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

As already mentioned in chapter 3.10.11 Zaragoza shall become an important interchange
station. This fact shall be explained by table 16. A regular connecting service with IC trains
every two hours from Pamplona towards Zaragoza shall provide attractive connecting services
towards Madrid as well as to Barcelona always with the same train. For this proposed service is
assumed that it can be carried out with the equipment expenses currently used in the IC trains
635/10657/562/10560/10655.The connecting AVE train from Zaragoza to Madrid is always a
nonstop train whereas the connecting AVE train from Zaragoza towards Barcelona is always a
AVE-stopping train.

In the direction Pamplona - Madrid the travel time is the same as with a present Alvia service. In
the direction Pamplona - Barcelona the average travel time of the 5 direct services with trains
635/533/661/621/537 amounts to exact 4 hours whereas the travel time Pamplona - Barcelona
with changing trains at Zaragoza in the regular service would amount to only 3 h 40 min. For
the role of Zaragoza Delicitas of being an important interchange station in the Spanish network
see also page 36.

3.10.3 Discussing of the track diagram for several interchange stations

If a changing of trains is required for a service than all measures should be taken into account,
to make the changing as convenient as possible for the passengers. This situation shall be briefly
discussed by the regarding situation in the five stations Antequera Santa Ana, Sevilla, Córdoba,
Zaragoza and Madrid P.d.A.
Antequera Santa Ana

Antequera Santa Ana could become an interchange station for several railway connections They
are listed in table 17.

Figure 6

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