Classic route
Valladolid–Puebla de Sanabria railway
Valladolid → Puebla de Sanabria · Spain
- Distance
- 238 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 58 min
- Average speed
- 80 km/h
- Train
- R 18322
- Countries
- Spain
- In service since
- 1952
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Thirty years of building, some of it by Republican prisoners at forced labour: the climb from Zamora to Puebla de Sanabria opened on 23 September 1952.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6016396 — 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 R 18322
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
How long is the Valladolid–Puebla de Sanabria railway?
The Valladolid–Puebla de Sanabria railway runs 238 km from Valladolid to Puebla de Sanabria.
How long does the Valladolid–Puebla de Sanabria railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 58 min for the 238 km. That is an average of 80 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Valladolid–Puebla de Sanabria railway?
Renfe, with R 18322.
How old is the Valladolid–Puebla de Sanabria railway?
The line has been in service since 1952. 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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