Alvia is a high-speed train service in Spain offered by Renfe Operadora on long-distance routes with a top speed of 250 km/h (160 mph). The trains have the ability to use both Iberian gauge and standard gauge , which allows them to travel on the recently constructed high-speed lines for part of the journey before switching to the "classic" Iberian gauge network to complete it. Trains that run exclusively on high-speed tracks are branded AVE or Avant .
3-443: As of January 2018, RENFE Class 120 / 121 , RENFE Class 130 and RENFE Class 730 trains are in service. Class 120 trains are used on the routes from Madrid to Pamplona , Logroño , Irún and Hendaye (France) (running on high-speed lines from Madrid to Burgos and changing gauge there), and between Barcelona and Irún, Bilbao (running on high-speed lines between Barcelona and Zaragoza ). Class 121 trains are employed on
6-443: The routes from Madrid Chamartín to A Coruña , Ferrol , Vigo , Pontevedra , Lugo and Badajoz . These trains also used to operate the routes from Madrid to Murcia , before those are replaced by AVE services. Unlike the other classes, these can run on diesel as well as overhead electric power and so are used on those routes where lines are not electrified. As of 2024 Renfe offers the following Alvia services: On 24 July 2013,
9-469: The routes from Madrid to Huelva , Ponferrada , Gijón and Santander changing gauge at Seville , León and Venta de Baños . Class 130 trains are used on the routes from Madrid to Bilbao, Irún, and Hendaye (changing gauge at Burgos), from Alicante to Gijón and Santander changing gauge at León and Venta de Baños, between Castellón and Gijón (on high-speed lines from Castellón to León), and between Barcelona and Galicia . Finally Class 730 are used on
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