Adif restores 300 km/h speed limit on most of the Barcelona-Madrid AVE line

The infrastructure manager lifts the majority of temporary speed restrictions after reviewing the section between Madrid and Calatayud.

Generic image of a high-speed rail track (AVE) with catenary lines and sleepers.
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Generic image of a high-speed rail track (AVE) with catenary lines and sleepers.

Adif has restored the maximum speed of 300 km/h on most of the high-speed rail section between Barcelona and Madrid, following the completion of the review of the Madrid-Calatayud sector.

The railway infrastructure administrator, Adif, has confirmed the lifting of the temporary speed limitation across almost the entire high-speed line connecting Barcelona and Madrid. This decision follows an exhaustive review of the sector between Madrid and Calatayud.
According to sources from the managing entity, only four specific points remain with speed restrictions set at 230 km/h. These points are located on track 1 (at kilometer points 27+160 and 138+600) and track 2 (at points 50+840 and 143+760). Adif plans to review these four points during the night of January 21 to attempt to lift the remaining limitations.

Only four points remain with restrictions at 230 km/h, which will be reviewed tonight.

With the lifting of these restrictions, the maximum authorized speed returns to 300 km/h on practically the entire route between Madrid and Calatayud, thereby improving travel times on the main high-speed line.