Spain’s high-speed network reaches Galicia
Which was already doing rather well
FOR CENTURIES the main way to Galicia, Spain’s north-western corner, was on foot, on the pilgrims’ trail to Santiago de Compostela. Poor roads meant that, until a decade or two ago, the drive from Madrid took nine hours. Recent improvements have cut the trip to the closest Galician city, Ourense, to about five.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “To the end of the earth”
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