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High-speed rail and urban development in Spain from 1992 to 2016

Table 8. Population Growth Index of cities that started HSR services in 2007.

Table 9 shows the cases of cities of Málaga, Segobia, Valladolid and Barcelona where HSR
services started in 2008. The evolution of IC shows that Segovia and Valladolid, by contrast with
Guadalajara, Toledo and Ciudad Real, not joins to Metropolitan Area. Segovia and Valladolid
shows a decreasing trend of IC, especially after HSR services began in 2008.

Barcelona city shows a stabilised situation, maybe because of urban saturated effect. Málaga
presents a trend of stable IC that does not change with the beginning of HSR services.

Table 9. Population Growth Index of cities that started HSR services in 2008.

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