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Stag-do party fined after drunken antics on high speed Madrid-Malaga train service in Spain

New high-speed train routes in Spain: Renfe will connect Madrid with these two cities this year

SPAIN’S much-loved high-speed rail network is set to grow even further later this year, with new connections between Madrid and the cities of Logroño in La Rioja region and Teruel in Aragon

19 Apr, 2024 @ 15:01

Lead·Travel News

Rail operator in Spain ‘Iryo’ launches summer discount scheme for younger people

Rail operator in Spain ‘Iryo’ launches summer discount scheme for young people

IRYO has put tickets on sale with a 50% discount for young people this summer. In a bid to make travel throughout Spain more affordable, the country’s first private high-speed rail operator,

8 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Travel News

Spain's National Train Operator Is Testing Freight Route To Bring Ukrainian Grain To Barcelona

Spain to get new rail superhighway aimed at taking 48,000 lorries off the roads

IN SPAIN, just 5% of goods are moved by freight train, compared to the European average of 20%. But that is set to change from the first quarter of next year, as

12 Jan, 2023 @ 14:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Drunk Man On Mobile Phone Gets Run Over By Train On Valencia Level Crossing In Spain

Spain’s Renfe rail company to crack down further on passengers abusing free-ticket scheme

SPAIN’S state rail company Renfe is going to take further action to crack down on so-called “phantom reservations”, whereby passengers make multiple bookings thanks to the government’s free-tickets scheme and then only

11 Nov, 2022 @ 17:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain drops probe into whether kickbacks were paid to secure €7billion high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia

SPANISH prosecutors have shelved an investigation into whether Spanish firms paid kickbacks to secure a contract for Saudi Arabia’s high-speed rail link citing ‘insufficient evidence’. Anti-corruption prosecutors were investigating the 2011 contract

13 May, 2022 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain puts on extra trains during Easter week to cope with surge in bookings

SPAIN’S state rail operator Renfe has announced it will put on extra trains to cope with the surge in bookings over Easter week. Between Friday, April 8 and Monday, April 18, the

7 Apr, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·National News·Travel News

Andalucia-Algarve rail connection still a “dream” says Portugal’s Prime Minister

PORTUGUESE Prime Minister Antonio Costa has said that it is “a dream” of his to be able to unite the regions of the Algarve, in Portugal, and Andalucia, in Spain, through a

14 Nov, 2021 @ 18:55

Huelva·Lead·National News

Pedro Sanchez gets his 2022 budget plans passed in Spain's lower house of parliament

Pedro Sánchez says council will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ of the AP-9 tolls

PEDRO Sánchez has confirmed the Council of Ministers will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ in tolls on the AP-9 in Galicia on Tuesday. This announcement was made by Sánchez during his speech at the

26 Jul, 2021 @ 16:35

Politics

President Sanchez visits Costa Blanca as local mayor brands Madrid rail link a “historic milestone” for the region

THE MAYOR of Orihuela and other dignitaries welcomed Spain’s President Sanchez, as the new AVE rail link to Madrid officially opened. A direct link to the capital should now take only two

2 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

Spain's state train operator Renfe faces EU probe over refusing to supply content to rival online ticket platforms

High Speed train launch for Spain’s Costa Blanca South in doubt due to Covid-19 border restrictions

PERIMETER checks in and out of larger towns and cities will severely slow down the operation of the new AVE into Costa Blanca South. Tickets for the new high-speed trains were due

27 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

EU expected to help fund eco-friendly underground highway between Spanish coast and inland Costa Blanca

A MULTI-MILLION euro underground highway linking Torrevieja and Orihuela is to be discussed this week, with important funding from the EU. Speedy transport links have been needed for some time in the

28 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Environment

Travel chaos predicted for Easter period after rail strike set for March 23

The strike is on the day that Spaniards traditionally depart for their Easter holiday

16 Mar, 2016 @ 15:42

Lead·Travel News

Today kicks off four days of Spain’s September train strikes

A series of 24-hour RENFE employee train strikes kick off today

4 Sep, 2015 @ 10:57

Travel News

Andalucia to receive €1.6 billion to develop infrastructure

Roads, airports and housing will all benefit from the extra funding

20 May, 2015 @ 11:17

Business & Finance·Lead

Spanish construction firm to build high-speed rail in USA

Construction firm ACS win €960,000 contract to lay 105km of high-speed track in California, USA

19 Dec, 2014 @ 10:55

National News

Plea to get Antequera high-speed rail test track back on track

German multinational Siemens confirmed its interest in investing in the unpopular project

12 Dec, 2013 @ 10:30

Lead

Spain’s trains speed ahead

Spain has developed Europe's largest high-speed rail network

17 Nov, 2010 @ 12:05

National News·Travel News

Road and rail projects cancelled

Andalucia's road improvements are halted as the government claws back cash

26 Jul, 2010 @ 18:14

A rail Spanish bargain

Half-price Spanish trains give the UK a RENFE their money

15 Mar, 2010 @ 11:33

National News·Travel News

Spain grinds to a halt

Cold snap causes chaos across the country

15 Dec, 2009 @ 12:53

National News