The first high-speed train service between Madrid and Barcelona will begin on Feb 20, 2008. Reporters of ADN.es will be Qikking the much anticipated event.

Work on the line began more than a decade ago and, starting in 2003, high-speed trains went as far as Lerida, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Barcelona, the capital of the Catalonia region. The final stretch to Barcelona has been delayed repeatedly, most recently when sink holes appeared in land over which the rail lines were to run. This also forced a shutdown of local commuter trains for several weeks.

Come and experience this historic moment live from the widgets below and also on on ADN.es pages here and here