Train Categories in Europe - Spain (RENFE)

Spain (RENFE)

AVE

High speed trains, speeds up to 300 km/h

Routes:

• Madrid-Ciudad Real-Puertollano-Córdoba-Sevilla
• Madrid-Ciudad Real-Puertollano-Córdoba-Puente Genil-Antequera-Málaga,
• Madrid-Guadalajara-Calatayud-Zaragoza-Huesca
• Madrid-Guadalajara-Calatayud-Zaragoza-Lleida-Tarragona-Barcelona
• Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid
• Sevilla-Barcelona
• Málaga-Barcelona

Alvia

Trains capable of operating in both high-speed and conventional lines, speeds up to 250 km/h

Routes:

• Madrid-Palencia-León-Oviedo-Gijón
• Madrid-Palencia-Santander
• Madrid-Burgos-Bilbao
• Madrid-Burgos-Vitoria-San Sebastián-Irun
• Madrid-Logroño
• Madrid-Pamplona
• Madrid-Albacete-Alicante
• Madrid-Albacete-Valencia
• Madrid -Valencia-Gandía
• Madrid -Valencia-Castellón
• Madrid -Valencia-Castellón-Vinaroz
• Madrid-Huelva
• Madrid-Jerez de la Frontera-Cádiz
• Barcelona-Vigo
• Barcelona- Bilbao
• Barcelona- Irún
• Barcelona- A Coruña
• Barcelona - Madrid
• Alicante-Madrid-Gijón/Santander
• A Coruña/Vigo -Madrid-Albacete-Alicante

Altaria

Trains which use different locomotives in high-speed and conventional lines, speeds up to 250 km/h

Routes:

• Madrid-Ronda-Algeciras
• Madrid-Antequera-Granada
• Madrid-Murcia-Cartagena

Euromed

Operates in the Mediterranean coast, speeds up to 220 km/h

Routes:

• Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante

Alaris

Tilting trains operating in conventional lines, speeds up to 200 km/h

Routes:

• Madrid-Albacete-Valencia-Castellón-Gandia
• Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante

Talgo

Tilting trains in high-speed and conventional lines, link Madrid with other capital cities

Routes:

• Madrid-Orense-Vigo-Pontevedra
• Madrid-Orense-Santiago de Compostela-La Coruña
• Madrid-Cáceres-Mérida-Badajoz
• Madrid-Almería

Arco

Conventional trains, link Barcelona with other capital cities

Routes:

• Barcelona-Mérida-Badajoz
• Barcelona-Sevilla
• Barcelona-Málaga
• Barcelona-Granada
• Barcelona-Almería
• Barcelona-Murcia, nowadays it's classified as a Talgo

Trenhotel

Night services

Routes:

• Madrid-Lisbon
• Madrid-Paris
• Barcelona-Paris
• Barcelona-Zürich
• Barcelona-Milan C.le
• Lisbon-Irún
• Barcelona-Cádiz
• Barcelona-Málaga.
• Barcelona-Granada
• Barcelona-Vigo
• Barcelona-Gijón

Media Distancia

AVANT, also called lanzaderas. Land trains that use the high speed. Madrid-Toledo Madrid Pta. Atocha-Ciudad Real-Puertollano Madrid Chamartín-Segovia-Valladolid Sevilla-Málaga Cádiz-Sevilla-Córdoba-Jaén Barcelona-Lleida Catalayud-Zaragoza

Middle distance services, speeds up to 160 km/h

Routes: all over continental Spain

Cercanías

Short distance services in metropolitan areas, speeds up to 120 km/h

Areas (clockwise): Madrid, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia/Alicante, Málaga, Cádiz, Sevilla, Oviedo/Gijón, Santander, Bilbao, San Sebastián Cercanías de Zaragoza