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Rail transport in Spain operates on four rail gauges and services are operated by a variety of private and public operators. Total railway length in 2020 was 15,489 km (9,953 km electrified). [2] The Spanish high-speed rail network is the longest HSR network in Europe with 3,966 km (2,464 mi) and the second longest in the world, after China's ...
Renfe (Spanish pronunciation:, Eastern Catalan:), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company. [ 3 ] It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), which inherited the infrastructure, and Renfe-Operadora ...
Map showing high-speed railway lines in operation as of January 2025. High-speed railways in Spain have been in operation since 1992 when the first line was opened connecting the cities of Madrid, Córdoba and Seville. Unlike the rest of the Iberian broad gauge network, the Spanish High-speed network mainly uses standard gauge.
The name is literally translated from Spanish "Alta Velocidad Española" (Spanish High Speed), but its initials are also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird". As of July 2024, the Spanish high-speed rail network is the longest HSR network in Europe with 3,966 km (2,464 mi) [6] and the second longest in the world, after China's.
The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called Cercanías (Spanish: [θeɾkaˈni.as]) in most of Spain, Rodalia (Valencian: [roðaˈli.a]) in the Valencian Community, Aldiriak (Basque:) in the Basque Country and Rodalies (Catalan: [ruðəˈli.əs]) in Catalonia.
System Start of operations System length Lines Stations Gauge Operator Granada: Granada Metro: 21 September 2017 15.92 km (9.9 mi) 1 26 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in), Metro De Granada/ Junta de Andalucía Malaga: Malaga Metro: 30 July 2014 11.3 km (7 mi) 2 17 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Metro de Málaga
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. In addition to Renfe's use of the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias -managed rail infrastructure in Spain, Renfe offers two AVE services partially in France, connecting ...
These maps include a map of the maximum speeds on the operated railway lines. On the SISKOM website: Railways in Poland , includes a map of modernizations and new lines by period (in Polish, file from 2009) and the Master plan for 2030 (2008) (See the network map of speeds for 2030, page 81).