{"id":439538,"date":"2010-03-17T08:13:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T12:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2010-03-17T08:13:55","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T12:13:55","slug":"high-speed-rail-takes-off-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/439538","title":{"rendered":"High-speed rail takes off in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/16\/science\/earth\/16train.html?ref=energy-environment\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/03\/16\/science\/16train2_337-span\/16train2_337-span-articleLarge.jpg\" width=\"281\" align=\"right\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/eenews.net\/Greenwire\/2010\/03\/16\/21\/\" >Greenwire<\/a>: A high-speed train between Barcelona and Madrid is steadily rising in  popularity, with the number of train travelers surpassing those going  by air earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Alta Velocidad Espa\u00f1ola cuts the route between the two cities  from a 6-hour car ride down to 2 hours and 38 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>While the train is praised for being more eco-friendly than planes  or cars &#8212; analysts say the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoearth.org\/article\/Air_pollution_emissions\">emissions<\/a> are about one-fourth of other  transportation methods &#8212; most passengers are simply opting for the  train because it is more comfortable and convenient. The tickets cost as  much as air travel &#8212; about $160 to $300 &#8212; but the train has reclining  seats, computer outlets, movies and food. It is part of an effort to  make the train seem upscale and appealing to riders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the day this train opened, I have never, never set foot on  the plane again,&#8221; said Carlos Mart\u00ednez, a lawyer who travels between  Madrid and Barcelona twice a week. &#8220;Why would anyone fly?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other European countries, including France and Germany, have gone to  high-speed rail service and many predict that European routes will soon  be dominated by trains. The number of flights between Madrid and  M\u00e1laga, another AVE route, has already dropped by half since the trains  opened. All AVE lines have earned a profit, even as airlines seek to cut  prices to compete (Elisabeth Rosenthal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/16\/science\/earth\/16train.html?ref=energy-environment\" ><em>New  York Times<\/em><\/a>, March 15). <strong>&#8211; JP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3212&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_3212\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwire: A high-speed train between Barcelona and Madrid is steadily rising in popularity, with the number of train travelers surpassing those going by air earlier this year. The Alta Velocidad Espa\u00f1ola cuts the route between the two cities from a 6-hour car ride down to 2 hours and 38 minutes. While the train is praised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}