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Andersen, Sven

Table 6. Hourly AVE-Concept Figueres-Vilafant - Barcelona - Madrid - Sevilla/
Granada/Málaga first hour

Some explanation must be given to tables 5 and 6.

The whole regular service system is fixed on the exact meeting of a train Madrid - Barcelona
containing the service pattern of train 3061 with a train Barcelona - Madrid containing the
service pattern of train 3062, exactly every hour at minute.59/.01 o’clock, at Zaragoza. By this
optimal conditions for connecting services are given in Zaragoza (see page 36 for this purpose!)
A nearly half hourly connection with the capital Madrid is also given for the Andalusian cities
Málaga and Granada. Both cities have one hourly direct service (Málaga departure at minute
/.16 o’clock; Granada departure at minute /.36 o’clock) and one hourly connecting service
with the train bound for Sevilla (Málaga departure at minute /.42 o’clock, Granada departure
at minute /.02 o’clock). This train shall provide a connecting service within a time space of 5
minutes at the same platform at Antequera Santa Ana (see also topic 3.10.3)

The smaller intermediate stations Puenta Genil Herera, Puertollano and Ciudad Real shall be
served hourly by a special service Málaga - Madrid, train 2173 and in reverse direction train
2176. We can assume that the capacity of these trains is primarily used for passengers bound
for these stations or for passengers, who want to get in these trains from these stations. The
train, departing Madrid every hour at minute /.17 o’clock towards Barcelona, shall provide
alternately a stop every two hours at Calatayud or Guadalajara-Yebes

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