Euromed (train)

Euromed trainset

Euromed is a high speed rail service which uses series 101 EMU rolling stock with bogies adapted for use on the 1,668 mm (65.7 in) Iberian gauge track. Traction current, supplied by overhead lines, can be either 3,000 volts, direct current or 25,000 volts, 50 Hz, alternating current. In normal commercial service these trains travel at 200 km/h (120 mph) and have a top speed of 220 km/h (140 mph) although during testing 250 km/h (160 mph) was reached. The fleet of six units was built by the French multinational Alstom.

Euromed entered commercial service on June 16, 1997, operated by RENFE, along the Mediterranean corridor, between the cities of Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellon de la Plana, Valencia and Alicante (523 km).

2002 accident

On March 30, 2002 in Tarragona a Euromed train traveling across points at 155 km/h (96 mph) collided with a local train which had just left Torredembarra station. The impact caused both trains to derail and resulted in two fatalities and 90 injured.

Service

Barcelona Sants railway station
Tarragona
Castellón de la Plana railway station
Valencia Joaquin Sorolla
Alicante railway station

External links

• Euromed at official RENFE website (Spanish)
• Alaris, Euromed, Altaria (English)
• Picture gallery