A Ouigo train travelling from Madrid to Barcelona ripped off several hundred of metres of overhead line from the high-speed railway line on Saturday, causing major delays for thousands of passengers.Read more
ASFA Digital (Automatic Braking and Announcement of Signals) is now in use on three more commuter lines, Adif announced on Sunday. With the rollout, the Spanish infrastructure manager is targeting improvements in punctuality.Read more
Renfe, iryo, Euskotren and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) have joined forces to set up the Spanish Association of Passenger Railway Companies, the companies announced on Thursday.Read more
Adif will be replacing nearly 32 kilometres of tracks in Huelva province, the infrastructure manager announced recently. The project is valued at just over 37 million euros.Read more
Last week, Spain marked the 30th anniversary of its high-speed rail network. Over the past three decades, the Adif-managed network has witnessed an eightfold expansion and will hit a total length of 4,000 kilometres this...Read more
Adif will be carrying out a variety of works in the Spanish region of Catalunya over de coming months, ranging from the commissioning of new commuter rail stations to a change of gauge on certain...Read more
Adif will be reinforcing the embankments along the Altsasu-Irun section of the Madrid-Hendaya line in the coming months. This should reduce the likelihood of landslides and prevent rocks from landing on the tracks.Read more
Raquel Sánchez Jiménez, the Spanish minister of transportation, earlier this week unveiled plans for an overhaul of the railway network in Vallès Occidental country, just outside Barcelona. The plans call for a new train station...Read more
A group of 30 Saudi women striving to become Saudi Arabia’s first female train drivers began their training on Sunday at the Renfe-staffed Line Operations Center (OCC) in Jeddah. The selection proces drew huge attention...Read more
Adif will be renewing video surveillance systems and access control, as well as install anti-intrusion systems in technical buildings, overpasses and tunnels on the Madrid-Sevilla high-speed railway line as part of ongoing renovation works.Read more
Spanish railway manager Adif and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) have started a collaboration to use the fibre optic network along the rails to detect possible earthquakes. They will also develop scientific and technological activities...Read more
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif will kickoff a testing programme on the new section the high-speed railway line between the Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station in Madrid and the railway fork in the Torrejón de Velasco municipality south...Read more
Spanish research facility Centro Nacional de Hidrógeno (CNH2) will take delivery of the remaining 3 hydrogen fuel cell modules from Toyota Motor Europe this month out of a total of 6 units to be installed...Read more
Spanish railway manager Adif has awarded a contract for an improved version of a variable gauge axle system for freight rolling stock to TRIA Transport Engineering and Technology. The project costs nearly 6 million euros,...Read more
In order to mitigate the effects of the crisis caused by Covid-19 on rail transport, Spain extends the reduced track access charges. This was detailed in one of the amendments to the General State Budgets...Read more
