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Table 6. Population Growth Index of cities that started HSR services in 2004.

Table 7 shows the case of Toledo city. This case is similar to Ciudad Real city, but you can see
that the process of integration in Metropolitan Area of Madrid started before HSR services
began. Therefore, in this case, HSR services has helped to join Toledo in the MA of Madrid.

Table 7. Population Growth Index of cities that started HSR services in 2006.

Table 8 shows the cases of cities of Puente Genil, Antequera and Tarragona where HSR services
started in 2007. To understands these cases is difficult, especially the case of Tarragona. Puente
Genil and Antequera are two cities with low population (between 25.000 and 50.000 inhabitants)
and little changes of population can produce larges changes in IC. However, Tarragona city is
near to Barcelona. The period 2003-2009 seems to show an integration process in Metropolitan
Area of Barcelona but from 2010 the trend change to decreasing.

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