Arco was a commercial, locomotive-hauled passenger train service operated in Spain by

Renfe Renfe (, ), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company. It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ( ...

on the Levante and Basque Country-Galicia lines.

Routes

The Renfe Arco services used to run on the following routes: * La Coruña / Vigo - Bilbao / San Sebastian - Hendaye (''Arco Camino de Santiago'') * La Coruña - Monforte de Lemos * Barcelona - Castellón - Córdoba - Sevilla / Málaga (''Arco García Lorca'') * Linares-Baeza - Granada / Almeria Until 2 May 2008, the trains were operating on the

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corridor, between Barcelona,

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and

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. There was also an Arco train service from Porbou / Cerbere (France) and Valencia Nord. On 10 September 2011 the Arco service on the route between Barcelona and Granada/Málaga/Sevilla/Badajoz (García Lorca) was replaced by the

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service. On 2 March 2020 the brand Arco was permanently retired when the last remaining service on the route Camino de Santiago ceased operations.

Technical data

Arco fully renovated and refurbished Renfe's B11x-10200 series of passenger trains. New

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, capable of working at 220 km/h, were added. The bogies are modified versions of model GC-1 by CAF, also known as GC-3, allowing a higher degree of comfort at higher speeds. * Operated lines: * Manufacturers: Renfe, CAF * Units manufactured: 41 * Year established: 1999 * Top speed: 220 km/h * Commercial Speed: 200 km/h * Beam heating: Yes, 3 kV (CC) * Gauge: 1,668 mm

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Routes

Technical data

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