Renfe and the United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Rail concluded last week’s 16th Annual Middle East Rail event with several Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) on knowledge transfers. Etihad Rail inked a similar deal with the UK’s...Read more
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
Renfe will be upgrading and refurbishing its trains from the 490 series. Once the overhaul is complete, they will be included in the medium-distance fleet.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, 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
Renfe has commissioned the Seranco-Pavasal joint venture to construct a new workshop at its Santa Catalina maintenance centre in Madrid. The new building will be combined with the existing space to create a single hub...Read more
Renfe over the weekend resumed its seasonal tourist train services, having skipped 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Spanish operator marked the occasion with the introduction of a new luxury sleeper train,...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
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
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
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 has commissioned Talgo to upgrade its Class 730 trains and Class 130 units. The interiors will be modernised for increased passenger comfort. The overhaul will be carried out at Talgo’s factory in Madrid.Read more
The first two Iryo train services will start in November on the lines Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona and Madrid-Valencia, ILSA president Carlos Bertomeu told Spanish news agency EFE on Tuesday. The trains will compete with both Spanish operator...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
