Madrid–Valencia de Alcántara railway

RENFE rolling stock at Río Tajo station

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

Adif

Termini

Service

Operator(s)

Technical

Track gauge

1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge

Route map

Legend

					Túnel de la risa to Madrid Chamartín AVE
					to Madrid Chamartín
				0.0	Madrid Puerta de Atocha / Madrid Atocha Cercanias

					to Príncipe Pío
					Madrid Planetarium bifurcation
					to Guadalajara
				5.4	Madrid-Santa Catalina
					AVE to Valencia

				7.2	Villaverde Bajo
					to Aranjuez

					Madrid Metro line 3 to Moncloa
					San Cristóbal
					to Doce de Octubre
				10.1	Villaverde Alto
					to Parla
				10.7	Zarzaquemada
				13.2	Leganés MetroSur
				14.7	Parque Polvoranca
				17.2	La Serna
				18.8	Fuenlabrada MetroSur
				22.8	Humanes
				28.7	Griñón
				38.4	Illescas
				49.7	Villaluenga-Yuncler
					to Algodor
				62.5	Bargas
				71.8	Villamiel de Toledo
				85.4	Torrijos
				103.4	Erustes
				118.3	Montearagón
				134.2	Talavera de la Reina
				148.8	Calera-Chozas
				169.2	Oropesa de Toledo
				200.4	Navalmoral de la Mata
				211.7	Casatejada
				231.2	La Bazagona
				251.6	Monfragüe
					to Salamanca
				268.3	Plasencia


				265.4	Mirabel
				277.3	Casas de Millán
				283.1	Cañaveral
				296.9	Río Tajo
				309.5	Casar de Cáceres
				332.8	Cáceres
					to Mérida
				348.5	Arroyo-Malpartida
				407.8	San Vicente de Alcántara
				420.0	Valencia de Alcántara
					Portugal–Spain border
					to Lisbon

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The Madrid–Valencia de Alcántara line is an Iberian-gauge railway in Spain owned by ADIF. It is one of the main legacy lines across Extremadura and the province of Toledo, serving cities such as Talavera de la Reina and Cáceres. Part of the stretch across the Madrid region (up until Humanes) is used by commuter service C-5..

History and description

The line was conceived as a union of three different stretches commissioned to different companies: Madrid–Malpartida de Plasencia, Malpartida de Plasencia-Cáceres and Cáceres-Valencia de Alcántara and beyond (to the Portuguese border),

The international connection between Spain and Portugal via Valencia de Alcántara was inaugurated on 8 October 1881. The Lisbon-Madrid-Paris Sud Express began operation in 1887.

Since August 2012, the connection with Portugal via Valencia de Alcántara has been severed, and the Trenhotel Lusitania [es] connecting Lisbon and Madrid began operating via the province of Salamanca instead.

The railway is electrified from Madrid to Humanes. The aforementioned double-track electrified stretch is integrated in Cercanías Madrid's service C-5. Starting from the boundary of the municipality of Humanes, the railroad line continues without electrification on a single track. The electrification from Plasencia to Humanes is also projected.

Stations

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2022)

References

Blanch Sánchez, Antonio (2013). "La llegada del ferrocarril a Extremadura: una época de especulación y corrupción" (PDF). Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 69 (1). Badajoz: Centro de Estudios Extremeños. Diputación de Badajoz: 451–453. ISSN 0210-2854.
Blanch Sánchez 2013, p. 453.
Blanch Sánchez 2013, p. 454.
Yanel, Lidia (11 January 2018). "Castilla-La Mancha debate petición para que tren Lusitania regrese a Talavera". La Vanguardia.
"AVE: un corredor único en Torrijos, la apuesta del Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos de Castilla-La Mancha". ABC. 24 January 2021.
^ "Un estudio analizará la viabilidad de prolongar la línea C-5 entre Humanes de Madrid e Illescas". Madridiario. 5 November 2007.
"El Gobierno electrificará la linea actual entre Madrid y Plasencia a la espera de la alta velocidad, aún sin fecha". Hoy. 2 September 2022.

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