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BREAKING: Adif AV turns Burgos into the high-speed connection node with the north of the country

BREAKING: Adif AV turns Burgos into the high-speed connection node with the north of the country
photo: Adif AV/BREAKING: Adif AV turns Burgos into the high-speed connection node with the north of the country
01 / 08 / 2022

Adif Alta Velocidad (Adif AV) has put into service today the new High-Speed Line (HSL) to Burgos - Venta de Baños (Palencia) - Burgos section, an 86.5 km infrastructure that, with an investment of 759 million euros, connects the capital of Burgos to one of the most reliable, sustainable, and technologically advanced high-speed railway networks.

The inaugural trip was presided over by His Majesty the King, accompanied by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez; the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez; the Government Delegate in Castilla y León, Virginia Barcones; the President of the Regional Government of Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco; and the President of Adif and Adif AV, María Luisa Domínguez, among other authorities.

The new high-speed line will allow direct and transversal connections between different cities and reduce travel times, increasing the reliability and capacity of the infrastructure. The installation of a gauge changer at Burgos Rosa Manzano station will also create new synergies between the high-speed and conventional networks, allowing trains with origin or destination in the Basque Country to travel between Madrid and Burgos on the high-speed line before continuing on the conventional line.

The new connection to Burgos joins the Spanish high-speed network, which is the most extensive in Europe and the first in the world to use the ERTMS railway signalling system, installed in more than 2,700 km in the country.

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