This train is seen ate the very beginning of the Burgos-Madrid "Directo" line, about 1km West of Burgos Station. While this line was originally to be part of a standard-gauge link between France and Morrocco, furthermore tailored for high speeds, the transfer of AVE-102s ironically and radically takes the other way round: Vevey diplories required, while speed restricted to 50kph, given that the whole train is only braked by the loco and freight wagons.
One can see that the trackbed has been specified to accommodate a second track, but it is very unlikely that such opportunity will ever be used...
The two electrified tracks on the right are those for the Burgos-Madrid via Valladolid line. When the "Directo" opened in 1968, it was expected that it would eventually replace the older, longer route via Valladolid. Again, History has taken another path...
04th March 2003.
Photo by Pablo Galdea Garzón (mrcoffe84@hotmail.com)(Ackowledgements), from Abuaf.com Posting and Comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).