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High Speed Rail in Spain - a statement from a foreign expert




                   time for a stop at an intermediate station should be reduced to 6 - 7 minutes. Than a train
                   with 3 intermediate stops leaves Madrid 5 minutes later than the express train and arrives
                   Barcelona 5 minutes before the next express train arrives at Barcelona. This scheduling
                   would provide an amount of 20 minutes for the three intermediate stops at Zaragoza, Lleida
                   and Camp de Tarragona. In this the stops at Zaragoza und Lleida can be scheduled with an
                   amount of 7 minutes due to a short longer distance of running compared with the nonstop train
                   on the main line.





                                               3.10.12 Toledo - Madrid - Valencia


                                   Table 9. Hourly AVE-Concept Toledo - Madrid - Valencia



























                   Because all present Avant services shall be integrated in the service of the 300 km/h fast
                   EMU’s the idea was created, to combine the Valencia - Madrid service with the Madrid -
                   Toledo service. With a speed of 300 km/h in the 50 km long section Madrid - overtaking
                   station  La Sagra a travel time Madrid - Toledo of 29 min can be calculated. For the
                   section  Madrid  -  Valencia  a  travel  time  of  101  min  is  fixed  according  to  the  present
                   timetable.


                   But it should be checked, if this time could be to an amount of only 95 min. This travel
                   time he author experienced on his travel on 2016-04-21 with train AVE 5141






















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