Madrid-Toledo high-speed rail line
Encyclopedia
The LAV Madrid-Toledo is a Spanish
high-speed rail line that connects the cities of Madrid
and Toledo
, a distance of approximately 46 miles.
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line and then travels on a unique branch length of 13 miles to the city of Toledo.
Journey time: 30 minutes.
and is electrified at 25 kV AC.
style and opened in 1919.
Other amenities include an outdoor parking area. The lot is paved, lit, and covers an area of 7,500 square meters with capacity for 325 vehicles.
Spain
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high-speed rail line that connects the cities of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and Toledo
Toledo, Spain
Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...
, a distance of approximately 46 miles.
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Route
The line shares the first 33 miles with the LAV Madrid-Sevilla/Málaga to La SagraLa Sagra
La Sagra is a Spanish comarca delineated by natural formations but not legally recognized. The comarca includes localities belonging to both the province of Madrid and the province of Toledo...
line and then travels on a unique branch length of 13 miles to the city of Toledo.
Journey time: 30 minutes.
Features
The new portion of the line was designed to support maximum speeds of 270 km / h, which is also the maximum speed allowed by the common core shared with the LAV Madrid-Sevilla/Málaga. Like all Spanish LAV's , the line has a track gauge of 1435 mm (Standard GaugeStandard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
and is electrified at 25 kV AC.
Toledo Station
The arrival of high speed rail to Toledo made clear the need to adapt the station to new needs. This was done by rehabilitating the historic station building, designed by Toledo architect Narciso Claveria in the Neo-MudéjarNeo-Mudéjar
The Neo-Mudéjar is an architectural movement which originated in Spain and emerged as a revival of the Mudéjar architecture. It appeared in the late 19th century in Madrid, and soon spread to other regions of the country. Such architects as Emilio Rodríguez Ayuso perceived the Mudéjar art as...
style and opened in 1919.
Other amenities include an outdoor parking area. The lot is paved, lit, and covers an area of 7,500 square meters with capacity for 325 vehicles.