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Railway Technical Info - Iberia

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Spain

National

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification
RENFE: AVE lines	heavy rail	standard	RH	25kV 50Hz AC overhead
RENFE: main system	heavy rail	5' 6" (1668mm)	RH (see below for exceptions)	3000V DC overhead
FEVE	heavy rail	metre	LH	1500V DC overhead

RENFE Rule of the Road
This is generally RH, but lines of the former FC del Norte (between Madrid and the north coast) are LH. In particular, this includes:

Pinar (junction near Madrid) - Ávila - Venta de Baños - Miranda de Ebro - Irún
Venta de Baños - León - La Robla
Asturias: Soto de Rey - Oviedo - Villabona de Asturias - Gijón Cercanías / El Nubledo
Vizcaya: Bilbao Abando - Orduña / Santurtzi

Note that lines in this area built or doubled by RENFE are likely to be RH.

Madrid area

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Madrid metro	metro	1445 mm	LH	600V DC overhead
Parla tram	light rail	?	RH?	?	under construction?
RENFE: Cercedilla - Los Cotos	light rail	metre	n/a	1500V DC overhead

Andalucia

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Metro Málaga	metro	standard	RH?	750V DC overhead?	under construction
Vélez-Málaga tram	light rail	standard	RH?	750V DC overhead
Metro de Sevilla	metro, light rail	standard	RH?	750V DC overhead?	under construction

Catalunya {Catalonia}

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
FGC: Barcelona area metre gauge	light rail	metre	RH	1500V DC overhead
FGC: Barcelona area standard gauge	light rail	standard	RH	1200V DC overhead
FGC: Ribes - Nuria	light rail	metre, Abt rack	n/a	1500V DC overhead
Barcelona metro line L1	metro	5' 6" (1676mm)	RH	1500V DC overhead	overhead is rail-like, not wire
Barcelona metro, other lines	metro	standard	RH	1200V DC overhead	overhead is rail-like, not wire
Barcelona trams	tram	standard	RH	750V DC overhead?

Euskadi / País Vasco {Basque Country}

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification
EuskoTren	heavy rail	metre	LH	1500V DC overhead
Bilbao metro	metro	metre	LH	1500V DC overhead
EuskoTran	tram	metre	RH, stubs	? overhead

Mallorca {Majorca}

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
SFM	heavy rail	metre	?	none
FC de Sóller	light rail	3' (914mm)	?	600V DC overhead

Valencia

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
FGV: Valencia metro	metro	metre	RH	1500V DC overhead
FGV: Valencia trams	tram	metre	RH, circles	750V DC overhead
FGV: Alacant - Denia	heavy rail	metre	?	none	operated by FEVE
Alacant trams	tram	metre	RH?	?

Others

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
A Coruña trams	heritage tram	?	RH?	750V DC overhead?
Tenerife trams	tram	standard?	RH?	750V DC overhead

Portugal

National

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
CP: main system	heavy rail	5' 6" (1676mm)	LH	25kV 50Hz AC overhead
CP: metre gauge	heavy rail	metre	n/a	none

Lisboa area

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification
Lisboa Metro	metro	standard	LH	750V DC third rail
Carris	tram	900mm	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
CP: Estoril line	heavy rail	5' 6" (1676mm)	LH	1500V DC overhead
Sintra tramway	tram	metre	n/a, stubs	550V DC overhead
MTS	light rail	standard	RH	750V DC overhead

Porto area

System	Type	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Porto Metro	metro / light rail	standard	RH	750V DC overhead
STCP trams	tram	standard	RH (but mostly single), stubs	?