High-speed line from Cordoba to Málaga
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| Route length: | 155 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 25 kV 50 Hz ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 27 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimum radius : | 2300 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 300 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dual track : | continuous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The high-speed line Córdoba – Málaga is a 155 km long Spanish railway - high- speed line for high-speed traffic between Córdoba and Málaga and, with its completion, completes the 560 km long connection in standard gauge between Madrid and Málaga. It has been fully operational since December 23, 2007.
course
The line branches off from the high-speed line Madrid – Seville near Córdoba . To the south-west of Córdoba, trains on the new line initially use the existing line for around 15 km and then branch out in a south-westerly direction just before Almodóvar del Rio . The new line runs in a southerly direction and after 61.4 km reaches the new Puente Genil-Herrera station , which was built eight kilometers south of Puente Genil . The route takes a south-easterly course before reaching the new Antequera-Santa Ana station after 96.6 km . A lane change system was also built here.
To the south of Antequera-Santa Ana, the route climbs in the direction of Sierra del Chimenea in several tunnels before descending along the existing route in the direction of Málaga.
history
background
The travel time between Madrid and Málaga was eight to nine hours at the end of 1989, and rail passenger transport took place with night trains . Five pairs of trains connected the two cities every working day.
Night traffic ceased in 1992. Before the full length of the new line was opened, there were still three pairs of trains per day between the two cities at the end of 2007. The traffic with Talgo 200 achieved a travel time of around four hours.
planning
On September 24, 2004, the last 4.5 km long section in Málaga was put out to tender.
construction
The construction work started on July 25, 2001, between Fuente Palmera and Santaella , and made rapid progress in flat terrain. The construction work for the 50 km between Antequera and Málaga did not start until March 2002.
In the northern section, near Antequera-Santa , the first rail of the line was laid on November 29, 2004.
In March 2005, a tunnel boring machine used in the construction of the Abdalajís tunnel drilled a deep well that supplied the cities of Las Fresnedas and Valle de Abdalajís with water. For several months, both cities had to be supplied with drinking water by road. Two years later, the underground water leaks were still at 60 liters per second. While the repair was difficult, the water balance in the region was mixed up.
According to official ADIF information, 93.5% of the route had been completed by mid-July 2007. The main obstacles to completion were the Abdalajís tunnel and the introduction to the new María Zambrano terminus in Málaga, where work on a 1350 m long tunnel proceeded much more slowly than planned due to fuel residues in the ground. In September 2007, around 400 people were employed at both locations.
The construction costs were 2.539 billion euros. Of this, 823 million euros came from the structural funds of the European Union .
Installation
On June 10, 2006, the overhead line in the northern section, between the junction to the new Madrid – Seville line and Almodóvar del Rio , was energized . A little later, test drives began in this section, up to the lane change system at Bobadilla.
The opening of the northern section of the line on December 16, 2006, was attended by the Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero . The travel time between Málaga and Madrid was shortened by 20 minutes, with the shortest travel time of three hours and 48 minutes. Apart from the new line, Granada and Algeciras also benefited from significant travel times .
On December 23, 2007, the 55 km long section between Antequera and Málaga was opened by the Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero. The inauguration train, an AVE-S 103 double unit , left Madrid-Atocha station on December 23, 2007 at 10 a.m. After a short stop in Cordoba, we reached Malaga at 12:33 p.m. With the start of regular service, the number of daily train pairs between Madrid and Malga was increased from six to eleven, the shortest journey time was 150 minutes. In the first month of operation, 106,190 passengers used the new trains, 42 percent more than in the same period last year. The punctuality rate reached a value of 98.74 percent in January 2008.
Regional and long-distance traffic over medium distances as well as freight traffic will remain on the existing route.
Branch line to Granada
On June 25, 2019, the 122-kilometer high-speed line to Granada went into operation, which branches off the existing line at Antequera. The route to Granada has been under construction since 2008. It runs through seven tunnels and over 31 viaducts. When it was commissioned, the line was sometimes only single-track. A 22-kilometer bypass is to be built in the area of the city of Loja . Until then, the trains there use the conventional route, which has been equipped with a three-rail track.
business
For the 560 km Madrid – Málaga route, trains now only need two and a half to three hours instead of the previous four (depending on the number of intermediate stops). Most of the trains of the type AVE S-103 are to run. When operations start, nine to 13 pairs of trains will run on the new route every day .
The Puente Genil station is connected to Madrid by three pairs of trains a day, with a travel time of 143 minutes. The Antequera-Santa Ana station is served by five pairs of trains daily; the travel time to and from Madrid is 146 minutes. Diesel multiple units connect via the Antquera lane-changing facility to Algeciras (around 325 minutes from Madrid) and Granada (275 minutes). (All data as of 2008)
At the end of 2007, RENFE expected 1.7 million travelers between Madrid and Malaga in 2008 and more than two million in 2009. According to plans, 35 percent of air travelers on this route should switch to rail.
In the first four months after the high-speed line was fully completed, the average utilization of the AVE trains was 59 percent. Around 70 percent of travelers use the route at the weekend.
The market share of the RENFE between Madrid and Málaga is (as of early 2009) at 60 percent.
outlook
A future route will connect Málaga with Marbella and Estepona . The line, largely routed in tunnels, is to be designed for a maximum speed of 250 km / h.
technology
ASFA and LZB are used as train protection systems . The establishment of ETCS is prepared. The route is built for a maximum speed of 350 km / h, but only a maximum of 300 km / h is driven. The nine tunnels have a total length of 25 km.
Web links
- AVE route Cordoba-Málaga. In: Structurae
- Five-minute video and photos about the route, trains and stations as well as video about the construction of the route (English) on tvspain.tv
- High-speed route Córdoba – Málaga on the Ferropedia website (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b message: Spain: two new high-speed lines . In: Swiss Railway Review , January 2008 edition, ISSN 1022-7113 , p. 35
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Spain's high speed step change . In: Today's railways Europe . June 2008, ISSN 1354-2753 , p. 38 f.
- ↑ Two new AVE lines inaugurated in Spain . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 23, 2007
- ↑ Granada joins the AVE network in: Railway Gazette International of June 25, 2019
- ↑ Full throttle through Spain . In: Kölnische Rundschau , December 23, 2007
- ^ Richard Malins: Spain - a New Railway Mania? . In: Modern Railways . Vol. 66, No. 726, 2009, ISSN 0026-8356 , pp. 58-63.