AVE - Operational Services

Operational Services

Currently the Spanish high speed network is made up of the following services:

• AVE Madrid–Seville via Ciudad Real, Puertollano, and Córdoba.
• AVE Madrid–Valladolid via Segovia.
• AVE Madrid–Barcelona via Guadalajara, Calatayud, Zaragoza, Lleida and Tarragona.
• AVE Barcelona–Seville via Zaragoza and Córdoba.
• AVE Barcelona–Málaga via Zaragoza and Córdoba.
• AVE Madrid–Huesca via Guadalajara, Calatayud, and Zaragoza.
• AVE Madrid–Málaga via Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba, and Antequera.

• AVANT (mid distance) Madrid–Ciudad Real–Puertollano.
• AVANT (mid distance) Madrid–Toledo.
• AVANT (mid distance) Málaga–Córdoba–Seville via Antequera and Puente Genil
• AVANT (mid distance) Segovia–Madrid.
• AVANT (mid distance) Calatayud–Zaragoza
• AVANT (mid distance) Zaragoza–Huesca
• AVANT (mid distance) Barcelona–Lleida

• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Madrid–Irún, via Valladolid, Burgos and San Sebastián.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Madrid–Bilbao, via Valladolid and Burgos.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Santander–Alicante, via Madrid and Valladolid.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Gijón–Alicante, via Valladolid and Madrid.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Madrid–Logroño.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Barcelona–Irún, via Zaragoza, Pamplona and San Sebastián.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Barcelona–Bilbao, via Zaragoza and Logroño.
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Barcelona–Vigo, via Zaragoza, Pamplona, Vitoria, Burgos, Palencia and Leon. With connection services to Gijón in Leon and to A Coruña in Monforte de Lemos
• ALVIA (mixed high speed-conventional) Madrid–Huelva, via Madrid and Seville.

The central hub of the AVE system is Madrid's Puerta de Atocha, except for the Valladolid line, which terminates at Chamartin Station.