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Opposition leader accuses Spain’s prime minister of covering up alleged Covid mask corruption scandal, as former Transport Minister Jose Luis Abalos refuses to stand down

THE leader of Spain’s main opposition Partido Popular (PP), Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, used his platform in Congress on Wednesday to accuse Socialist Party (PSOE) Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of having full knowledge

28 Feb, 2024 @ 14:11

Lead·Politics

Travel hell as Renfe passengers are forced to wait up to FIVE hours on crammed trains before departing for Spain’s Costa del Sol following weekend of heavy rain

PASSENGERS travelling from Madrid to Andalucia suffered another day of travel hell after being forced to sit on trains for up to five hours before leaving the station. Train operator Renfe saw

5 Sep, 2023 @ 13:32

Andalucia·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Travel News·Weather

Rail bosses sacked after new train fleet was too tall for tunnels in northern Spain

TWO people who ordered 31 new trains for the Asturias to Cantabria commuter rail line have been sacked after the rolling stock were too high to get through the tunnels. National rail

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Green light for five-year plan to ‘bury’ railway line that cuts Spain’s Valencia into two

ONE of Spain’s most complex rail engineering projects was formally green lit at an onsite signing ceremony in Valencia City on Monday. The train line running from the south of the city

6 Feb, 2023 @ 15:49

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Five injured and more than a hundred passengers evacuated from a Barcelona-Cadiz train as carriage roof catches fire in Spain’s Cordoba

FIVE injured and more than a hundred passengers have had to be evacuated from a train in Córdoba capital as flames and smoke spilled out of the roof of one of the

31 Jan, 2023 @ 08:45

Cordoba·Lead·Travel News

Plans to change high-speed train terminus for Costa Blanca journeys to Spain's Madrid could be reversed

Second thoughts over controversial high-speed train terminus change for Costa Blanca journeys to Spain’s Madrid

CONTROVERSIAL plans to switch the Madrid terminus for high speed trains from Alicante could be scrapped. The news follows an angry reaction from Alicante and Valencia area business leaders and politicians. Rail

15 Mar, 2022 @ 14:51

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

Passengers facing longer 'high speed' rail journeys between Costa Blanca and Madrid in Spain

Train passengers face longer high-speed rail journeys between Costa Blanca and Madrid in Spain

POLITICIANS and business groups are fuming about a train station switch that will add 15 minutes to high-speed rail journeys between Alicante and Madrid. Rail line state operator Adif has announced that

28 Feb, 2022 @ 19:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

Virgin to test the Hyperloop One in Malaga after agreeing a deal with ADIF

The Hyperloop system is designed to transport both people and cargo at approximately 1,200 kilometres per hour.

11 Aug, 2018 @ 16:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Thirteen arrested for overbilling Spain’s state rail company in corruption probe

Spain has already spent billions to build the second largest high-speed rail network in the world

8 Jul, 2016 @ 19:35

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s railway workers strike, shutting down trains across the nation

It is taking place on the busiest day of the year for Spain's railways

31 Jul, 2014 @ 10:52

Lead·National News

One year on from Spain’s fatal Santiago train crash and still no justice for victims

Friends and family of victims are refusing to attend memorial ceremony

23 Jul, 2014 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

VIDEO: Trackside security camera captures deadly train crash in Spain

Graphic footage shows the moment the train left the tracks killing at least 78 passengers

25 Jul, 2013 @ 15:08

Lead·National News

Protest against Antequera high speed train testing track

200 tractors and 150 cars joined the protest causing travel chaos

24 Mar, 2011 @ 13:34

Photo

High speed train testing track goes off the rails

Mass opposition to ‘destructive’ scheme to bring world’s biggest train testing track to Antequera

31 Dec, 2010 @ 10:39

Environment·Malaga·Travel News

“Rain, rain, go away… ”

Paul Whitelock contemplates the wet weather last winter and this, and the Spanish origins of the nursery rhyme "Rain, rain, go away...!"

20 Dec, 2010 @ 07:38

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains