High-speed route
Alvia Madrid–Cádiz
Madrid → Cádiz · Spain
Off the 1992 Madrid–Seville high-speed spine, a gauge-changing Talgo carries on through sherry country to the Atlantic at Cádiz.
How this line was checked
- The 470 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 11887426 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of A 2074
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Alvia?
The Alvia runs 664 km from Madrid to Cádiz.
How long does the Alvia take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 25 min for the 664 km. That is an average of 150 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Alvia?
Renfe.
How old is the Alvia?
The line has been in service since 1992. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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