High-speed route
Avant Málaga–Sevilla
Málaga → Seville · Spain
Andalusia’s own high-speed shuttle: Málaga to Seville via Córdoba’s mezquita city in two hours, on the S-104 sets built for exactly this.
How this line was checked
- The 129 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: 99.1% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 13 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Renfe — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- 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–Sevilla?
The Avant Málaga–Sevilla runs 290 km from Málaga to Seville.
How long does the Avant Málaga–Sevilla take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 05 min for the 290 km. That is an average of 139 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 250 km/h.
Who runs the Avant Málaga–Sevilla?
Renfe.
How old is the Avant Málaga–Sevilla?
The line has been in service since 2007. 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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