The Madrid–León high-speed rail line (Spanish language: Línea de Alta Velocidad Madrid - León) was inaugurated on 29 September 2015. The line is built to standard gauge and gauge changers are provided at strategic points to allow interchange with older Spanish railways which were built to Iberian gauge.
Madrid–León high-speed line
Rail lab (ADIF series 330) in El Goloso (Madrid) heading towards Colmenar Viejo eleven days before the opening of the line.
The line was inaugurated in two stages. Its first 179.6 km (111.6 mi) section Madrid - Segovia - Valladolid opened for commercial service on 23 December 2007 and is the first instalment of a high-speed rail corridor in the north and northwest of Spain. AVE services reduced journey times between Madrid and Valladolid from 2½ hours to 56 minutes at an average speed of 192 kilometres per hour (119 mph). The second 162.7 km (101.1 mi) section Valladolid-Venta de Baños-León opened on 29 September 2015 and was built at a cost of €1,62bn for operation at up to 350 km/h. Since then the journey time between Madrid and León was cut by 44 min to 2 h 6 min on AVE trains.[2]
Plan for 2015-2020edit
According to this, the line will be extended to reach the region of Asturias and will connect the cities of Oviedo and Gijón to the high-speed network via the Pajares Base Tunnel (Variante de Pajares).[3]
The line will be connected with the following other HSR (High-speed rail) lines:
Other high-speed lines departing from Madrid, with the future construction of a third tunnel with standard gauge tracks between Chamartin and Atocha stations.
Featuresedit
This line is constructed for trains running at up to 350 kilometres per hour (220 mph). ERTMS type II signaling and ASFA digital diversion clearance of 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) and a reduction of over 70 kilometres (43 mi) (28%) compared to the general layout of the Northern or Imperial Line, due to the tunnels of San Pedro and Guadarrama through Sierra de Guadarrama, 9 and 28 km (5.6 and 17.4 mi) respectively. In the section between Valladolid and León the route comprises 78.7 km (48.9 mi) of double track and two single-track sections totalling 84 km (52 mi). Gauge changers are installed at Chamartin Valdestillas, Valladolid, León and Villamuriel south of Palencia and this has reduced travel times on all routes between Madrid and Spain's north-northwest.[4]
Routeedit
(The figures indicate kilometres from Madrid)
Gauge changer
345.450 León AV (166,141 km from Valladolid Campo Grande)
344.277 Junction Estadio Municipal
343.879 Classification changer
339.527 Vilecha changer
338.245 Junction Vilecha
320.332 PCA Luengos
297.591 Junction Las Arenas
276.537 Villada AV maintenance center
259.999 Junction Las Barreras
244.212 PCA Becerril
231.315 Level crossing Los Tres Pasos
230.627 Palencia
224.754 Villamuriel changer
223.530 Junction Cerrato AV
222.699 Desvío 10 of the Junction Cerrato
217.578 Junction Venta de Baños AV
208.447 Crossover Dueñas AV
198.097 PCA Valoria
187.360 Junction Las Pajareras
186.283 Junction Canal del Duero
181.241 Level crossing La Pilarica
179.6 Valladolid-Campo Grande
173.1 Level crossing (Pinar de Antequera)
168.0 Rio Duero
conventional line Madrid-Irun (Gauge changer)
159.6 Valdestillas / Transition double track to single track
144.0 Conventional Line Madrid-Irun
Future link L.A.V. Olmedo-Zamora-Galicia (in draft)
Link L.A.V. Olmedo-Zamora-Galicia
Intersection with N-601
133.0 Olmedo
106.6 Nava de la Asunción
97.1 to 94.4 Tabladillo Tunnel
86.0 Garcillán
72.5 to 70.7 Puentecilla Tunnel
Conventional Line Intersection with Villa
68.3 Segovia Guiomar
66.2 to 37.5 Guadarrama Tunnels
35.5 Soto del Real
Junction with conventional line Madrid-Burgos
32.9 Arroyo Valley Viaduct
32.1 to 23.2 tunnels of Cerro de San Pedro
Junction with conventional line Madrid-Burgos
18.9 Trivialization Post Tres Cantos
Junction with conventional line Madrid-Burgos
Line Conv. Madrid-Alcobendas/S.S. de los Reyes
Fuencarral maintenance center
Intersection with link-Hortaleza Pitis
Intersection with link-Hortaleza Chamartin
Link to Chamartin Iberian gauge (width changer)
Madrid-Chamartin 0.50
End of Line (future AV tunnel-Chamartin Atocha)
Key factsedit
Inauguration: 22 December 2007 for the section Madrid–Valladolid (entry into service the next day). 29 September 2015 for the section Valladolid–León.
Approximate cost: 4,205 million euro for the section Madrid–Valladolid (about 700 M € are for the reform of the RAF of Valladolid). 1,620 million euro for the section Valladolid–León.
Tender: commissioned by the Government to GIF (today ADIF) in 1998.
Intermediate stations: Segovia Guiomar (kilometre post 68.3), Valladolid, Venta de Baños.
PB = Puesto de Banalización (transition from double to single track?) PAET = Puesto de Adelantamiento y Estacionamiento de Trenes (passing loop?)
Special projectsedit
Guadarrama Tunnel (28,377 m)
Tunnels of San Pedro (8,930 m)
Arroyo Valley Viaduct (1,796 m, maximum height 77.8 m)
Tabladillo tunnel (2 km)
Puentecilla Tunnel (1900 m)
Tunel del Pinar de Antequera (1 km) (opening 8 November 2009)
Reduced travel timesedit
Talgo trains were replaced by Alvia trains (RENFE Class 130) and these operate on both the high-speed line and the older lines.
These trains pass through the gauge changers at Valladolid and Valdestillas or to join the General Line North from this high speed line and back by reducing their travel time by reducing the distance and increasing the commercial speed in the stretch Madrid–Valladolid.
The Talgo Madrid-Galicia was diverted later by LAV circulating until Valdestillas changer, which reverses the direction of travel and change of locomotive. In this case the time reduction has been lower, only 15-20 min, while in the Galicia-Madrid train has been an advantage to using the best line to be able to recover the backlog.
Madrid to
Previous train
Time
Distance (km)
Average speed (km/h)
Current train
Time
Distance (km)
Average speed (km/h)
Reduction
Burgos
Talgo
3:22
282
83.76
Alvia
2:20
301
129
1:02
Gijón
Talgo
6:15
591
94.56
Alvia
5:05
521
102.49
1:10
Irun
Intercity
6:50
640
93.66
Alvia
5:44
570
99.42
1:06
León
Talgo
3:50
420
109.57
Alvia
2:46
350
126.51
1:04
Miranda de Ebro
Talgo
4:26
371
83.68
Alvia
3:19
390
117.59
1:07
Oviedo
Talgo
5:43
559
97.78
Alvia
4:36
489
106.30
1:07
Palencia
Talgo
2:50
298
105.18
Alvia
1:44
228
131.54
1:06
San Sebastian
Intercity
6:25
623
97.09
Alvia
5:20
553
103.69
1:05
Santander
Talgo
5:35
515
92.24
Alvia
4:27
445
100
1:08
Segovia
Regional
2:03
101
49.27
AVE
0:35
68
136
1:33
Valladolid
Talgo
2:23
249
104.48
AVE
0:56
179
191.79
1:27
Vitoria
Intercity
4:39
493
106.02
Alvia
3:41
423
114.84
0:58
Services that use these linesedit
AVE Chamartin Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid, Campo Grande–Palencia–Léon at 2:13 S-102
AVE Chamartin Madrid–Valladolid, Campo Grande–Palencia–Léon at 2:06 S-102
Jovellanos Gijón S130-wide change in Valladolid / Valdestillas
1 train per day each direction continues its journey to Alicante
Talgo Madrid-Chamartin La Coruna Segovia Guiomar
Medina del Campo
Zamora
Puebla de Sanabria
The Gudiña
Orense-Joint
Carballiño
Santiago de Compostela Talgo VI gauge change in Valdestillas
Talgo Madrid-Chamartin Pontevedra (*)
Guillarei
Redondela
Vigo Talgo VI (*) circulates together with the branch of La Coruna to Orense
gauge change in Valdestillas
Speededit
The maximum permissible speed in line with ERTMS II in service are shown below. Note that trains are permitted to move at a maximum of 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph) over 147 kilometres (91 mi) of the line.
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^"New AVE high speed train service to Palencia and León opens". Spanish News Today. ADIF. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ . ADIF. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Madrid Leon high speed rail line news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations May 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Madrid Leon high speed rail line Spanish language Linea de Alta Velocidad Madrid Leon was inaugurated on 29 September 2015 The line is built to standard gauge and gauge changers are provided at strategic points to allow interchange with older Spanish railways which were built to Iberian gauge Madrid Leon high speed lineRail lab ADIF series 330 in El Goloso Madrid heading towards Colmenar Viejo eleven days before the opening of the line OverviewNative nameLinea de Alta Velocidad Madrid LeonStatusoperationalLocaleSpainTerminiMadrid ChamartinLeonStations5ServiceTypehigh speed railRidership4 1 million 2017 8 1 HistoryOpened29 September 2015 8 years ago 2015 09 29 TechnicalLine length342 3 km 212 7 mi Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeElectrification25 kV 50 Hz ACOperating speed350 km h 220 mph Route mapLegendkm lengthin mplanned Leon Asturias AVE345 45 LeonLE 20 Avenida de Portugal LE 30LE 11Torneros Bridge 581Palencia La Coruna line 606Rio Esla 660Canal de la margenizquierda del Porma 63A 231 152Arroyo de Valdearcos 86Canal del Porma 136A 231 152N 601 amp Canada RealLeonesa Oc 168A 60Santas Martas crossoverValle de la Utielga 315Valle de la Granja 315Camino de SantiagoArroyo del Olmo 167A 231 152Arroyo del Coso 116Camino de Santiago 442N 120Arroyo del ValleRio Cea 116Rio Valderaduey 82Palencia La Coruna line 53276 5 Villada maintenance centerRio Sequillo 90Rio de la Huerga 185Rio Valdeguinate 85Rio Retortillo 248Palencia La Coruna line 130Paredes de Nava crossoverCanal de CastillaRamal de Campos 116Canal de Castilla Ramal Sur 110A 65230 6 PalenciaA 67Gauge changerto Palenciato Venta de Banos Burgos Vitoria AVECerrato Tunnel 500A 62 120N 620 138Madrid Hendaya line 266to Venta de Banos Burgos Vitoria AVE217 5 Venta de BanosRio Pisuerga 610Charcon bridge 130Arroyo Cevico 250208 4 Duenas crossoverArroyo Madrazo 50Pena Rayada Tunnel 2 000Rio Pisuerga 1 366Acequia de Santovenia 74Madrid Hendaya line181 9 Valladolid Leon section181 2 La Pilarica level crossing180 2 to BurgosGauge changer179 6 Valladolid Campo Grandeto Madrid173 1 Pinar de Antequeralevel crossing168 0 Rio DueroGauge changerMadrid Irun line159 6 Valdestillas single track double track144 0 Madrid Irun lineto Olmedo Zamora Galicia planned Madrid Galici AVEN 601133 0 Olmedo106 6 Nava de la Asuncioncrossover97 194 4 Tabladillo Tunnel86 0 Garcillan72 570 7 Puentecilla TunnelVilla lineAP 6168 3 Segovia Guiomar66 237 5 Guadarrama Tunnels35 5 Miraflores de la SierraMadrid Burgos line32 9 Arroyo Valley bridge32 123 2 Cerro de San Pedro TunnelsMadrid Burgos line18 9 crossover Tres CantosMadrid Hendaye line amp Madrid Burgos lineMadrid Alcobendas SanSebastian de los Reyes lineFuencarral maintenance centerHortaleza Pitis linkHortaleza Chamartin linkGauge changer0 50 Madrid Chamartin0 0 Tunel de la risato Madrid Atochakm lengthin mKeystandard gauge Iberian gaugeThis diagram viewtalkedit Contents 1 History 2 Plan for 2015 2020 3 Features 4 Route 5 Key facts 6 Technical details 7 Special projects 8 Reduced travel times 9 Services that use these lines 10 Speed 11 See also 12 ReferencesHistory editThe line was inaugurated in two stages Its first 179 6 km 111 6 mi section Madrid Segovia Valladolid opened for commercial service on 23 December 2007 and is the first instalment of a high speed rail corridor in the north and northwest of Spain AVE services reduced journey times between Madrid and Valladolid from 2 hours to 56 minutes at an average speed of 192 kilometres per hour 119 mph The second 162 7 km 101 1 mi section Valladolid Venta de Banos Leon opened on 29 September 2015 and was built at a cost of 1 62bn for operation at up to 350 km h Since then the journey time between Madrid and Leon was cut by 44 min to 2 h 6 min on AVE trains 2 Plan for 2015 2020 editAccording to this the line will be extended to reach the region of Asturias and will connect the cities of Oviedo and Gijon to the high speed network via the Pajares Base Tunnel Variante de Pajares 3 The line will be connected with the following other HSR High speed rail lines Madrid Galicia high speed rail line and this in turn with the Atlantic Axis high speed rail line HSR Valladolid Burgos Vitoria and this in turn to the future HSR Logrono Miranda de Ebro and the HSR Basque Y Other high speed lines departing from Madrid with the future construction of a third tunnel with standard gauge tracks between Chamartin and Atocha stations Features editThis line is constructed for trains running at up to 350 kilometres per hour 220 mph ERTMS type II signaling and ASFA digital diversion clearance of 220 kilometres per hour 140 mph and a reduction of over 70 kilometres 43 mi 28 compared to the general layout of the Northern or Imperial Line due to the tunnels of San Pedro and Guadarrama through Sierra de Guadarrama 9 and 28 km 5 6 and 17 4 mi respectively In the section between Valladolid and Leon the route comprises 78 7 km 48 9 mi of double track and two single track sections totalling 84 km 52 mi Gauge changers are installed at Chamartin Valdestillas Valladolid Leon and Villamuriel south of Palencia and this has reduced travel times on all routes between Madrid and Spain s north northwest 4 Route edit nbsp Madrid Leon high speed line in red The figures indicate kilometres from Madrid Gauge changer 345 450 Leon AV 166 141 km from Valladolid Campo Grande 344 277 Junction Estadio Municipal 343 879 Classification changer 339 527 Vilecha changer 338 245 Junction Vilecha 320 332 PCA Luengos 297 591 Junction Las Arenas 276 537 Villada AV maintenance center 259 999 Junction Las Barreras 244 212 PCA Becerril 231 315 Level crossing Los Tres Pasos 230 627 Palencia 224 754 Villamuriel changer 223 530 Junction Cerrato AV 222 699 Desvio 10 of the Junction Cerrato 217 578 Junction Venta de Banos AV 208 447 Crossover Duenas AV 198 097 PCA Valoria 187 360 Junction Las Pajareras 186 283 Junction Canal del Duero 181 241 Level crossing La Pilarica 179 6 Valladolid Campo Grande 173 1 Level crossing Pinar de Antequera 168 0 Rio Duero conventional line Madrid Irun Gauge changer 159 6 Valdestillas Transition double track to single track 144 0 Conventional Line Madrid Irun Future link L A V Olmedo Zamora Galicia in draft Link L A V Olmedo Zamora Galicia Intersection with N 601 133 0 Olmedo 106 6 Nava de la Asuncion 97 1 to 94 4 Tabladillo Tunnel 86 0 Garcillan 72 5 to 70 7 Puentecilla Tunnel Conventional Line Intersection with Villa 68 3 Segovia Guiomar 66 2 to 37 5 Guadarrama Tunnels 35 5 Soto del Real Junction with conventional line Madrid Burgos 32 9 Arroyo Valley Viaduct 32 1 to 23 2 tunnels of Cerro de San Pedro Junction with conventional line Madrid Burgos 18 9 Trivialization Post Tres Cantos Junction with conventional line Madrid Burgos Line Conv Madrid Alcobendas S S de los Reyes Fuencarral maintenance center Intersection with link Hortaleza Pitis Intersection with link Hortaleza Chamartin Link to Chamartin Iberian gauge width changer Madrid Chamartin 0 50 End of Line future AV tunnel Chamartin Atocha Key facts editInauguration 22 December 2007 for the section Madrid Valladolid entry into service the next day 29 September 2015 for the section Valladolid Leon Approximate cost 4 205 million euro for the section Madrid Valladolid about 700 M are for the reform of the RAF of Valladolid 1 620 million euro for the section Valladolid Leon Tender commissioned by the Government to GIF today ADIF in 1998 Intermediate stations Segovia Guiomar kilometre post 68 3 Valladolid Venta de Banos At kilometre post 133 8 there is a junction for the 2021 completed Madrid Galicia high speed rail line negotiable at up to 220 km h Technical details editLength 179 6 km Madrid Valladolid 162 7 km Valladolid Leon Total length in tunnels 42 1 km Total length on viaducts 2 km UIC gauge 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz AC Maximum speed 350 km h Digital Signage ASFA and ERTMS II Platform width 16 m PAET 3 Soto del Real Garcillan and Olmedo PB 3 Tres Cantos Nava Valdestillas Gauge Changers 3 Madrid Chamartin Valdestillas Valladolid PB Puesto de Banalizacion transition from double to single track PAET Puesto de Adelantamiento y Estacionamiento de Trenes passing loop Special projects edit nbsp The entrance to the San Pedro tunnelsGuadarrama Tunnel 28 377 m Tunnels of San Pedro 8 930 m Arroyo Valley Viaduct 1 796 m maximum height 77 8 m Tabladillo tunnel 2 km Puentecilla Tunnel 1900 m Tunel del Pinar de Antequera 1 km opening 8 November 2009 Reduced travel times editTalgo trains were replaced by Alvia trains RENFE Class 130 and these operate on both the high speed line and the older lines These trains pass through the gauge changers at Valladolid and Valdestillas or to join the General Line North from this high speed line and back by reducing their travel time by reducing the distance and increasing the commercial speed in the stretch Madrid Valladolid The Talgo Madrid Galicia was diverted later by LAV circulating until Valdestillas changer which reverses the direction of travel and change of locomotive In this case the time reduction has been lower only 15 20 min while in the Galicia Madrid train has been an advantage to using the best line to be able to recover the backlog Madrid to Previous train Time Distance km Average speed km h Current train Time Distance km Average speed km h ReductionBurgos Talgo 3 22 282 83 76 Alvia 2 20 301 129 1 02Gijon Talgo 6 15 591 94 56 Alvia 5 05 521 102 49 1 10Irun Intercity 6 50 640 93 66 Alvia 5 44 570 99 42 1 06Leon Talgo 3 50 420 109 57 Alvia 2 46 350 126 51 1 04Miranda de Ebro Talgo 4 26 371 83 68 Alvia 3 19 390 117 59 1 07Oviedo Talgo 5 43 559 97 78 Alvia 4 36 489 106 30 1 07Palencia Talgo 2 50 298 105 18 Alvia 1 44 228 131 54 1 06San Sebastian Intercity 6 25 623 97 09 Alvia 5 20 553 103 69 1 05Santander Talgo 5 35 515 92 24 Alvia 4 27 445 100 1 08Segovia Regional 2 03 101 49 27 AVE 0 35 68 136 1 33Valladolid Talgo 2 23 249 104 48 AVE 0 56 179 191 79 1 27Vitoria Intercity 4 39 493 106 02 Alvia 3 41 423 114 84 0 58Services that use these lines edit nbsp A northbound AVE S 102 train crosses the Arroyo del Valle Viaduct soon after the line openedAVE Chamartin Madrid Segovia Valladolid Campo Grande Palencia Leon at 2 13 S 102 AVE Chamartin Madrid Valladolid Campo Grande Palencia Leon at 2 06 S 102 Avant Chamartin Madrid Segovia Guiomar 0 35 nonstop S121 Avant Valladolid to Madrid Chamartin station at 1 10 Segovia Guiomar S121 Alvia Madrid Chamartin Hendaye Segovia Guiomar Valladolid Campo Grande Burgos Miranda de Ebro Vitoria Gasteiz Alsasua San Sebastian Irun S130 gauge change in Valladolid Valdestillas Alvia Bilbao Madrid Chamartin Abando Segovia Guiomar Valladolid Campo Grande Burgos S130 gauge change in Valladolid Valdestillas Alvia Madrid Chamartin Santander Segovia Guiomar Valladolid Campo Grande Palencia Aguilar de Campoo Reinosa Torrelavega S130 gauge change in Valladolid Valdestillas 1 train per day each direction continues its journey to Alicante Alvia Madrid Chamartin Gijon suburban Segovia Guiomar Valladolid Campo Grande Palencia Sahagun Leon Mieres Puente Oviedo Jovellanos Gijon S130 wide change in Valladolid Valdestillas 1 train per day each direction continues its journey to Alicante Talgo Madrid Chamartin La Coruna Segovia Guiomar Medina del Campo Zamora Puebla de Sanabria The Gudina Orense Joint Carballino Santiago de Compostela Talgo VI gauge change in Valdestillas Talgo Madrid Chamartin Pontevedra Guillarei Redondela Vigo Talgo VI circulates together with the branch of La Coruna to Orense gauge change in ValdestillasSpeed editThe maximum permissible speed in line with ERTMS II in service are shown below Note that trains are permitted to move at a maximum of 300 kilometres per hour 190 mph over 147 kilometres 91 mi of the line end km home km km h0 800 1 402 1101 402 1 440 351 440 1 884 651 884 6 071 1106 071 6 513 1056 513 8 300 1108 300 12 400 16512 400 14 600 20014 600 21 000 27021 000 168 700 300168 700 170 358 200170 358 171 807 180171 807 172 600 200172 600 173 081 160173 081 173 091 100173 091 177 752 160177 752 177 827 150177 827 178 100 160178 100 179 300 50179 309 179 840 40179 840 181 241 60181 241 182 752 120182 752 186 621 160186 621 217 578 200217 578 222 651 190222 651 223 537 150223 537 224 605 110224 605 230 200 80230 200 231 398 50231 398 232 615 80232 615 234 349 85234 349 235 230 125235 230 237 946 160237 946 338 900 200338 900 340 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