High-speed route
AVE Barcelona–Málaga
Barcelona → Málaga · Spain
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A single high-speed run tying the Mediterranean to the Costa del Sol, skirting Madrid to stitch two AVE corridors together.
Stations
- 0 kmBarcelona - Sants
- 100 kmCamp de Tarragona
- 180 kmLleida-Pirineus
- 320 kmZaragoza-Delicias
- 406 kmCalatayud
- 816 kmPuertollano
- 950 kmCórdoba
- 1,061 kmAntequera-Santa Ana
- 1,119 kmMálaga María Zambrano
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.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 10 m); the longest stretch away from it is 6 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of AVE 3992
- 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 AVE?
The AVE runs 1,119 km from Barcelona to Málaga.
How long does the AVE take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 57 min for the 1,119 km. That is an average of 161 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the AVE?
Renfe, with S-112 "Pato".
How old is the AVE?
The line has been in service since 2013. 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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