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SPECIAL
years of Spanish high speed rail
Timeline
Key dates of
the Spanish high speed network
• April 21, 1992: Madrid–Seville line.
• October 10, 2003: Madrid–Zaragoza–Lleida
section (Madrid–Barcelona–French border
line).
• December 2003: Zaragoza–Huesca line.
• November 15, 2005: Madrid–Toledo line.
• December 19, 2006: Lleida–Camp de
Tarragona section (Madrid–Barcelona–French
border line).
• December 16, 2006: Cordoba–Antequera
section (Cordoba–Malaga line).
• December 23, 2007: Madrid–Segovia–
Valladolid line.
• December 23, 2007: Antequera–Malaga
section (Cordoba–Malaga line).
• February 20, 2008: Camp de Tarragona–
Barcelona section (Madrid–Barcelona–French
border line).
• December 2010: Figueras– Pertús Tunnel
and Mollet Junction–Girona sections (Madrid– der.
Barcelona–French border line).
• December 19, 2010: Madrid–Cuenca–
Albacete–Valencia section (Madrid–Castile La
Mancha–Valencian Community–Murcia Region
line).
• December 10, 2011: Orense–Santiago–La
Coruña section (Madrid–Galicia and Atlantic
High Speed Axis lines).
• January 8, 2013: Barcelona–Figueras section
(Madrid–Barcelona–French border line).
• June 17, 2013: Albacete–Alicante section
(Madrid–Castile La Mancha–Valencian
Community–Murcia Region line).
• September 29, 2015: Valladolid–Palencia–
Leon connection.
• December 17, 2015: Olmedo–Zamora
section (Madrid–Galicia line).
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tred on the arch bridges, the station approach area
at Plasencia, and track laying work between Cáce-
res and Badajoz.
High performance
lines under
construction
Adif is also working on the upgrading of a num-
ber of railway connections with the aim of re-
ducing journey times and increasing perfor-
mance. This is the case, among others, of the
Palencia-Santander conventional line service,
on which comprehensive improvement work is
being carried out on electrification and on the
track in order to improve reliability and shorten
journey times. The work on converting this line
into a high performance line requires an invest-
ment of 368.4 million euros; 223.4 million for the
line renewal programme and 145 million for track
duplication on the 30 km section between To-
rrelavega and Santander.
Also under study is a project to extend
the international gauge line currently connec-
ting Madrid with Palencia onwards to Aguilar de
Campoo, which would enable passenger high
speed services to reach all the way to Santan-
High speed sections under
construction
- Antequera-Granada: 122 km.
- Monforte del Cid-Murcia: 65 km.
- Plasencia-Badajoz: 188.4 km.
- Valencia-Castellón: 73.6 km.
- Venta de Baños-Burgos: 89.1 km.
- Chamartín-Atocha-Torrejón de Velasco connec-
tion: 35.3 km.
- Zamora-Orense: 229 km.
- Pajares bypass: 49.8 km.
- Basque Y: 164 km.
- Murcia-Almería: 184.4 km.
TOTAL: 1,200.6 km