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Old Jun 3, 2009 | 3:09 am
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Originally Posted by ND76
In Spain, due to the Atocha bombing, they take train station security seriously, and you will have to go through a magnetometer and your bags will be x-rayed before you will be allowed to board AVE and similar high speed services in Spain (this includes the high speed commuter train between Atocha and Toledo). You must have a ticket and seat reservation to be allowed through security (rail pass is not enough).
Don't take that to mean it's a US-airport-like affair. You just drop your bags on a belt and pick them up on the other side - no delay at all.

Also - between Madrid and Barcelona: 3G connection the entire way!
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