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Ouigo, the French 'low-cost' AVE to link Spain’s Madrid and Andalucia with five daily frequencies

New low-cost high-speed train operator OUIGO delays arrival in Malaga until the end of 2024

THE arrival of the Euroduplex trains OUIGO, a subsidiary of the French railway operator SNCF, in the high-speed line between Malaga, Sevilla and Cordoba has

7 Jun, 2023 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s first low-cost AVE starts Malaga-Madrid route today, June 1

RENFE’S new low-cost AVE-alternative service, AVLO, will start operating its Malaga-Madrid routes as of today, June 1. There will be a daily train departing in

1 Jun, 2023 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

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

Iryo becomes third high-speed train operator from Friday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE HIGH SPEED train war on the Alicante to Madrid line goes up another notch on Friday as Iryo launches its service with low-fares to

31 May, 2023 @ 14:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

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

THE European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Spain’s state rail operator Renfe has abused its dominant position in the country’s rail

28 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain’s Renfe to Expand AVE train services between Malaga and Madrid in October

Free Renfe four-month passes are now available across Spain

FOUR-MONTH season tickets offering free train travel on Renfe services between May 1 and August 31 have gone on sale around Spain– but there are

25 Apr, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

Renfe launches sale of AVE tickets for this summer

Spanish railway company Renfe has started selling AVE tickets connecting Málaga, Sevilla, Córdoba and Granada with the rest of Spain for the period between June

2 Apr, 2023 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·Huelva·Malaga·Sevilla

Spain will become the number one tourist destination in the world by this date, according to report by Google and Deloitte

Spain’s tourism sector hopeful of record-breaking Easter

SPAIN’S Easter break, which officially got underway at 3pm on Friday, is set to be a record-breaking one for the tourism sector, as the coronavirus

1 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia

Renfe’s low-cost high-speed trains, Avlo, to start Spain’s Madrid-Malaga service in June

RENFE has announced this Monday, March 5, that their low-cost high-speed train, Avlo, will begin operating in the south corridor as of June. Avlo trains

7 Mar, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Spain’s national railway company, Renfe, spends more than €400,000 to remove graffiti from Andalucian trains

EVERY year, thousands of trains are vandalized and last year’s graffiti cleaning costs tallied €413,000 in Andalucia alone. In addition to the cost, there are

28 Feb, 2023 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Lead·Other News·Travel News

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

8 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Spain's Rail Operator Renfe Announces Big Investment In Its Freight Operation

Spain’s main rail operator Renfe announces big investment in its freight operation

SPAIN’S national rail operator Renfe will spend €122.7 million on improvements to its freight network system over the next three years. The money will be

7 Jan, 2023 @ 08:30

Environment·Lead·National News

Spain’s AVE Malaga-Madrid celebrates 15th anniversary—seeing more than 30.5 million travellers benefit from the high-speed connection

AT 12.33 p.m. on December 23, 2007, eight minutes ahead of schedule, the AVE arrived at a brand new María Zambrano Station, the first high-speed

26 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

100 Renfe Ave Madrid Puerta De Atocha Luis Zamora

Renfe increases Ave trains between Spain’s Malaga and Madrid

SPANISH operator Renfe is adding more trains on the high-speed trajectory Malaga – Madrid. The operator plans 14 new services per week between the two

22 Dec, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Merce Jurado Moreno Injured Foot In Barcelona Train Smash

‘People fell on top of each other’: Passenger tells of Barcelona train horror

A passenger involved in last week’s train collision in Barcelona has spoken of the terrifying moment their carriage was smashed into. The two trains collided

12 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·National News

Important long distance rail service reopens on Monday- eight weeks after Valencia flood disaster

Abusers of Spain’s free rail pass scheme will lose deposits and tickets from Wednesday onward

SPAIN’S state rail operator Renfe will be tightening up its conditions from Wednesday for anyone found to be abusing the government’s free tickets system. Violators

5 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News·Travel News

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

11 Nov, 2022 @ 17:31

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Renfe to strike again, today Friday, in Spain’s Malaga

NATIONAL rail network users in Malaga face another day of travel disruptions. The strike action, called by the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) trade union

11 Nov, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain’s national rail strike, today and Friday, threatens travel chaos for thousands of Spanish commuters

NATIONAL rail network users in Spain are bracing for travel disruptions as strike action to take place this week threatens ripple effects on passenger service

7 Nov, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

Police evict 40 Scottish hooligans from an AVE train in Spain

POLICE have evicted 40 Glasgow Celtic hooligans from an AVE train in Albacete. As reported to Europa Press, the Alicante to Madrid AVE was delayed

1 Nov, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Madrid·Sport

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

Stag-do party pay penalty for drunken mayhem on high-speed Madrid-Malaga train in Spain

A Madrid court has fined 11 people nearly €700 each after a rowdy stag-do forced a delay to a high-speed train service between Madrid and

24 Oct, 2022 @ 13:08

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Malaga

Spain’s rail operator forced to change booking system after passengers game the system and leave trains half empty

Spain’s state rail operator Renfe is being forced to modify its booking policy after passengers started taking advantage of an oversight in a government plan

20 Sep, 2022 @ 15:51

Lead·National News·Travel News

Low Cost High Speed Train War Hots Up In Spain As New Operator Iryo Brings Forward Launch.

Revealed: How much will it cost to travel on cheap ‘AVE’ from Malaga to Madrid?

SPAIN’S first private high-speed train operator, IRYO, has revealed the starting price for its various high-speed routes. IRYO, popularly known as the cheap ‘AVE’, because

19 Sep, 2022 @ 09:15

Lead·Travel News

Anden De Cercanias Photo by Carel Sanchez/Wikipedia/ CC

EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Spain’s free rail travel scheme from September 1

SPAIN’S rail operator is introducing a scheme from September 1 that offers free train travel on certain local and mid-distance journeys. The scheme was announced

31 Aug, 2022 @ 19:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

WATCH: Panic-stricken passengers break train window to escape as wildfire engulfs tracks in eastern Spain

AROUND a dozen passengers on a train travelling through a wildfire zone in Castellon province of eastern Spain suffered burns after they feared the carriage

17 Aug, 2022 @ 16:30

Castellon·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Spain’s national train operator testing freight route to bring Ukrainian grain to Barcelona

SPAIN’S train operator, Renfe, is running an experimental freight train across Europe to import grain from the Ukraine. Grain exports had until recently come to

12 Aug, 2022 @ 12:02

Barcelona·Lead·National News

Chaos for travellers on high-speed trains between Madrid and Barcelona after thief makes off with track cables

TRAINS on the high speed AVE route between Madrid and Barcelona and on to the coastal town of Figueres were suspended on Monday morning after

8 Aug, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead·National News·Travel News

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New low-cost high-speed train operator OUIGO delays arrival in Malaga until the end of 2024

Spain’s first low-cost AVE starts Malaga-Madrid route today, June 1

Iryo becomes third high-speed train operator from Friday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

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

Free Renfe four-month passes are now available across Spain

Renfe launches sale of AVE tickets for this summer

Spain’s tourism sector hopeful of record-breaking Easter

Renfe’s low-cost high-speed trains, Avlo, to start Spain’s Madrid-Malaga service in June

Spain’s national railway company, Renfe, spends more than €400,000 to remove graffiti from Andalucian trains

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

Spain’s main rail operator Renfe announces big investment in its freight operation

Spain’s AVE Malaga-Madrid celebrates 15th anniversary—seeing more than 30.5 million travellers benefit from the high-speed connection

Renfe increases Ave trains between Spain’s Malaga and Madrid

‘People fell on top of each other’: Passenger tells of Barcelona train horror

Abusers of Spain’s free rail pass scheme will lose deposits and tickets from Wednesday onward

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

Renfe to strike again, today Friday, in Spain’s Malaga

Spain’s national rail strike, today and Friday, threatens travel chaos for thousands of Spanish commuters

Police evict 40 Scottish hooligans from an AVE train in Spain

Stag-do party pay penalty for drunken mayhem on high-speed Madrid-Malaga train in Spain

Spain’s rail operator forced to change booking system after passengers game the system and leave trains half empty

Revealed: How much will it cost to travel on cheap ‘AVE’ from Malaga to Madrid?

EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Spain’s free rail travel scheme from September 1

WATCH: Panic-stricken passengers break train window to escape as wildfire engulfs tracks in eastern Spain

Spain’s national train operator testing freight route to bring Ukrainian grain to Barcelona

Chaos for travellers on high-speed trains between Madrid and Barcelona after thief makes off with track cables

Valencia weather alert for high winds as plume of Saharan dust brings threat of blood rain

Why is the US sending an unknown number of B-52 heavy bombers to Spain?

OLIVE PRESS OPINION: An affront to justice

Man who grabbed Ryanair worker’s neck, slammed her against glass counter and threatened to kill her over suitcase row at Costa Blanca airport is spared jail

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