Madrid–León high-speed rail line
Madrid–León high-speed line | |||
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Rail lab (ADIF series 330) in El Goloso (Madrid) heading towards Colmenar Viejo eleven days before the opening of the line. | |||
Overview | |||
Native name | Línea de Alta Velocidad Madrid - León | ||
Type | high-speed rail | ||
Status | operational | ||
Locale | Spain | ||
Termini |
Madrid Chamartín León | ||
Stations | 5 | ||
Operation | |||
Opened | 29 September 2015 | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 342.3 km (212.7 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | ||
Operating speed | 350 km/h (220 mph) | ||
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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.
History
The line was inaugurated in two stages. Its first 179.6 km 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 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.[1]
Plan for 2015-2020
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).[2]
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 Logroño-Miranda de Ebro and the HSR Basque Y.
- Other high-speed lines departing from Madrid, with the future construction of a third tunnel with wide international routes between Chamartin and Atocha stations.
Features
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 Line or Imperial tunnels through San Pedro, Albacete and Guadarrama, 9 and 28 km respectively. In the section between Valladolid and León the route comprises 78,7 km of double track and two single-track sections totalling 84 km. 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.[3]
Route
(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 facts
- 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.
- At kilometre post 133.8 there is a junction for the future Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line, negotiable at up to 220 km/h.
Technical details
- Length 179.6 km Madrid–Valladolid + 162.7 km Valladolid–León
- 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, Garcillán and Olmedo)
- PB 3 (Tres Cantos, Nava, Valdestillas)
- Width Changers 3 (Chamartin Valdestillas, Valladolid)
PB = Puesto de Banalización (transition from double to single track?)
PAET = Puesto de Adelantamiento y Estacionamiento de Trenes (passing loop?)
Special projects
- 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 times
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 | |
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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 lines
- 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
- 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 Campóo
- Reinosa
- Torrelavega S130 gauge change in Valladolid / Valdestillas
- 1 train per day each direction continues its journey to Alicante
- Alvia Madrid-Chamartin Gijón-suburban Segovia Guiomar
- Valladolid-Campo Grande
- Palencia
- Sahagun
- Léon
- Mieres-Puente
- Oviedo
- 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
Speed
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.
end km | home km | km/h |
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0.800 | 1.402 | 110 |
1.402 | 1.440 | 35 |
1.440 | 1.884 | 65 |
1.884 | 6.071 | 110 |
6.071 | 6.513 | 105 |
6.513 | 8.300 | 110 |
8.300 | 12.400 | 165 |
12.400 | 14.600 | 200 |
14.600 | 21.000 | 270 |
21.000 | 168.700 | 300 |
168.700 | 170.358 | 200 |
170.358 | 171.807 | 180 |
171.807 | 172.600 | 200 |
172.600 | 173.081 | 160 |
173.081 | 173.091 | 100 |
173.091 | 177.752 | 160 |
177.752 | 177.827 | 150 |
177.827 | 178.100 | 160 |
178.100 | 179.300 | 50 |
179.309 | 179.840 | 40 |
179.840 | 181.241 | 60 |
181.241 | 182.752 | 120 |
182.752 | 186.621 | 160 |
186.621 | 217.578 | 200 |
217.578 | 222.651 | 190 |
222.651 | 223.537 | 150 |
223.537 | 224.605 | 110 |
224.605 | 230.200 | 80 |
230.200 | 231.398 | 50 |
231.398 | 232.615 | 80 |
232.615 | 234.349 | 85 |
234.349 | 235.230 | 125 |
235.230 | 237.946 | 160 |
237.946 | 338.900 | 200 |
338.900 | 340.673 | 160 |
340.673 | 343.123 | 130 |
343.123 | 344.086 | 100 |
344.086 | 344.904 | 60 |
344.904 | 345.450 | 35 |
References
- ↑ "New AVE high speed train service to Palencia and León opens". ADIF. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "High Speed Lines León — Asturias high speed line". ADIF. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ↑ "New AVE high speed train service to Palencia and León opens". Railway Gazette. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- Article in Ferropedia
- Construction of the LAV dossier SkyscraperCity
- Construction of the LAV-2 dossier SkyscraperCity
- Construction of the LAV, thread 1 tranvia.org
- Construction of the LAV, thread 2 tranvia.org
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