Classic route
R-1 Madrid–Ávila
Madrid → Ávila · Spain
- Distance
- 130 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 25 min
- Average speed
- 54 km/h
- Train
- Renfe Media Distancia
- Countries
- Spain
- In service since
- 1864
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
How this line was checked
- 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 R 17151
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