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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.
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A narrow gauge train at a station in Spain. Across the EU, passenger rail transport saw a 50% increase between 2021 and 2022, with the 2022 passenger-kilometers figure being slightly under that of 2019 (i.e. before the COVID-19 pandemic). [3] The trend is expected to continue and rapid investments in European Union railways are under way. [4]
The Trans-European high-speed rail network is one of a number of the European Union's Trans-European transport networks. It was defined by the Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996. The aim of this EU Directive is to achieve the interoperability of the European high-speed train network at the various stages of its design, construction and ...
Rail [ edit ] The Mediterranean Corridor crosses six EU countries ( Spain , France , Italy , Slovenia , Croatia and Hungary ), over more than 6.000 km along the route: Almeria - Valencia / Madrid - Zaragoza / Barcelona - Marseille - Lyon - Turin - Milan - Verona - Padua / Venice - Trieste / Koper - Ljubljana - Budapest - Záhony .
In Europe, trains are assigned to different categories or train types by railway companies depending on their role. Passenger trains may be broadly split into long-distance and local trains; the latter having average journey times of under an hour and a range of less than 50 kilometres (31 mi).
The Eurail Pass, introduced in 1959 and formerly known as Europass or Eurorail Pass, is a rail pass which permits travel through 33 European countries on nearly all railroads and several shipping lines. The Eurail Group, based in Utrecht, is responsible for the marketing and management of the Eurail and Interrail passes.
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