Classic route
Jaén–Madrid
Jaén → Madrid · Spain
- Distance
- 378 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h
- Average speed
- 95 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- Renfe
- Train
- Media Distancia
- Countries
- Spain
- In service since
- 1881
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The classic climb out of Andalucía: through the Despeñaperros gorge, the old gateway pass, then straight across La Mancha to Madrid.
How this line was checked
- The 56 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 62936 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 20 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Renfe — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
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