Spain - Avant - high speed medium distance and regional trains

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Renfe Avant is the brand name of medium distance high speed trains, the fast counterpart of Renfe Media Distancia. Avant services run at a maximum speed of 250 km/h, compared to the 300 km/h maximum speed of the AVE service. Their routes usually cover different provinces within the same autonomous community or between neighboring ones. This train is one of the S 104 series of Renfe. It's a Pendolino train built by Alstom and CAF in 2003. It has a top speed of 250 km/h and can take up to 237 passengers. It's a further development of the ETR 460 and ETR 480 trains of the former Fiat Ferroviaria. These trains are used on routes that are shorter than 1,5 hours in driving time.
Picture from near the station of Cártama 28.4.2024 by Matti Heino.
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