Page 3 - Vía Libre Special - 25 Years of Spanish High Speed Rail
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The first 25 years of the AVE 4 (for PC, iPad or Tablet)
25 years of Spanish high speed rail: a success case 7 11 issues a year
Evolution of the network. From 471 to over 2.900 kilometres Price per issue: €6
of high speed line in 25 years 12 Annual subscription: €40
High Speed Rail Operations 40
A quarter century of technological development 44 Vía Libre digital version
High speed rolling stock 54 (for PC, iPad or Tablet)
Avril by Talgo: Renfe’s new high-speed, variable gauge train 62 11 issues a year
Catering on AVE trains; 25 years of the best onboard service 69 Price per issue: €2.99
Euromed: twenty years of transforming the passenger service on Quarterly subscription: €7.99
the conventional network 72 Annual subscription: €29
The human factor: The future was beginning 77
High speed rail; wealth creator 82 Vía Libre portal: www.vialibre.org
Rail is speed 97 • Newsletter - Daily news bulletin
The construction of the Madrid-Seville line 101 (free subscription)
The first Andalusia Access project via Brazatortas 104 • Daily press summary (free subscription)
A quarter of a century of AVE bibliography 108
The AVE in art 112 Vía Libre International
My camera 114 www.spanishrailwaysnews.com
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