high speed train

In Spain 5th September 2025

New Rail Chaos, Minister Warns Problems Will Continue for at Least Two Years

Yesterday, while the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, was appearing in Congress to explain the problems suffered by Spain’s railway network this summer (when four out of 10 trains had issues and the average delay on high-speed lines was 20 minutes), ADIF’s computer system—responsible for the rail network—crashed. This created new chaos in Madrid’s stations, especially at Chamartín. The incident ended up affecting thousands of passengers and all trains with…

In Europe 20th June 2023

Barcelona-Lyon AVE service to start on July 13th and Madrid-Marseille on 28th

The president of Renfe, Raúl Blanco, has announced that the high-speed AVE routes in France will start on July 13 with the Barcelona-Lyon connection, to be followed on July 28 by the Madrid-Marseille connection. Tickets for these routes will go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday. June21st. The Barcelona-Lyon connection will stop in Girona, Figueres, Perpignan, Narbonne, Béziers, Montpellier, Nimes and Valence. The Madrid-Marseille connection will stop in Zaragoza, Tarragona, Barcelona, Girona,…

Relevant News Item 3rd June 2023

Alstom, Siemens and CAF prepare to bid for Spanish high-speed train extension

Link Securities| Alstom, Siemens and CAF (CAF) are preparing to bid for the extension of the Spanish high-speed train (AVE) network, according to Expansión newspaper. The newspaper points out that on this occasion it will be key to have trains with variable gauge (they will have to be able to run on UIC and Iberian track) to reach, for example, from Madrid to the main destinations in Galicia and Asturias.

Spanish economy 27th December 2021

iryo, Spain’s New High-Speed Train

ICEX- Invest in Spain | Ilsa, a consortium managed by the Valencian firm, Air Nostrum and Italy’s Trenitalia, will be launching the train in the second half of 2022. This will be competition for Renfe and Ouigo in terms of high-speed travel, accounting for 30% of train journeys. In the medium term, it will run along the three corridors where rail liberalisation first began in Spain: Madrid-Barcelona, Madrid-Valencia and Madrid-Seville.

Spanish economy 20th December 2021

Today The AVE To Galicia Is Inaugurated: 16 Years Of Works And 9 Billion Euros Of Investment

King Felipe VI and the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, today make the AVE to Galicia’s inaugural journey. The high-speed train will connect Madrid with this region after more than 16 years of planning and works and an investment of 9 billion euros for 440 km of track. Today sees the opening of the section between Pedralba de la Pradería (Zamora) and Ourense, which is 119.4 kilometres long and has involved…

Interviews 7th May 2018

“Spain Is Not Just An Exporting Country, But An Investor Abroad”

Ana Fuentes/Carlos Díaz Güell | “We were a very poor country which in the last 40 years has made a spectacular transformation. Today there are over 150,000 companies which export regularly and have exported at least in the last three years”, explains Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros, High Commissioner for the Spain Brand (Marca España), and privileged observer of the economic reality in Spain and how its business class has evolved over the last few decades.

Spanish economy 19th April 2018

Spanish infrastructures: a record €2.7 bn in high-speed trains, first roads in a decade

The Public Works Minister, Íñigo de la Serna, said the ministry will launch “before the summer” a record 2.717 billion euros investment programme for AVE high-speed train and roads.

On December 31, the "pilgrims' Ave” crossed the 453 kms which separate Medina from Mecca, at 300 km/hour in some parts

Interviews 23rd February 2018

“We Are Not Going To Lose Money With The Train Mecca-Medina, But Won’t Make As Much As Estimated”

Julián García Valverde founded Imathia and Consultrans, engineering, consultancy and construction companies. They form part of the consortium of 12 Spanish firms which won the contract for Mecca-Medina AVE high-speed train line. On December 31, it crossed for the first time the 453 kms that separate both cities at 300 km/hour in some parts.

Spanish economy 13th February 2018

Spain’s High-Speed Train Moves A Step Forward With A New Low-Cost, ‘Intelligent’ Service

In 2020, rail passenger traffic will be opened up to the competition in Spain. Looking ahead to this situation, Renfe will launch a new low-cost, intelligent AVE high-speed train. This will be called EVA and it will have all the new technologies, while tickets will be between 20% and 25% cheaper.

Spanish economy 21st July 2017

Spain, 2nd High Speed World Power, Can’t Sell Its Trains

Excepting the high speed trains involving the so famous La Meca-Medina contract in Arabia Saudi, and despite authorities and the industry itself have been trying for decades, Spain has been unable to sign even a single high-speed sales operation. This is not, however, the official discourse of any of them.

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