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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...

Spain’s President Sanchez to visit Costa Blanca on Monday to test out new AVE service into Orihuela

PEDRO SANCHEZ himself is to visit Costa Blanca South on Monday, February 1, in part to celebrate the first AVE from Madrid to Orihuela. He...

ALL ABOARD: This week marks 10th anniversary of Valencia-Madrid high-speed train line

The AVE connects Valencia and Madrid in just one hour and 35 minutes, hitting a top speed of 231 kph

Corruption and bad planning has seen almost €100 billion wasted on ‘unnecessary’ infrastructure projects in Spain

Unused airports, vanity museums, defunct desalination plants and deserted toll roads are just some of the wasteful projects undertaken

Axarquia to be left a ‘poor cousin’ if Junta de Andalucia leaves it off AVE railway plans

Politicians in Axarquia are urging the Junta de Andalucia not to forget them during plans to build new high-speed railway. The long discussed AVE service,...

Spain’s high-speed Renfe train to offer ‘low cost’ tickets

RENFE will launch a new 'low cost' service from 2019. The high-speed train, which travels from Malaga to Barcelona, Madrid and elsewhere, will be selling...

Spanish rail travel up 6% on last year

The number of people travelling on trains is up by 6.2% on last year

Spain’s high-speed AVE rail to transport donated organs

The agreement will be trialled with crossover organ donors

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

Spain’s high speed trains stay on track

Spain’s high speed trains are set to stay despite setbacks to the second most complex rail network in the world, writes Rob Horgan

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

End of the line for AVE high speed rail link between Sevilla and Malaga

Politicians slam a 'ridiculous' short-sighted decision to scrap the high speed rail line. By Giles Brown

New Granada high speed train limited to single track

The new single track AVE line to Granada has caused concern

Work begins on Spanish ‘pilgrim train’

Multi-million-euro train project which saw Spain pip France to the post begins in the Middle East

Green light for AVE to France

France has just approved a plan for a high-speed rail link between France and Spain

Mediterranean Corridor hits the buffers

PP plan to redirect rail line along coast is turned down by EU

On the right track?

With the threat of carving up Ronda’s key tourist valley, Wendy Williams looks at the reasons for the Mediterranean Corridor and asseses the impact it will have on tourism

Don’t ruin Ronda’s valley, says former mayor

New mayoress insists that new freight line will not carve its way through Llano de la Cruz valley but stay on existing line

Rail tunnel plea for Ronda valley

Homeowners and hoteliers insist that railway scheme will destroy one of region's key tourist areas

AVE high speed rail route would cause ‘total destruction’ of valley

EXCLUSIVE: Possible route for high speed train to Ronda would ruin one of area’s key tourist valleys

No-go for Malaga

 MALAGA town hall has slammed the decision to take the new AVE fast-track rail corridor to Algeciras inland from Almeria via Granada and Antequera.

AVE high speed trains coming to Ronda

After years of waiting, it was announced this week that the proposed high speed rail link between Antequera and Ronda is to go ahead. The proposals are now out to public consultation

Spain beats France in the bid for the ‘pilgrim train’

Spanish led consortium awarded billion euro contract to build first high speed AVE train in the Middle East

Fast track for rail ‘corridor’ from Gibraltar to France

Almeria will be linked to France by 2020 and the Cadiz town of Algeciras a decade later

On track

A 950,000 euro contract to draw up construction plans for the first stretch of the controversial high-speed train testing track in Antequera has been...

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