Heritage route
Tren de Felipe II
Madrid (Príncipe Pío) → El Escorial · Spain
An ALCO diesel and 1940s coaches staffed by costumed actors climb from Príncipe Pío into the Guadarrama foothills to Philip II’s colossal monastery-palace.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 13489217 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 92.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5 km
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Tren de Felipe II?
The Tren de Felipe II runs 47 km from Madrid (Príncipe Pío) to El Escorial.
How long does the Tren de Felipe II take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 50 min for the 47 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Tren de Felipe II?
ALSA, with ALCO 2100 diesel + 1940s coaches.
How old is the Tren de Felipe II?
The line has been in service since 2017. 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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