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Andersen, Sven

Table 8. Hourly AVE-Concept Figueres-Vilafant - Barcelona - Madrid - Sevilla/
Granada/Málaga second hour

Table 8 shows the modifications of turnings in Madrid P.d.A in the reverse direction.

For reversal times less than 10 minutes it is assumed that a new train driver takes over
the departing train. This procedure applies only for the reversals in Madrid P.d.A. with
one exception in Málaga (minute .01/.08).

The timetable proposal is based upon three minutes headway also between Madrid and
Barcelona. If the present installed signalling system doesn’t allow this timetable, than
the following modifications must be carried out: The reversals of the express trains
Sevilla - Barcelona in Madrid must be shortened from 5 to 4 minutes and the following
train departs a minute later. For example train 3252 at minute 08.39/.43 at Madrid and
train 3061 at minutes 08.36/.48 at Madrid. The whole timetable in the section Madrid -
Barcelona must be adapted according to this modification. It must be mentioned that a
reversai of 4 min, where a new train driver takes over the departing train, is carried out
every hour in Frankfurt(Main)-Flughafen.

At last the author wants to point out that according to the practice in China the stopping

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