AVE

Services

As of 2024 Renfe offers the following AVE services:

Eastern corridor

• Madrid–Alicante via Cuenca, Albacete, and Villena (non-stop trains and trains with limited stops also scheduled).
• Madrid–Castellón via Cuenca, Requena-Utiel and Valencia.
• Madrid–Murcia via Elche and Orihuela (some trains arrive in Alicante and reverse to continue to Murcia).
• Madrid–Valencia via Cuenca and Requena-Utiel (non-stop trains also scheduled).

Northeast corridor

• Madrid–Barcelona via Guadalajara, Calatayud, Zaragoza, Lleida, and Tarragona (non stop trains and trains with selective stops are also scheduled).
• Madrid–Figueres via Guadalajara, Calatayud, Zaragoza, Lleida, Tarragona, Barcelona and Girona (trains are scheduled with selective stops).
• Madrid–Huesca via Guadalajara, Calatayud, Zaragoza, and Tardienta.

Northern corridor

• Madrid–Gijón via Valladolid, Palencia, León and Oviedo.
• Madrid–León via Segovia, Valladolid and Palencia.

Northwest corridor

• Madrid–A Coruña via Zamora, Ourense and Santiago De Compostela.
• Madrid–Ourense via Zamora.
• Madrid–Vigo via Zamora, Sanabria, A Gudiña, Ourense, Santiago de Compostela, Vilagarcía de Arousa and Pontevedra (trains with selective stops are also scheduled).

Southern corridor

• Madrid–Granada via Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba, Puente Genil-Herrera, Antequera and Loja (trains with selective stops are also scheduled).
• Madrid–Málaga via Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba, Puente Genil-Herrera, and Antequera (non stop trains and trains with selective stops are also scheduled).
• Madrid–Seville via Ciudad Real, Puertollano, and Córdoba (non stop trains and trains with selective stops are also scheduled).

Cross-country

• Alicante–León via Albacete, Cuenca, Madrid Chamartín, Valladolid and Palencia.
• Alicante–Ourense via Albacete, Cuenca, Madrid Chamartín and Zamora.
• Barcelona–Granada via Tarragona, Lleida, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba and Antequera.
• Barcelona–Málaga via Tarragona, Lleida, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Córdoba, Puente Genil-Herrera, and Antequera.
• Barcelona–Seville via Tarragona, Lleida, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Puertollano and Córdoba (trains with selective stops are also scheduled).
• Burgos–Murcia via Valladolid, Segovia, Madrid-Chamartín, Elche and Orihuela.
• Gijón–Castellón via Oviedo, Mieres Del Camín, La Pola, León, Palencia, Valladolid, Segovia, Madrid-Chamartín, Cuenca, Valencia and Sagunto.
• Gijón–Vinaros, via Oviedo, Mieres Del Camín, La Pola, León, Palencia, Valladolid, Segovia, Madrid-Chamartín, Cuenca, Valencia, Sagunto, Castellón, Benicàssim, Oropesa del Mar and Benicarló (only in summertime).
• Huesca–Seville via Tardienta, Zaragoza, Calatayud, Guadalajara, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha and Córdoba
• Málaga–Murcia via Madrid-Puerta de Atocha, Cuenca, Albacete, Villena, Alicante, Elche and Orihuela.
• Valencia–Burgos via Requena-Utiel, Cuenca, Madrid Chamartín and Valladolid (trains with selective stops are also scheduled).
• Valencia–León via Requena-Utiel, Cuenca, Madrid-Chamartín, Segovia, Valladolid and Palencia (trains with selective stops are also scheduled).
• Valencia–Seville via Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Puertollano, and Córdoba.

International services

Source:

• Barcelona–Lyon via Girona, Figueres, Perpignan, Narbonne, Montpellier, Nîmes, and Valence.
• Madrid–Marseille via Guadalajara, Zaragoza, Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona, Figueres, Perpignan, Narbonne, Béziers, Montpellier, Nîmes, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence.

The central hub of the AVE system is Madrid's Puerta de Atocha, except for the Madrid–Asturias, Madrid–Burgos, Madrid–Galicia and Madrid–Alicante lines as well as the majority of the services on the Madrid-Murcia and Madrid-Valencia lines, that terminate at Chamartín station. Madrid Atocha and Chamartín station are linked by Madrid Metro (Line 1) and Cercanías Madrid services but As of 2025 not by any standard gauge lines, making it difficult for high speed trains to serve both.