Renfe, Spain’s national railway operator, is gearing up for a significant upgrade as it introduces its latest addition to the high-speed rail fleet. The company announced the acquisition of ten state-of-the-art S106 model trains, marking...Read more
A Spanish train driver provided commercial service for an AVE train beyond Perpignan for the first time on 13 July 2023. This month, Renfe’s Spain-France High-Speed Train (AVE) service is marking its initial six months,...Read more
The passenger numbers on the Madrid-València corridor doubled and surpassed one million users in the final quarter of 2022, compared to the same period the year before, shows the quarterly report of the rail market...Read more
BackgroundSpain is building a high-speed line in the Basque Country, a Y-shaped railway line which will connect several cities in the Northern region. Work is progressing with some of the engineering structures already completed and...Read more
Renfe has ended the summer season with more than 7,5 million travellers on its AVE high-speed trains and long-distance services. The Spanish operator has also seen the average occupancy rate recover compared to last year.Read more
Renfe is weighing its options for compensation from rolling stock manufacturer Talgo now that delays in the delivery of new AVE high-speed trains are putting a strain on the summer timetable.Read more
Renfe will be running additional high-speed trains between Barcelona and Madrid as of Tuesday. That means there will be one train every 30 minutes between the two cities at peak hours.Read more
Renfe kicked off a promotion campaign earlier on Friday to celebrate 30 years of the Ave high-speed train, which first ran on April 21, 1992. The Spanish railway company will offer 100,000 tickets priced at...Read more
Renfe will be equipping its trains with defibrillators. The Spanish railway company will be installing a total of 668 units, 50 of which will be installed at train stations.Read more
Renfe will be offering close to 2 million seats between April 8 and April 18, the period leading up to the Easter weekend. As part of the capacity increase, almost 80,000 extra tickets will be...Read more
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is planning enter 50 additional trains into service during the April 14-24 period to accommodate the expected uptick in the number of travellers around Easter. On April 8, Spanish operator Renfe will...Read more
Spanish flag carrier Iberia and railway company Renfe have expanded their so-called Train & Fly programme to connect additional Renfe destinations to international Iberia flights.Read more
New Spanish railway operator ILSA has gained a third shareholder next to Trenitalia and Air Nostrum with infrastructure investment group Globalvia, the Expansión daily reported on Tuesday. The company also announced that it aims to...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 operator Renfe is adding more trains on the high-speed trajectory Madrid – Valencia. The operator plans four new services, two trains per direction, between the two cities, which represents a daily supply of 26...Read more