I mentioned in my blog post a couple of days ago about the investment in Sport in Spain and how it has paid off big time. Within that I talked about the White Elephant of High Speed Rail and how it has been developed so that now it is anything but a white elephant but much more of a beacon of technological and communications development or Spain. It seems the BBC would agree. They put this report on the Madrid - Barcelona line on their website.
Spain's Rail Network
Spain will become the country with the largest network of high speed trains by next year and by 2020 they want 90% of the population to be within 30 minutes of a high speed train station for getting around the country easily. Getting a train in Spain used to be a rather leisurely ocupation as the trains rather trundled through the countryside stopping at every shack near the line as a station. I once spent 14 hours going from Valencia to Madrid and the train only arrived five hours late. It was due to take 9 hours which is a bit ambitious for just over 200 miles. A cyclist in good form would have got there first.That is now in the past though. The AVE trains are the quickest in the World now and connect places up even in a large country like Spain door to door quicker than plnes in most cases. The beneficiary towns are places like Zaragoza where the AVE allied to the Expo last year have brought great economic benefits to the city.
The AVE and Valencia
Next year the AVE from Madrid will arrive in Valencia making Valencia a possible suburb of Madrid because people will be able to get there from city centre to city centre in just 1 hour 55 minutes. Oh, and 99% of the trains are on time. Also the cost is excellent. If you are going long distance on Spanish trains go first class. Food, personal attention and entertainment are included as well as drinks and papers. A seat is guaranteed and the comfort is superb.What that means on a property level are more flats sold in the centre of Valencia to Madrileños as the affordability of the flats in Valencia is much more than in Madrid. Expect to see Madrileños buying flats in Valencia to spend their weekends here and some even moving the family here and commuting up weekly or even daily.
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