2 High-speed lines next to each other in the southern suburbs of Madrid.
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• Left: Madrid-Sevilla LAV
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RE-250 catenary, LZB-80, 4m30 inter-tracks, 1 single speed-profile (N);
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• Right: Madrid-Barcelona LAV
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EAC-350 catenary, ERTMS-1/2, 4m70 inter-tracks, 3 speed-profiles (N, A, B).
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Both lines near each other at this stage, and thereafter run in parrallel yet independently until Madrid-Puerta de Atocha.
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By 2013/2014, a 3rd high-speed line is to run in parrallel, further left, i.e. the 2nd Stage of the Madrid-Valencia LAV (Stage 1 to use the Madrid-Sevilla LAV until Torrejón de Velasco).
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Pic looking North (Madrid).
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Villaverde.
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10th June 2009.
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P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)