High-speed route
Avant Málaga–Granada
Málaga → Granada · Spain
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The Bobadilla branch of 1874 served Granada for a century and a half; its high speed replacement opened in 2019, but Málaga meant a change at Antequera until the Gobantes chord made it direct in 2022.
Stations
- 0 kmMálaga María Zambrano +4
- 68 kmAntequera AV
- 113 kmLoja
- 165 kmGranada +2
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16228313 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of A 8815
- 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 Avant Málaga–Granada?
The Avant Málaga–Granada runs 165 km from Málaga to Granada.
How long does the Avant Málaga–Granada take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 23 min for the 165 km. That is an average of 119 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Avant Málaga–Granada?
Renfe.
How old is the Avant Málaga–Granada?
The line has been in service since 2022. 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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