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AVE

Alta Velocidad Española

Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to 310 km/h (193 mph). Alta Velocidad Española translates to "Spanish High Speed", but the initials are also a play on the word ave, meaning "bird". As of August 2017, the Spanish AVE system is the longest HSR network in Europe with 3240km and the second longest in the world, after China's.

The main destintations for the AVE trains in Spain are:

AVE Madrid - León
Madrid - Valladolid - Palencia - León.

Ave Madrid-Seville
Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Ciudad Real - Puertollano - Córdoba Central - Seville.

Madrid-Barcelona AVE
Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Zaragoza Delicias - Lleida - Camp de Tarragona - Barcelona Sants.

AVE Madrid - Huesca
Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Guadalajara Yebes - Calatayud - Zaragoza Delicias - Tardienta - Huesca.

AVE Madrid - Valladolid
Madrid Chamartín - Segovia Guiomar - Valladolid Campo Grande.

AVE Madrid - Malaga
Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Córdoba Central - Puente Genil Herrera - Antequera Santa Ana - Malaga María Zambrano.

AVE Madrid - Alicante/Alacant
Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Cuenca Fernando Zóbel - Albacete Los Llanos - Villena AV - Alicante/Alacant.

AVE Madrid - Valencia
Madrid Puerta de Atocha - Cuenca Fernando Zóbel - Requena / Utiel - Valencia Joaquín Sorolla.

AVE Malaga - Barcelona
Malaga María Zambrano - Antequera Santa Ana - Puente Genil Herrera - Córdoba Central - Zaragoza Delicias - Camp de Tarragona - Barcelona Sants.

AVE Barcelona - Seville
Barcelona Sants - Camp Tarragona - Lleida - Zaragoza Delicias - Ciudad Real Central - Puertollano - Córdoba Central - Seville Santa Justa.

AVE Valencia - Seville
Valencia Joaquín Sorolla - Cuenca Fernando Zobel - Ciudad Real Central - Puertollano - Córdoba Central - Seville Santa Justa.

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