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Home / 2023 / Spain - late January 2023 / Madrid Almería Granada - 23 January 2023 27

Monday 23rd January 2023 First day of the PTG "Costa del Alco" 5-day railtour. Today would be "new track" for me from Manzanares to Almería and back to Granada, including two sides of the triangle south of Moreda (the difficult side, with no service at all, would be done tomorrow). The route from Almería towards Moreda climbs over 3700 feet in about 50 miles, that's an average gradient of about 1 in 70, but with long stretches at 1 in 40. Some tour participants headed back from Almería to Granada on a service train, but I opted to wait for the railtour; some time at Almería was well spent getting beers from a supermarket then pizzas from Domino's.
Route: (ALSA DL 2148 + 2150 + 1603 in various combinations) Madrid Chamartín (39030/1) 07.56 (+7) - Aranjuez 09.06 (+28) - Alcázar de San Juan 10.22 (+26) - Manzanares - Linares Baeza (37360) 12.46/13.16 (+16/+1) - Moreda 15.16 (-1) - Guadix 15.40/15.44 (+1/+2) - Almería (37363/2) 17.21/18.28 (+3/+16) - Guadix 20.28/20.48 (/+19) - Moreda (curve) 21.15 (+15) - Granada 22.23 (+10). Overnight: Hotel Tent Granada (300 m from station).