Madrid–Leon high-speed rail line

Madrid–Leon high-speed line

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
Leon
Stations 5
Operation
Opened 29 September 2015 (2015-09-29)
Technical
Line length 342.3 km (212.7 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz AC
Operating speed 350 km/h (220 mph)
Route map

Madrid–Leon high-speed rail line

Line length: 345.45 km (215 mi)
Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Legend
future León-Asturias high-speed section
345.45 León, Spain railway station
LE-20 (Avenida de Portugal)
LE-30
LE-11
Torneros Bridge (581 m)
Intersection with conventional line Palencia-La Coruña (606 m)
Río Esla (660 m)
Canal de la margen izquierda del Porma (63 m)
A-231 (152 m)
Arroyo de Valdearcos (86 m)
Canal del Porma (136 m)
A-231 (152 m)
N-601 and Cañada Real Leonesa (168 m)
A-60
Crossover Santas Martas
Valle de la Utielga (315 m)
Valle de la Granja (315 m)
Bridge over Camino de Santiago path
Arroyo del Olmo (167 m)
crossing over A-231 (152 m)
Arroyo del Coso (116 m)
Bridge over Camino de Santiago path (442 m)
N-120
Arroyo del Valle
Río Cea (116 m)
Río Valderaduey (82 m)
Intersection with conventional line Palencia-La Coruña (53 m)
276.5 Villada maintenance center
Río Sequillo (90 m)
Río de la Huerga (185 m)
Río Valdeguinate (85 m)
Río Retortillo (248 m)
Intersection with conventional line Palencia-La Coruña (130 m)
Crossover Paredes de Nava
Canal de Castilla Ramal de Campos (116 m)
Canal de Castilla Ramal Sur (110 m)
A-65
230.6 Palencia railway station
A-67
Link to conventional line to Palencia (Gauge changer)
Link with Venta de Baños-Burgos-Vitoria high-speed section
Cerrato Tunnel (500 m)
A-62 (120 m)
N-620 (138 m)
Intersection with conventional line Madrid-Hendaya (266 m)
Link with Venta de Baños-Burgos-Vitoria high-speed section
217.5 Venta de Baños railway station
Río Pisuerga (610 m)
Charcón bridge (130 m)
Arroyo Cevico (250 m)
208.4 Crossover Dueñas
Arroyo Madrazo (50 m)
Peña Rayada Tunnel (2000 m)
Río Pisuerga (1366 m)
Acequia de Santovenia (74 m)
Intersection with conventional line Madrid-Hendaya
181.9 Start of the Valladolid-León section
181.2 Level crossing La Pilarica
180,2 Link to conventional line to Burgos (Gauge changer)
179.6 Valladolid-Campo Grande railway station
conventional line to Madrid
173,1 Level crossing (Pinar de Antequera)
168.0 Río Duero
Link to conventional line Madrid-Irun (Gauge changer)
159.6 Valdestillas / Transition double track to single track
144.0 Intersection with conventional Line Madrid-Irun
towards Olmedo-Zamora-Galicia (in draft)
Link to Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line
N-601
133.0 Olmedo
106.6 Crossover Nava de la Asunción
97.1
94.4 Tabladillo Tunnel
86.0 Garcillán
72.5
70.7 Puentecilla Tunnel
Intersection with conventional line Villa
AP-61
68.3 Segovia-Guiomar railway station
66.2
37.5 Guadarrama Tunnels
35.5 Miraflores de la Sierra
Intersection with conventional line Madrid-Burgos
32.9 Arroyo Valley bridge
32.1
23.2 Tunnels of Cerro de San Pedro
Intersection with conventional line Madrid-Burgos
18.9 Crossover Tres Cantos
Intersection with conventional line Madrid-Burgos
Intersection with conv. line 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)
0.50 Madrid Chamartín railway station
End of the line
(Future Túnel de la risa between Puerta de Atocha-Chamartín)

The Madrid–Leon 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-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 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:

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)

Key facts

Technical details

PB = Puesto de Banalización (transition from double to single track?)
PAET = Puesto de Adelantamiento y Estacionamiento de Trenes (passing loop?)

Special projects

The entrance to the San Pedro tunnels

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 v-media td td train current reduction v-media

Services that use these lines

A northbound AVE-S 102 train crosses the Arroyo del Valle Viaduct soon after the line opened

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
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

  1. ↑ "New AVE high speed train service to Palencia and Leon opens". ADIF. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "High Speed Lines Leon — Asturias high speed line". ADIF. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "New AVE high speed train service to Palencia and Leon opens". Railway Gazette. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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