Today I'm leaving Toledo, and continue my trip north west to Santiago de Compostela, I will make two stops on my way, in Madrid and Segovia.
Taking a bus from central Toledo to the station.
River Tajo
Toledo station in the morning
S104 train to Madrid. As on many high speed stations, there is a security control, which means that it is not possible to board the train earlier than 15min before departure.
Avant services from Madrid to Toledo
The train has 4 coaches, all promoted as Turista class, even though one of the coaches has 2+1 seating, instead of standard 2+2.
No table for the face to face seats.
New Talgo Avril train "Alta Velocidad Rueda Independiente Ligero" for the future services between Madrid and northwest of Spain. There will be an extra-large version of 3.2m enabling a 2+3 seating configuration in standard class rows and a capacity of up to 600/700 seats in a 200m trainset.
Approaching Madrid
Puerta de Atocha Cercanias station
Renfe Civia
Puerta del Sol
Plaza Mayor, located very near to Puerta del Sol
Calle De Toledo, basically where I just came from
I have 2h before my next train, I have to change from the main station Puerta de Atocha, to the second major station in Madrid - Chamartin.
Lady Gaga is coming to Spain
Puerta del Sol station
Chamartin station was built between 1970 and 1975, it is connecting Madrid with the north parts of Spain.
My next train is also an Avant service, but this time is Renfe Class S121. The security control is performed directly on the platform.
There is only 2nd class on this train
The service is from Madrid to Valladolid, but I'm travelling only to Segovia
Towers on Paseo de la Castellana and Renfe Class S130
Renfe Class S730 - the hybrid version of S130 which supports both electric and diesel power
I'm travelling on Madrid-Leon high speed line, the section to Valladolid opened in 2007, while the rest of the line to Leon opened in 2015. There are also plans for the Galicia line and Basque line sections.
The line has Spain's longest tunnel - Guadarrama Tunnel, which 28km long.
On the other side of the tunnel it is cloudy
The train has arrived to Segovia
Segovia-Guiomar Station opened in 2007 and it is located 7km from Segovia town.
There are busses to the town
The trip to town takes 15-20min
Aqueduct of Segovia
It is one of the best-preserved elevated Roman aqueducts
Catedral de Segovia
Alcázar de Segovia
The busses are departing every 20-25min on weekdays
S130
My next train is this S730 Alvia to Ferrol
I will be travelling to Santiago de Compostela
Segovia viewed from the train
Until Olmedo our train is travelling on Madrid-Leon high speed line, from Almedo there is a new high speed line until Zamora, it opened in 2015.
Medina del Campo AV
The old Iberian gauge line is running close to the standard gauge high speed line
Toro
Zamora
The whole line between Olmedo and Ourense will open in 2018
Until the new line is open, the trains have to take the old lines, here in Zamore there is a gauge changer for the trains.
Gauge changing process is monitored by the staff
The line between Zamora and La Coruna opened in 1958, it is non-electrified, hence the use of S730 trains here
Puebla de Sanabria
Finally, after many hours, the train has arrived to Santiago de Compostela
It's raining here, so I better hurry to the hotel and have something to eat
Traditional dish here in Galicia is pulpo - octopus.
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