Alta Velocidad Española

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Alta Velocidad Española

Spanish high-speed train

Also known as: AVE

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railroad
Western Europe
… completed a new line, the Alta Velocidad Española (AVE; “Spanish High-Speed”), between Madrid and Sevilla (Seville), built not to the country’s traditional broad 1,676-mm (5-foot 6-inch) gauge but to the European standard of 1,435 mm (4 feet 8.5 inches). Other routes from Madrid followed, running to Valladolid in 2007, Barcelona…
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… completed a new line, the Alta Velocidad Española (AVE; “Spanish High-Speed”), between Madrid and Sevilla (Seville), built not to the country’s traditional broad 1,676-mm (5-foot 6-inch) gauge but to the European standard of 1,435 mm (4 feet 8.5 inches). Other routes from Madrid followed, running to Valladolid in 2007, Barcelona…
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Spain
Railroads
…the introduction of superspeed trains, Alta Velocidad Española (AVE). These high-speed trains, first used on the Madrid-Sevilla line for the Expo ’92 world’s fair, make the journey from Sevilla to Madrid in less than three hours. An AVE train route between Madrid and Barcelona opened in 2008.
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…the introduction of superspeed trains, Alta Velocidad Española (AVE). These high-speed trains, first used on the Madrid-Sevilla line for the Expo ’92 world’s fair, make the journey from Sevilla to Madrid in less than three hours. An AVE train route between Madrid and Barcelona opened in 2008.
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