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Folgueira, César. Jaro, Lorenzo.
2. Effect on transport demand – airplane and rail
The new HSL Madrid-Valencia meant a large increase in the demand for rail passengers (+
142%), between the cities of Madrid and Valencia connected in just 1 hour and 35 minutes, and
a drastic fall of airplane demand during the first full year of operation (2011). However, the
number of passengers of rail and airplane went down by 13%, recovering from 2013 as it's shown
in the following figure.
Figure 5. Evolution of rail and air traffic between Madrid and Valencia. Source: ADIF AV.
In the case of Alicante, the evolution was different, initially, in 2011, rail demand barely increa-
sed although the Madrid-Albacete section was put into service, however the completion of the
line (2013) increased rail demand significantly.
Figure 6. Evolution of rail and air traffic between Madrid and Alicante. Source: ADIF AV.
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