We were in Spain a year ago and saw construction being done on AVE from Madrid to Toledo.

Did it ever get finished?
If not is there an eta?

You could try

www.renfe.es

If it's up and running, you will be able to pull it up; if it isn't, maybe there's some part of the site that is devoted to news that has an update.

My wife and I took the train from Atocha station in Madrid to Toledo on May 22. There is still work being done at the Toledo station.

We had to get off at Algodor, one stop before Toledo, and a nice bus was waiting for us. It took us straight to the Toledo station where we got a public bus that took us up the Pl. Zodocover. Was not really a problem.

Hope this is helpful.

I'm not planning a trip back any time soon.

I was just wondering how the construction was progressing.

Well..it's still progressing We, spaniards, are good workers when in a hurry, very reliable..when there's no hurry....there's no hurry !! )

AVE lines in Spain tend to be plagued by construction problems - the Barcelona-Madrid line which features high-speed running on about half of the line is years behind schedule. The problem here was largely after the new rail bed was finished soil subsiding wrecked havoc and limited speeds. But give the Spaniards (and Catalans) credit for building new highspeed lines using TGV rail stock - the Barcelona-Madrid line features the fastest trains in Europe, or will, at nearly 200 mph. Built to normal European gauge, the lines will ultimately tie in with the new TGV high-speed line from France tunneling under the Pyrenees to Barcelona - which is already under construction, providing the first true through trains between France and the rest of Europe and Spain. currently most tracks in Spain are wide gauge and thus trains can't physcially go into France and its more narrow-gauge rail lines. A few Talgo trains which have movable wheel bases do go thru the border but otherwise you have to change at the border. Freight trains are especially slowed down as the fright-laden cars are transfered from one gauged bogie to another at the border. Hats off to Spain. Whereas it was once said that
The Pain in Spain Is Mainly on the Train, this is no longer true as modern highspeed trains will soon crisscross the country in one of Europe's most ambitious rail construction schemes.

Oh, yes, very ambitious and I hope it to be successful.The AVE is supposed to be here where I live in 2007 but at two years time..there's no trace that it will happen , so I repeat myself..we are not in a hurry