Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz railway

The Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz railway is an important Iberian-gauge railway line in Spain. It branches from the Madrid–Valencia railway at Alcázar de San Juan and terminates in Cádiz. It was once the only line linking Madrid to Seville, but now primarily serves local commuter rail services and regional traffic since the opening of the Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line in 1992.

Alcázar de San Juan–Cádiz railway
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerAdif
Termini
Service
Operator(s)Renfe Operadora
Technical
Line length576.9 km (358.5 mi)
Track gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5+2132 in) Iberian gauge
Route map

148.1
Alcázar de San Juan
164.2
Marañón
174.0
Cinco Casas
183.7
Herrera de la Mancha
197.3
Manzanares
224.9
Valdepeñas
239.0
Santa Cruz de Mudela
248.5
Peñalajo
256.0
Almuradiel-Viso del Marqués
266.0
Venta de Cárdenas
273.6
Las Correderas
279.3
Santa Elena
285.5
Calancha
295.6
Vilches
300.3
Cabrerizas
306.1
Vadollano
314.7
Linares-Baeza
Linares (under construction)
322.0
Las Madrigueras
328.8
Jabalquinto
335.7
Mengíbar-Las Palomeras
Mengíbar-Artichuela
Villargordo
Jaén
340.9
Espeluy
350.0
Villanueva de la Reina
362.8
Andújar
368.8
Arjonilla
374.4
Marmolejo
381.7
Los Siles
387.4
Villa del Río
397.6
Montoro
406.8
Pedro Abad
Los Majuelos
411.4
El Carpio de Córdoba
415.9
Villafranca de Córdoba
423.4
Los Cansinos
430.3
Alcolea de Córdoba
435.4
Campus Universitario de Rabanales
442.0
Córdoba
445.1
Córdoba-Mercancías
447.7
El Higuerón
453.7
Villarubia de Córdoba
463.1
Almodóvar del Río
472.5
Posadas, Spain
482.1
Hornachuelos
492.8
Palma del Río
497.5
Peñaflor
506.1
El Priorato
515.9
Lora del Río
531.4
Guadajoz
536.3
Los Rosales
543.4
Cantillana
550.1
Brenes
557.4
El Cáñamo
559.9
La Rinconada
563.2
Majarabique
2.6
Palacio de Congresos
5.9
La Negrilla
571.1
Sevilla Santa Justa
6.6
Padre Pío Palmete
1.9
San Bernardo Seville Metro line 1 to Ciudad Expo
Guadaíra under construction
3.6
Virgen del Rocío
6.1
Jardines de Hércules
7.5
La Salud
8.5
Bellavista
15.1
Dos Hermanas
16.6
Cantaelgallo
31.7
Utrera
55.5
Las Cabezas de San Juan
74.2
Lebrija
89.3
El Cuervo
99.7
Aeropuerto de Jerez
103.4
Jerez de la Frontera-Mercancías
109.5
Jerez de la Frontera
El Portal
124.4
El Puerto de Santa María
126.6
Valdelagrana
131.6
Las Aletas
2.33
Universidad
133.2
Puerto Real
144.1
San Fernando Centro
145.4
San Fernando Bahía Sur
Ardila
147.5
Rio Arillo
153.9
Cortadura
154.9
Estadio
156.2
Segunda Aguada
157.1
San Severiano
158.1
Cádiz

Route

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The line serves major Spanish cities including Córdoba, Seville, Jerez de la Frontera and Cádiz; along with a small branch to Jaén at Linares-Baeza, and a second after Linares to Almería of around 250 km (160 mi). The line also branches off at Córdoba as the Córdoba–Málaga railway. In October 2015 the section of the line between Seville and to Cádiz was upgraded to high-speed standard after 14 years of works and put in service by Alvia trains for speeds up to 200 km/h.[1]

Services

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The line is used by Cercanías Madrid's C-3 service, the C-1 and C-4 of Cercanías Sevilla and the C-1 of Cercanías Cádiz; along with numerous regional services along various stretches of the line. A Larga Distancia service runs the full distance between Madrid and Seville (although not all the way to Cádiz), taking 7 hours and 41 minutes;[2] since the opening of the AVE high-speed rail line travel has been reduced to 2 hours and 21 minutes non-stop, freeing up the older slower line for other traffic.

References

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  1. ^ "Fomento culmina la obra de alta velocidad entre Sevilla y Cádiz". lavozdigital.es (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Horarios PDF - Renfe.com". Renfe. Retrieved 31 August 2019.