R-1 Madrid–Ávila

Out of Madrid past El Escorial and over the Guadarrama to Ávila and its complete medieval walls, on the main line to the French border built between 1860 and 1864.

Stations

1. 0 kmAtocha +15
2. 2 kmSol +1
3. 5 kmNuevos Ministerios
4. 9 kmMadrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor +6
5. 47 kmVillalba
6. 51 kmLas Zorreras-Navalquejigo
7. 59 kmEl Escorial +1
8. 66 kmZarzalejo
9. 74 kmRobledo de Chavela
10. 81 kmSanta María de la Alameda
11. 82 kmEl Pimpollar
12. 93 kmLas Navas del Marqués
13. 129 kmÁvila

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 7879440: 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 5 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 17151

Questions and answers

How long is the R-1 Madrid–Ávila?

The R-1 Madrid–Ávila runs 130 km from Madrid to Ávila.

How long does the R-1 Madrid–Ávila take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 25 min for the 130 km. That is an average of 54 km/h end to end.

Who runs the R-1 Madrid–Ávila?

Renfe.

How old is the R-1 Madrid–Ávila?

The line has been in service since 1864. 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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