Spanish). 24 October 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Work on a new AVE station near central Antequera to start soon". Sur in English. February 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. ^ "El AVE de Granada alcanza los 2.600 pasajeros al día con los servicios de Madrid y Barcelona". Granada Hoy (in Spanish). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
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