Territorial Challenges and the State of Development of High Speed Rail Links in Spain

Authors

  • José María De Ureña Francés
  • Cecilia Ribalaygua Batalla
  • José María Coronado Tordesillas
  • Fernando Escobedo Cardeñoso
  • Maddi Garmendia Antin

Keywords:

Alta Velocidad Ferroviaria (AVF), redes de transporte, redes de ciudades, modelos de desarrollo territorial

Abstract

The paper examines the territorial promise offered by High Speed Rail Linkage(AVF.Sp.) and comments the
opportunity of the cities chosen to be so linked as being those most indicated for extracting the greatest
benefit from the advances such an initiative could offer. To do so, various city types are examined. First
small cenres of population at 30 minutes to an hour by AVH from metropolitan centres, many of which lay
wide of traditional communication corridors. Next those medium sized cities which did lie on major lines of
communication and now mark cross roads/tracks on the new high speed network. Last, a regional classification
of cities by type is drawn up based upon their size, the distance between them and access possibilities to each
other by AVH. The paper lists the type of and initiatives undertaken by each city, the manner in which it
locks into the AVF network, the decisions there made as to siting the station on this, the urban planning
changes made in the light of this station’s siting along with the key variables that might have offered
different options. The paper’s final section urges that long term criteria of articulation and decentralization
should be brought into play if the laying of the AVF’s tracks is not be missed as a unique opportunity for reordering
the National Territory.

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Published

2006-06-27

How to Cite

De Ureña Francés, J. M., Ribalaygua Batalla, C., Coronado Tordesillas, J. M., Escobedo Cardeñoso, F., & Garmendia Antin, M. (2006). Territorial Challenges and the State of Development of High Speed Rail Links in Spain. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 38(148), 397–324. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/75684

Issue

Vol. XXXVIII, núm. 148 (2006)

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Articles

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Copyright (c) 2006 José María De Ureña Francés, Cecilia Ribalaygua Batalla, José María Coronado Tordesillas, Fernando Escobedo Cardeñoso, Maddi Garmendia Antin

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