High-speed route
Alvia
Madrid → Santander · Spain
- Distance
- 440 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h
- Top speed
- 250 km/h
- Operator
- Renfe
- Train
- Renfe S-730 gauge-changer
- Countries
- Spain
- In service since
- 1866
Page last updated 2026-07-19 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Off the high-speed line at Palencia and over the 1866 Reinosa pass — a mountain descent to the Cantabrian Sea and Santander’s curved bay.
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