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Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) [a] is a high-speed rail service operated by Renfe, the Spanish State railway company. The first AVE service was inaugurated in 1992, with the introduction of the first Spanish high-speed railway connecting the cities of Madrid , Córdoba and Seville .
Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla railway station is a railway station in Valencia, Spain, opened in 2010.Along with Estació del Nord, it is a city centre terminus station, primarily serving AVE high-speed rail services, with Estació del Nord serving all other passenger rail traffic.
Direct AVE trains to Valencia cover the 391 km in 98 minutes while thirty trains run every day between 05:00 and 21:00, fifteen in each direction. For the service Madrid–Castellón AVE trains cover the distance in 2 hours and 25 minutes and 4 trains per day are scheduled, two in each direction. [39] The line is part of the Madrid–Levante ...
Non-stop trains between Madrid and Valencia cover the 391 km (243 mi) in 1 hour and 40 minutes, saving two hours on the previous service of Alaris trains on the classic line. [ 4 ] The line is built to 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge , and electric powered at 25 kV AC, with signalling ERTMS levels 1 and 2.
The line is used by Cercanías Madrid's C-3 service and the C-3 of Cercanías Valencia; along with numerous regional services along various stretches of the line.The Regional Express service runs the full distance between Madrid and Valencia, taking 6 hours and 36 minutes with stops at numerous intermediate stations; [2] since the opening of the AVE high-speed rail line travel has been reduced ...
The Estació del Nord or Estación del Norte (), both meaning "North Station", is the major railway station in Valencia, Spain.It is located in the city centre next to the Plaça de Bous or Plaza de Toros, the city's bullring, and 200 metres from the town hall.
The Renfe Class 102 or S-102 [note 1] (nicknamed "Pato" in Spanish, because of its nose that looks like the beak of a duck) is a push-pull high-speed train used for the AVE service and operated in Spain by the state-run railway company Renfe, and based on Bombardier Transportation's power car technology.
The Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line is a 621-kilometre (385.9 mi) standard gauge railway line inaugurated on 20 February 2008. Designed for speeds of 350 km/h (217.5 mph) and compatibility with neighbouring countries' rail systems, it connects the cities of Madrid and Barcelona in 2 hours 30 minutes.