Avant (train)
- @KeepItGoingForward if as you state this page is about the same topic as High-speed_rail_in_Spain then why do we need this new page? KeepItGoingForward (talk) 19:59, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Diannaa Yes because they are about the same subject.Clicklander (talk) 14:19, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
- @KeepItGoingForward One article is about High-speed rail in Spain in general. The other one is about a specific service of high-speed rail in Spain where it contains more details about this service. It is a common tactic in Wikipedia, when there is too much information in one article to be split in multiple articles if that is possible for easier reading. If you notice, this is not the only such a service that has its own article. There are similar pages for the AVE, the Avlo, the Ouigo España, the Iryo, the Alvia, the Euromed etc. services as well as for the various high speed railway lines and train types in Spain, all of them are also mentioned briefly in the generic High-speed rail in Spain article. Also the same applies for wikipedia versions in other languages. For example, specifically for the Avant service there are already articles in 7 different languages like es:Renfe Avant, fr:Avant (Renfe) etc. apart from the main articles. Most of the information contained now in this new article for the Avant service was previously part of the main article as a subsection under the history section. This subsection does not exist now in the main article and all its info has been moved to the new service specific article along with parts from other sections. In the main article this info has been modified to match the rest of the article's structure with some details removed as they are now located in the new article.Clicklander (talk) 06:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
Clicklander Yes because they are about the same subject.Clicklander (talk) 18:09, 31 October 2023 (UTC)
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Avant is a high-speed, medium-distance passenger transport rail service, operated in Spain by the Spanish public company Renfe.[2][3] Avant services circulate at a maximum speed of 250 km/h, compared to the 300 km/h maximum speed of the AVE service.[1][4] Their routes usually cover different provinces within the same autonomous community or between neighboring ones. Regional services at conventional speed are called Renfe Media Distancia.[2]
Avant services are carried out by series 104, 114 and 121 trainsets, in a single class configuration without a cafeteria (except in some series 104 units).[1][4]
History
In October 1992, a new high-speed medium distance service (AV Media Distancia operating under the AVE Lanzadera brand) began between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Puertollano, using spare class 100 trains.[5][6] In November 2003 a new service began between Seville and Córdoba using new class 104 trains,[4] reducing journey times between the two cities to 40 minutes.
In 2004 the brand was renamed RENFE Avant, and all services started to use Avant S-104 trains, leaving class 100 for AVE services.[7] The construction of a 21-kilometre (13 mi) stretch of high-speed line from Madrid to Toledo allowed the inauguration of a medium distance service in November 2005. The journey time between the two cities is now less than 30 minutes.[8][9][10] The high-speed link combined with high property prices in Madrid has encouraged many Madrid commuters to settle in Ciudad Real, the first stop on the Madrid–Seville line. There has, however, been controversy over the construction of this line as the change to standard-gauge track meant that towns such as Getafe, Aranjuez and Algodor, which now have no commercial services, lost their direct services to Toledo. Furthermore, since Toledo is now connected by standard-gauge track it is impossible for other passenger or goods trains to reach it that have not come from other high-speed lines.
Further Avant services have been launched since then with the expansion of the high-speed lines to Valladolid, Barcelona, Málaga, Valencia, Granada, Murcia and Galicia.[2]
Services
As of 2023[update] Renfe offers the following Avant services:[2]
- A Coruña–Santiago de Compostela–Ourense.
- Barcelona−Girona.
- Barcelona−Girona−Figueres.
- Barcelona–Tarragona–Lleida.
- Barcelona–Tortosa via Camp de Tarragona, Cambrils and L'Hospitalet de l'Infant.
- Calatayud–Zaragoza.
- Granada–Córdoba–Seville via Loja, Antequera and Puente Genil-Herrera.
- Málaga–Córdoba–Seville via Antequera and Loja.
- Murcia–Alicante via Beniel, Orihuela, Callosa Cox and Elx.
- Ourense–Santiago de Compostela–A Coruña.
- Toledo–Madrid–Albacete via Cuenca.
- Valencia–Requena Utiel.
Trains
Currently, there are the following series of high-speed trains that run the Avant service:[1]
- Avant S-104, manufactured by Alstom and CAF
- Avant S-114, manufactured by Alstom and CAF
- Avant S-121, manufactured by CAF and Alstom
Both Avant class 104 and class 114 trains are Pendolino designs, without tilting capacity:
See also
High-speed rail services in Spain
Rail infrastructure in Spain and Europe
- Rail transport in Spain
- High-speed rail in Spain
- High-speed rail in Europe
- Train categories in Europe
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Flota de trenes". www.renfe.com (in español). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Mapas de líneas". Renfe. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ↑ "Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana amplía la caducidad de los bonos Avant de Renfe con carácter permanente". www.lamoncloa.gob.es (in español). 16 June 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Our Trains". www.renfe.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "25 años de alta velocidad: así cambió la forma de viajar de 35,2 millones de españoles". www.elconfidencial.com El Confidencial (in español). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Avant, 25 años uniendo personas". www.madridiario.es (in español). 9 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Línea Madrid – Sevilla". www.adifaltavelocidad.es (in español). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Avant Toledo-Madrid: 23,5 millones de viajeros en 17 años". www.latribunadetoledo.es (in español). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "25 años de alta velocidad: así cambió la forma de viajar de 35,2 millones de españoles". www.elconfidencial.com El Confidencial (in español). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ↑ "Avant, 25 años uniendo personas". www.madridiario.es (in español). 9 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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