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2. Transport in Madrid - Wikipedia

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   In terms of longer-distance transport, Madrid is the central node of the system of autovías and of the high-speed rail network , which has brought major cities such as Seville and Barcelona within 2.5 hours travel time. [1]: 72–75 Madrid is also home to the Madrid-Barajas Airport, the fourth largest airport in Europe.

3. List of railway companies - Wikipedia

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   Chemins de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi; RATP (Paris Transport Authority - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) SNCB : services between Lille, its suburbs and Belgium; Eurostar : services between Alps, Marseille, Paris, Lille and London; Thalys : services between Alps, Marseille, Paris, Aachen, Brussel, Cologne, Amsterdam

4. High-speed rail in Spain - Wikipedia

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   The new railway shortened the distance between the two cities by 22 km, from 178 km to 156 km, and cut the travel time from around 3 hours on the old railway down to 1 hour and 20 minutes on the new one. 37 tunnels totalling 59 km and 34 bridges totalling 15 km form part of the rebuilt railway. [32]

5. Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line - Wikipedia

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   The Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line is a 621-kilometre (385.9 mi) standard gauge railway line inaugurated on 20 February 2008. Designed for speeds of 350 km/h (217.5 mph) and compatibility with neighbouring countries' rail systems, it connects the cities of Madrid and Barcelona in 2 hours 30 minutes.

6. High-speed rail - Wikipedia

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   The service did not meet the 3-hour travel time objective between Boston and New York City. The time was 3 hours and 24 minutes as it partially ran on regular lines, limiting its average speed, with a maximum speed of 240 km/h (150 mph) being reached on a small section of its route through Rhode Island and Massachusetts. [69] [70]

7. SNCF - Wikipedia

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   SNCF recommended that the train take the most direct route between the two locations to reduce the complexity and cost of the project, but the SNCF's recommendations were cast aside by California politicians who wanted to divert the train through various communities, raising the cost and complexity of the project, as well as the expected travel ...