All Spain articles – Page 2
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NewsEIB backs Madrid station enhancements
SPAIN: The European Investment Bank has approved a €550m loan to infrastructure manager ADIF to finance works to increase capacity at Madrid’s Atocha station. The loan approved in December forms part of a €740m framework package agreed in 2021 for works at the capital’s Atocha and ...
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Metro Report InternationalDesign updates for latest Zaragoza trams
SPAIN: Some design changes from the current fleet are included in two additional trams which CAF is supplying to increase peak capacity on the Zaragoza tramway. The cabs have been redesigned to improve visibility, and internal steps eliminated for better accessibility. The number of windows that ...
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NewsPajares cut-off opens to plug Asturias into Spanish high speed network
SPAIN: Following almost 20 years of construction, public passenger services began using the Pajares Base Tunnel through the Cordillera Cantábrica mountain range in the north of the country on November 30.
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NewsIryo reports strong first year as Spanish high speed traffic grows again
SPAIN: Iryo carried 5·2 million passengers at an average load factor of more than 65% in its first year of operation.
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NewsSpain to expand rail motorway network
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF is developing plans for a ‘rail motorway’ corridor to carry lorry trailers by rail between Zaragoza, Lleida and Tarragona. ADIF is currently upgrading the mostly single-track electrified line by lengthening passing loops to 750 m at Selgua, Marcén-Poleñino, Almudévar, Juneda and Raimat ...
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NewsDate set for Luxembourg Rail Protocol to enter into force
INTERNATIONAL: The Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is to enter into force in contracting states on March 8 2024, the intergovernmental ratification task force has announced.
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NewsALSA and Eco Rail explore high speed rail possibilities
SPAIN: Bus operator ALSA is exploring opportunities to operate high speed passenger services in partnership with Andalucían company Eco Rail, one of the companies that missed out on ADIF’s first round of train path allocations in 2019. The two companies have spent the past three years ...
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NewsEuropean Commission says Spain has failed to apply Single European Railway Area rules
SPAIN: The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the Court of Justice of the European Union, saying it has failed to correctly transpose and apply Directive 2012/34/EU establishing a Single European Railway Area. The Commission explained on October 18 that it believed the Spanish ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn to sell Arriva Group to I Squared
EUROPE: German national railway Deutsche Bahn has signed an agreement to sell the whole of Arriva Group to infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital. The transaction announced on October 19 is expected to complete in 2024, subject to customary closing conditions including the approval of the ...
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NewsRENFE Mercancías selects strategic partner
SPAIN: The board of national operator RENFE has selected Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Co’s inland logistics subsidiary Medlog as strategic partner to help it develop freight business RENFE Mercancías into an integrated logistics business. The search for a strategic partner for RENFE Mercancías has been underway for ...
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NewsAlstom training programme seeks Spanish students and graduates
SPAIN: Alstom has launched a further edition of its Talent Energy internship programme in Spain, aimed at students in the final year of a bachelor’s or master’s degree as well as recent graduates. Now in its 11th year, the initiative combines academic and professional experience ...
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NewsOn-train connectivity rolls out
EUROPE: Following successful trials on the UK’s Island Line, FirstGroup’s railway telecoms company Evo-rail has worked with Comsa to install its Rail-5G on-train connectivity technology on the Figueres - Perpignan high speed line between Spain and France. Evo-rail said the mmWave technology which uses trackside antenna ...
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NewsTrain noise reduction collaboration
SPAIN: Wheelset supplier CAF MiiRA is to work with Basque region train operator Euskotren to test technology designed to reduce significantly the noise generated by train wheels. Used mainly in monobloc wheels, the constrained layer damper system is tuned to damp the most relevant modes of ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlcalá de Guadaíra tramway tenders called
SPAIN: The junta of Andalucía has called tenders for the supply of power supply equipment, signalling and other systems to equip the tramway under construction in Alcalá de Guadaíra to the east of Sevilla. Construction of the 12·5 km line from Montecarmelo to an interchange with ...
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Metro Report InternationalRENFE pilots Green Mobility Hubs
SPAIN: National train operator RENFE has launched a Green Mobility Hub pilot project to encourage rail passengers to opt for environmentally friendly first- and last-mile transport to and from stations. Suburban station car parks will be adapted to provide facilities for bikes, vehicle sharing and for ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro de Sevilla Line 3 tendering underway
SPAIN: Tenders have been called for a contract to build a 1·5 km section of the future Metro de Sevilla Line 3. The €132m 36-month contract covers a section of the line which will run in a 12·5 m deep cut-and-cover tunnel with two stations at ...
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NewsLa Llagosta logistics terminal operator appointed
SPAIN: Infrastructure manger ADIF has awarded a joint venture of Hupac Ibérica and TPNOVA Rail & Logistic Services to operate the freight terminal which is under construction at La Llagosta, 15 km from Barcelona. The terminal is scheduled to open in Q2 2025. The operating contract ...
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NewsDeloitte to develop Spanish track access charging regime
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Deloitte a contract to develop a scale of access charges which will apply to RENFE, Iryo and Ouigo in 2024 and 2025. Responsibility for access charges was transferred from the state budget to ADIF in December 2022, and they can ...
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NewsSpanish narrow gauge fares integrated
SPAIN: Fares on the metre gauge routes formerly operated by FEVE will be integrated with the rest of national operator RENFE’s fare structure from July 17. FEVE was merged with RENFE in January 2013, but the separate fare structures were retained, including a lack of through ...
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Metro Report InternationalBilbao Line 5 trains ordered
SPAIN: Euskotren has awarded CAF a contract to supply five Class 980 trainsets in 2026-27 for use on the future Bilbao metro Line 5. The 6·6 km Line 5 is under construction between Sarratu and Gldakao in the eastern suburbs of Bilbao. The four-car metre gauge ...