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The LAV Madrid-Toledo is a Spanish high-speed rail line that connects the cities of 
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
and Toledo, a distance of approximately .
The service was inaugurated in 2005.
Route
The route shares the first with theMadrid–Seville high-speed rail line
The Madrid–Sevilla high-speed line (NAFA or ''Nuevo Acceso Ferroviario a Andalucía'') is a Spanish railway line for high-speed traffic between Madrid and Seville. The first Spanish high-speed rail connection has been in use since 21 April 19 ...
. From La Sagra trains for Toledo travel on a dedicated branch line of to the terminus in Toledo. The trip takes thirty minutes.
Features
The new portion of the line was designed to support maximum speeds of 270 km/h, which is also the maximum speed allowed by ''the common core'' shared with the LAV Madrid-Sevilla/Málaga. Like all Spanish ''LAV's'', the line has a track gauge of and is electrified at 25 kV AC.Toledo Station
The arrival of high speed rail to Toledo made clear the need to adapt the station to new needs. This was done by rehabilitating the historic station building, designed by architect Narciso Claveria in theNeo-Mudéjar
Neo-Mudéjar is a type of Moorish Revival architecture practised in the Iberian Peninsula and to a far lesser extent in Ibero-America. This architectural movement emerged as a revival of Mudéjar style. It was an architectural trend of the late ...
style and opened in 1919.
Other amenities include an outdoor parking area. The lot is paved, lit, and covers an area of 7,500 square meters with capacity for 325 vehicles.
Special Features
A highlight of the line is a one-mile viaduct spanning the Tagus River and the Valdecir stream.References
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