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Maximum speed profile of the "Madrid-Barcelona-French Border" line, in 2015. Figueres-Vilafant railway station under construction in August 2010. French TGVs from Paris terminated here between 2011 and 2013, connecting with a Spanish train to Barcelona. This 131 km (81.4 mi) line is part of the Spanish "Madrid-Barcelona-French Border" line.
Previously French TGV services connected Paris and Barcelona by means of a shuttle train on the standard Barcelona–Figueres line. [95] [96] [97] Direct Barcelona–Paris, Madrid–Marseille, Barcelona–Lyon and Barcelona–Toulouse high-speed trains between France and Spain started on 15 December 2013. [98]
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.
The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) is a high-speed rail service, which started operation in 1981. This article is a list of all high-speed train services in France. This includes all international high-speed trains that make at least one station stop in France, as well as domestic high-speed trains.
Madrid (Madrid Metro), Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao (Metro Bilbao) all have autonomous metro services. In 1986/7, many radial routes were closed: thousands of kilometres of passenger lines were axed. The Railway Sector Act of 2003 separated the management, maintenance and construction of rail infrastructure from train operation.
These few Paris–Brussels (or vice versa) expresses, operated 1993–1995, were the only TEE-designated trains ever to carry second-class carriages (they were in effect EuroCity services). A few trains continued to utilise TEE branded coaches until 1 June 1996, but the trains themselves were no longer classified as TEEs.