High-speed route
AVE Madrid–Zaragoza
Madrid → Zaragoza · Spain
The first stretch of Spain’s Madrid–Barcelona line (2003), crossing the Guadalajara plateau and Ebro valley to Zaragoza in 75 minutes.
- Distance
- 307 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 35 min
- Average speed
- 194 km/h
- Top speed
- 300 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmPuerta de Atocha +15
- 221 kmCalatayud +2
- 307 kmZaragoza-Delicias +6
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, 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 15092061: 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 AVE 3083
- 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 307 km from Madrid to Zaragoza.
How long does the AVE take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 35 min for the 307 km. That is an average of 194 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 300 km/h.
Who runs the AVE?
Renfe, with S-103 Velaro.
How old is the AVE?
The line has been in service since 2003. 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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