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Costa Blanca

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

Alex Trelinski - 28 Feb, 2022 @ 19:30

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...

Tickets To Go On Sale For New Low Cost High Speed Trains Between Madrid And Valencia In Spain

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Spain by train: Tickets now on sale for new low-cost high speed rail journeys between Madrid and Valencia

Alex Trelinski - 27 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

TICKETS are now on sale for a new high-speed 'low-cost' rail service between Valencia and Madrid. The Avlo service, starting on February 21, is being...

Barcelona

Super fast train to connect Amsterdam and Spain in only 90 minutes

Dimitris Kouimtsidis - 5 May, 2020 @ 14:57

A DUTCH company has started planning for a high speed train that would connect Amsterdam and Barcelona in only 90 minutes.

Business & Finance

Billions of EU money wasted on Spain’s high-speed rail

Bradley Stokes - 1 Jul, 2018 @ 13:00

European Court Auditors ruled that €23.7 billion has ‘not been spent wisely’

Business & Finance

European Commission launch probe into Antequera high-speed train centre

Rob Horgan - 24 Mar, 2015 @ 17:03

The Spanish government plans to apply to EU Regional Development Fund to cover the centre's €358.6 million price tag

Blogs

High-speed rail route through Ronda shelved?

Paul Whitelock - 16 Feb, 2012 @ 17:51

Is it possible that the controversial plans for a high-speed rail freight route through a beautiful valley near Ronda are about to be dropped? If so, it will be great news for hundreds of local residents who have been objecting since the plans were announced in October 2011

Blogs

AVE high speed trains coming to Ronda

Paul Whitelock - 6 Nov, 2011 @ 21:16

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

Andalucia

On track

Karl Smallman - 12 Sep, 2011 @ 10:40

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...

Environment

You WILL take the train to Spain

Wendy Williams - 5 May, 2011 @ 18:25

Sun-seekers could be forced to take trains from UK to Spain to reduce carbon emissions

Almeria

Eastern promises

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 11 Dec, 2010 @ 20:48

Plans for the Almeria-Murcia AVE train speed ahead

National News

A rail Spanish bargain

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 15 Mar, 2010 @ 11:33

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

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Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 1 Dec, 2022 @ 19:45

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not...

Victim allegedly shot 12 times with steel BB gun in horrific attack in San Pedro de Alcantara

1 Dec, 2022 @ 19:15

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1 Dec, 2022 @ 18:45

Booze Bust With Over 20,000 Bottles Carrying Fake Tax Labels Seized From Costa Blanca Distillery In Spain

Booze bust with over 20,000 bottles missing tax labels seized from Costa Blanca distillery in Spain

1 Dec, 2022 @ 18:23

Defiant expat in Lanzarote collects second €500 traffic fine as driving licence debacle enters eighth month

1 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

€1 Mil Fines Tabled For Grafitti Vandals In Mallorca's Serra

Spain’s Mallorca plans €1 million fine for graffiti artists vandalising heritage areas

1 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Spain’s telecoms giant Telefonica puts up prices for packages and mobile phones from New Year

1 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Revolutionary drug that reduces chances of catching HIV from sex by 99% now available in Gibraltar

1 Dec, 2022 @ 15:13

Spain’s Balearic Islands wants to restrict non-resident property buyers but EU law forbids it

1 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Fears grow for Mallorca hiker who fell on track near Raixa, missing since Monday

1 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Valencia’s largest ever bust nets entire roomful of 5.5 tonnes of cocaine

1 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

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