AVE-100 set of RENFE-AVE, seen bound for Madrid-Puerta de Atocha, between Puertollano and Ciudad Real.
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While this service runs on the Madrid-Sevilla HSL (25kV-50Hz AC; 1435mm-4ft8in), one can spot a single-track conventional line (3kV DC; 1668mm-5ft6in) further left.
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This is actually the Manzanares-Ciudad Real-Puertollano-Merida-Badajoz line. 
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At this place, it only accommodates for a handful of Ciudad Real-Badajoz DMUs and a few Freighters to/from Puertollano. 
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Under the original NAFA project (1985), this conventional route would have been dual-tracked and re-aligned for 200 km/h-125pmh, still with 3kV and iberic-gauge.
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Only in 1988/1989 did the Spanish Government decide to build a genuine HSL in that area, as a result of its preference for standard-gauge...
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Argamasilla de Calatrava.
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2004.
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Photo by Javier S. Cuevas (freeboy@tranvia.org)(Acknowledgements).
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Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).