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The new Talgo Avril trains for Renfe will be twelve car units,
three of them being business class, eight tourist class and a
cafeteria car. They have a traction unit at each end.

Approximate comparison between the operating costs related to HS rolling stock from the
previous generation and those of the new train

102/112 and 103 series average New 2016 Tender train
Euros/train-km Eurocent/seat-km Euros/train-km Eurocent/seat-km
Maintenance 3.31 0.899 2.49 0.479
Energy 1.73 0.470 1.52 0.291
Depreciation 1.44 0.391 1.19 0.229
Financials 0.98 0.266 0.81 0.156
Operating Pers. 0.65 0.176 0.65 0.125
TOTAL 8.11 2.202 6.66 1.279
Difference (%) -17.8 -41.9
Source: Compiled by author. Approximate data
Remarks: The price of the new train without considering French signalling in 10 trains, and if 30 trains are bought

Business class seats are arranged in rows of two-plus-two,
and the seats, ergonomic and upholstered in leather, include
individual flat video screens on the backrests and retractable
ones on the tables.

years of Spanish high speed rail
million kilometres without incidents, well above the car with 25 seats (2 PRM seats), a cafeteria car,
800,000 kilometres demanded in the tender, and four tourist cars with 49 seats each, three tourist
availability at 99.09 percent. cars with 54 seats and an end tourist car with 58
The composition would have two traction seats.
units, a business end car with 44 seats, another Inside it can hold 521 passengers and two
business car with 36 seats, an accessible business spaces for wheelchairs in a typical composition with

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