The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, highlighted this Thursday the role of Burgos in the future of the High Speed ​​Rail (AVE), which "is called to play a crucial role" in the following phases of the deployment of High Speed ​​in the country.This was stated during the inauguration of the high-speed line from Venta de Baños (Palencia) to Burgos, whose commissioning adds a new AVE corridor in Castilla y León and a step in the advancement of this infrastructure towards the north from Spain.Sánchez and the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, accompanied His Majesty the King on the inaugural trip, on a journey that began at the Madrid-Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station at 11 a.m. and reached Burgos -Rosa Manzano an hour and a half later, after a stop in Valladolid-Campo Grande, reports Ical."This train trip is another milestone in the history of High Speed ​​in our country, a story that is constantly being renewed and gaining new momentum", he assured at the beginning of his speech at the Burgos-Rosa Manzano station.“This line, which will start operating regularly tomorrow, consolidates Spain as a leader in sustainable mobility”, he added.In this line, the president of the country assured that Spain is the first country in Europe and the second in the world, "only behind China", in kilometers of High Speed.“We are proud of having carried out this gigantic transformation in record time”, he pointed out, recalling that 30 years after the inauguration of the first AVE in Seville, “the network has multiplied almost eightfold, reaching an average of 4,000 kilometres. High speed".Castile and Leon Newspaper