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Table 16. Population Growth Index of cities/metropolitan areas that started HSR services in 2008.

Table 17 shows the cases of cities and MA of Cuenca, Requena and València where HSR services
started in 2011. As you can see, the case of Cuenca is similar to Guadalajara, Todelo or Ciudad
Real with a period of high IC increasing from 1997 to 2008 before HSR services started. From
2009, the IC change to decreasing especially after HSR started.
The MA of València show a trend of IC very similar to general of Spain with an increasing period
until 2011, when HSR started, and a decreasing period after. HSR services not show effects in
economic development.
Requena is a town with about 20.000 inhabitants and have an evolution of IC independent
of HSR services. It has an important increasing period from 1991 to 2004 greater than Spain.
After, from 2005 to 2015 the evolution of it IC is similar to Spain with an increasing period to
2010 and a decreasing period to 2015. The begin of HSR services in 2011 not help to Requena
to integration in MA of Valencia.

Table 17. Population Growth Index of cities/metropolitan areas that started HSR services in 2011.

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