Renfe’s Board of Directors has approved an investment of €1.777 billion for the acquisition of up to 40 trainsets. This order was previously announced in November by the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, and has now been reactivated after a two-month halt following the Adamuz accident.
The purchase will be structured as an initial order of 30 trains for €1.362 billion, plus an option for an additional 10 units. These units must be capable of reaching a commercial speed of 350 kilometers per hour, as they will operate on the Madrid-Barcelona corridor following its remodeling, which will later be extended to other parts of the network.
This move is part of a broader plan that includes a second phase, yet to be finalized, in which Renfe expects to incorporate more than 60 additional trains in the coming years, bringing the total order to over €4 billion. This amount is in addition to the €5 billion already invested since 2020 in the acquisition of 456 units for Cercanías (commuter rail) and Media Distancia (medium-distance) services, allowing Renfe to almost completely renew its fleet ahead of the liberalization of these services, which are governed by public contracts.
With this initial purchase of 40 high-speed trains, Renfe aims to replace the 23 Series 100 trains, which have exceeded 35 years of service life—having entered service in 1992—and to respond to the expansion of the network and growing demand.
