Euromed entered commercial service on June 16, 1997, along a Шаблон:Convert Mediterranean corridor, between the cities of Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellón de la Plana, Valencia and Alicante. Since January 2020 the Euromed service connects the city of Barcelona to the city of Valencia in 2 hours and 35 minutes and Barcelona to Alicante in 4 hours and 20 minutes while some services are extended to Girona and Figueres.[1]
Euromed currently offers the following services:[2]
Barcelona–Valencia via Tarragona and Castellón.
Barcelona–Alicante via Tarragona, Castellón and Valencia.
Figueres–Valencia via Girona, Tarragona, Barcelona and Castellón.
Figueres–Alicante via Girona, Tarragona, Barcelona, Castellón and Valencia.
The line uses parts of the Madrid–Levante high-speed rail network, further construction works between Valencia and Alicante for the increase of speed and connectivity are ongoing as of 2023 as not all sections are capable for 200 km/h and above.
In 2020 all the TGV based rolling stock was converted to standard gauge and since January 2020 replaced by the new RENFE Class 130 trainsets, capable of reaching speeds up to Шаблон:Convert.[3]
Accidents and incidents
On 30 March 2002 a Euromed train traveling across points at Шаблон:Convert collided with a local train in Tarragona that had just left Torredembarra station. The impact caused both trains to derail, two fatalities, and 90 injured.
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