The Madrid−Burgos railway also known as Madrid−Aranda−Burgos railway is a railway connecting Madrid and Burgos via the Somosierra Tunnel and Aranda de Duero in Iberian gauge.
| Madrid–Aranda–Burgos railway | |
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| Owner | Adif |
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| Operator(s) | Cercanías Madrid |
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| Line length | 280 km (170 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge |
It consists of a 25 km-long double-track electrified stretch from Madrid to Colmenar Viejo (used by Cercanías services)[1] and a single-track non-electrified segment beyond Colmenar Viejo.[2]
Upon a March 2011 landslide in the Somosierra Tunnel, the 159 km-long stretch from Colmenar Viejo to Aranda de Duero has been left abandoned.[3][1] The 96 km-long stretch from Aranda to the new Burgos Railway Variant has been used for freight transport.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Villascusa, Ángel (5 December 2021). "Diez años sin tren entre Madrid y Burgos por una locomotora atascada en un túnel". eldiario.es.
- ^ Jiménez Revuelta, Rodrigo (29 November 2021). "Tren directo". El Adelantado.
- ^ a b Mata, Alejandro (8 December 2019). "Los 159 km de vía fantasma de Adif que conducen a un agujero de 15 millones de euros". El Confidencial.