Talgo en Renfe agree on November deliveries of Avril high-speed trains
Talgo will deliver the first units of a new batch of 30 Avril high-speed trains in November as per a new deadline agreed upon this week with Renfe. The manufacturer settled on the new date...Read more
Renfe branches out to South-America
Spanish operator Renfe has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chilean State Railway Company (EFE) to explore future areas of cooperation. The move marks the next step Renfe’s efforts in lending expertise abroad.Read more
Spain announces 50 per cent discount on Interrail for youth
Spanish president Pedro Sánchez has announced a 50 per cent discount on the Interrail pass for young people between the ages of 18 and 30 can travel throughout Europe this summer. In addition, a ‘Spanish...Read more
Alstom to implement Adif innovation on ERTMS for low density lines
Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif has granted Alstom a contract worth 13.7 million euros, to execute a railway safety innovation project in Madrid, Spain. This project centres on creating a new application for the European...Read more
Ouigo inaugurates third Spanish high-speed service
Ouigo Spain has launched its third high-speed service last Friday, connecting Madrid to Albacete and to coastal city Alicante. Low-cost operator Ouigo now connects the two cities in less than two and a half hours...Read more
Lower traction energy costs elevate Renfe’s quarterly figures
Renfe has seen its traction energy costs fall by more than 30 per cent over the last quarter. This has helped the Spanish operator to contain overall costs and reduce its losses. An increase in...Read more
Increasing efficiency of Metro Bilbao’s fleet with monitoring systems
How does Metro Bilbao benefit from a fully integrated monitoring approach including sensors, software & analytics? Helmut Liebminger, CEO of voestalpine Signaling and Walter Serno, customer manager for Spain, talk about the modular product concept...Read more
Renfe dusts off luxury night trains for new season
Renfe will this week restart its luxury night train services with the return of the Al Ándalus and the resumption of the Transcantábrico Gran Lujo, which is now in its 40th year. Next month, the...Read more
Entry of Ouigo and Iryo in Spain made passenger numbers soar
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
Adif begins new phase of work at Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station
March 25th will mark the start of preparatory works, to facilitate the construction of four new high-speed tracks at Madrid’s second busiest station.Read more
How a new high-speed line in Basque Country will connect the north of Spain
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 counting down to new high-speed connections
Renfe will launch a new low-cost Avlo high-speed service later this month between Madrid and the coastal city of Alicante. From March 27 onwards, travel time between the two urban centres will be reduced to...Read more
Is France giving up on this border crossing with Spain?
France might not participate in the financing for the modernisation of the Pau-Canfranc-Zaragoza railway, one of the lines crossing the France-Spain border, closed since 1970. No budget was allocated for this project in a leaked...Read more