Madrid–Barcelona railway

{{Short description|Major Spanish train link}}

{{About|the conventional railway between Madrid and Barcelona|the AVE high-speed line|Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line}}

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| start = Madrid Chamartín

| end = Barcelona França railway station

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| open = 2 June 1859

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The Madrid–Barcelona railway is the conventional railway line linking the Spanish capital Madrid with the country's second largest city of Barcelona, Catalonia. It now primarily serves local commuter rail services and regional traffic since the opening of the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line in 2008, prior to which only 1.98 million annual passengers travelled between the two cities.[https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/66620/barcelona-madrid-85-million-passengers/ Barcelona-Madrid high-speed line has had more than 85 million passengers] 21 February 2018