Spain Adds to Its High-Speed Rail Network

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via Mass Transit Mag:



Sinikka Tarvainen and Hubert Kahl
dpa, Berlin


SPAIN - Spain's King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on Saturday inaugurated a new line in the country's high-speed rail network, which is being billed as the most advanced in Europe.

The royal couple took the high-speed AVE train from Madrid to Valencia on the eastern Mediterranean coast. Other passengers on board included Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Infrastructure Minister Jose Blanco.

On Wednesday, Crown Prince Felipe had inaugurated another stretch of the same line, which branches off to Albacete in the south-east.

The new rail line "marks a milestone in the expansion of our high- speed network ... which today becomes one of the most modern and extensive in the world," the king said after arriving in Valencia. ..........(more)

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