High-speed route
Alvia
Madrid → San Sebastián · Spain
- Distance
- 490 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 250 km/h
- Operator
- Renfe
- Train
- Renfe S-730 gauge-changer
- Countries
- Spain
- In service since
- 2022
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Gauge-changing Alvias to the Basque coast: the 2022 Burgos high-speed line, Vitoria’s green ring and the belle-époque bay of La Concha at the end.
Alvia in pictures
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