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review. In 1992 Spain completed a new line, the Alta Velocidad
Española (AVE; “Spanish High-Speed”), between Madrid and Sevilla
(Seville), built not to the country’s traditional broad 1,676-mm
(5-foot 6-inch) gauge but to the European standard of 1,435 mm
(4 feet 8.5 inches). Other routes from Madrid followed, running
to Valladolid in 2007, Barcelona in 2008, and Valencia in
2010.... Spanish rail system ...in the 1980s a number of lines
were eliminated. In 1990 the government announced a massive,
long-term investment program for RENFE, the main goal of which
was the introduction of superspeed trains, Alta Velocidad
Española (AVE). These high-speed trains, first used on the
Madrid-Sevilla line for the Expo ’92 world’s fair, make the
journey from Sevilla to Madrid in less than three hours.... What
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