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Are you saying that the existing Guadarrama tunnel on the A6 highway would be used for the high-speed rail, while the series of tunnels on the A1 (most notably, Somosierra, but there are others) would not? Because going to Burgos via Valladolid is a sizeable detour.

Of course, politically, the Autonomous Community of Castilla-Leon would prefer to see Valladolid served first. I wouldn't be surprised if the connection between Burgos and the Basque Y takes a long while to be completed, especially if the PP is in the National government.

Valladolid would likely become a hub in any event, serving Madrid, Burgos-Vitoria, Galicia and Porto.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Apr 4th, 2007 at 10:58:03 AM EST
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No, I meant the 28.419/28.408 m long Guadarrama tunnel (both tubes of which have been holed through in 2005), on the new Madrid-Valladolid high-speed line, which will be the world's 4th longest when the line opens at the end of this year...



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Apr 4th, 2007 at 11:33:15 AM EST
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