Altaria (Renfe Operadora service)

A Barcelona - Madrid Altaria train

Altaria is the brand name of a group of fast long-distance passenger railway services operated by Spanish national railway company Renfe Operadora and connecting Madrid to Algeciras, Alicante, Barcelona, Cádiz, Cartagena, Granada, Irún, Logroño, Murcia, Pamplona, and San Sebastián.^[1]

Altaria trains are composed of locomotive-hauled Talgo coaching stock equipped with gauge-changing technology which enables the carriages to run on both conventional (1,668 mm (5 ft 5 ²¹⁄₃₂ in) Iberian gauge) track and the narrower international 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge track which is used for the newer high-speed network in Spain. Altaria trains are currently able to achieve speeds of up to 200 km/h on the high-speed lines.

Notes

↑ Madrid - Barcelona Altarias have been replaced by AVE trains upon completion of the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line in early 2008.

High-speed rail in Spain

Lines in service	Madrid–Barcelona–Figueres Madrid–Valencia/Alicante Madrid–Seville Madrid–Málaga Madrid–Leon Barcelona–Perpignan Madrid–Toledo Atlantic Axis

Lines under construction	Madrid-Galicia Basque Y Mediterranean rail corridor Seville–Cádiz Andalusian transverse axis

Planned lines	Madrid–Lisbon Porto–Vigo

Rolling stock	S/100 S/102 S/103 (Siemens Velaro) S/112 S/114 S/120 , S/121 S/130 S/353 S/354 S/490

Services	AVE Avant Alvia Altaria Alaris Arco

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