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ATLAS: The road to Baseline3

About Spain, there are several Adif lines in operation, some included in the table above, but I
would like to highlight Albacete-Alicante, the first to enter in commercial operation with ERTMS
level 2, without fall back of level 1.

Línea de Alta Velocidad Albacete-Alicante

Albacete – Alicante line belongs to Madrid – Levante HSL, and it is in commercial
operation since May 2014. The most relevant characteristics of the line are:

• 160 km length with double track, from KP. 326,261 to KP 486,123 at Alicante terminal
station.
• Maximum operational speed, tested with commercial trains is 300 km/h, even if the line
is designed for 350km/h. With ASFA the maximum speed is only 200km/h.
• There are 22 technical buildings along the line to locate three main electronic interlockings
Smartlock, in Bonete, La Oliva and Monforte del Cid, and two Radio Block Center (RBC),
located at Bonete and Monforte del Cid.

Renfe installed in some of their trains the ERTMS baseline 2, in High Speed trains, but also in
regional and commuter trains.
Renfe has also ERTMS installed in all the HS trains they have: S-102, S-103, S120, S-121, S-130
and S-730.
Alstom has installed its ATLAS solution in Renfe S-100, S-104, S-114 and different type of CIVIA
trains for commuter lines.

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