Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line
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The Atlantic Axis high-speed rail line, also called Atlantic Corridor high-speed rail line, is a high-speed railway line that links A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo in Spain. The Atlantic Axis was inaugurated in April 2015.
History
Construction started in 2001 and the first section between A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela opened in 2009 and was electrified in 2011. The extension from Santiago de Compostela to Pontevedra and Vigo completed in March 2015[3] and the entire line was inaugurated on 18 April 2015. The total investment of the project exceeded €3 bn.[4]
The line was planned to be extended to the south towards the border between Spain and Portugal and with a further connection to the city of
Features
The line has a length of 155.6 km of
Since 2015, the maximum speed between A Coruña and Vigo is 200 km/h, with the fastest journey between the two cities taking 80 minutes (with three stops).[2][7] When the ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) railway signaling will be put in service, instead of the ASFA signaling, it will be possible to raise the maximum speed up to 250 km/h and the travel time should be reduced to only 70 minutes (or 64 minutes for an express service with an only stop in Santiago).[2] As of April 2022, the ERMTS is still not yet in service.[7]
Ridership
Within two months of opening in June 2015, the line had carried 400,000 passengers.[8] By January 2017 total cumulative ridership was 5.1 million.[9]
References
- ^ "El tráfico de viajeros en tren crece a ritmo de récord entre Vigo y Coruña". Atlantico Vigo. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Renfe proyecta rebajar el viaje entre A Coruña y Vigo a 70 minutos, mundo-ferroviario.es / aVozdeGalicia.es, 25 abril 2016.
- ^ "Fase final de las obras del Eje Atlántico y de la nueva estación de Vigo-Urzáiz". fomento.gob.es. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Fernando Puente (20 April 2015). "Spain inaugurates Galicia high-speed line". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "€10.5bn for rail in Portuguese 10-year investment plan". International Railway Journal. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Eje Atlántico". Adif. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ a b El Eje Atlántico cumple 7 años al alza en viajeros pero sin mejorar tiempos, Faro de Vigo, 21 Abril 2022.
- ^ "El Eje Atlántico de alta velocidad supera los 400.000 pasajeros desde su inauguración". Europa Press (in Spanish). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Cinco millones de pasajeros en el Eje Atlántico". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 27 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.