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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,...
New high-speed train launched between Malaga and Granada makes Alhambra day trips easy from Spain’s Costa del Sol
A NEW high-speed rail route has opened between Malaga and Granada taking under one hour and 10 minutes.
New high-speed train launched between Malaga and...
28,000 Saudi women apply to work as train drivers between Mecca and Medina in route operated by Spain’s Renfe
SPANISH rail firm Renfe has been inundated with applicants for 30 train driver jobs advertised exclusively for women.
Over 28,000 women applied for the roles...
New low-cost high speed train services will link Spain’s Costa Blanca with Madrid
FRENCH train operator Ouigo will launch a low-cost high speed train service between Alicante and Madrid this autumn.
Adult fares will start at €9 and...
Spain braced for travel chaos over October puente as eight days of rail strike called
SPAIN’S train drivers and railway workers have called an eight days of strike beginning Thursday September 30 and lasting into the bank holiday weekend.
The...
Electrifying: Mallorca to invest €54.6 million in five new green energy trains
MALLORCA will be investing €54.6 million in five new electric trains as part of a green strategy for the island.
Each of the trains, consisting...
Spain’s Malaga Metro set to restore late-night service in response to buzzing nightlife in the capital
MALAGA’S late-night metro service has been restored in response to the opening up of the city's nightlife.
With the end of the Spanish State of...
TRAIN BATTLE as Ouigo launches in Spain with cheaper fares and on-board entertainment services
SPAIN'S state train company RENFE's 80-year-monopoly has ended with French operator, Ouigo, launching services between Madrid and Barcelona.
Ouigo Spain is owned by France's SNCF...
€22 MILLION train vandals arrested in Spain
NEARLY 100 graffiti vandals who caused €22 MILLION worth of damage to trains in just three years have been arrested in Spain.
The 99 detained...
Renfe introduce new personalised tickets for passengers in Spain
RENFE have announced the introduction of personalised tickets from Monday April 20.
25% of Spain’s high-speed AVE train stations used by less than 100 people per day
Spanish high-speed trains fail to attract enough customers
Anger over decision to award multi-million UK train contract to Spain
Spanish company CAF won the €645 million contract
Spanish rail giants Renfe announce multi-million train investment
Full steam ahead for new rolling stock
Spain takes train and ditches plane
22% increase in the number of people travelling by train in January 2014 compared to previous year
Barcelona to Paris high speed rail service opens
Journey time between two cities cut in half
Private operators to bid on Spanish rail routes
Private operators can run some long-distance and high speed AVE services from next year
Budget fare high speed train gets passengers back on track
AVE high-speed train service between Malaga and Madrid carried an extra half a million passengers this summer
Thousands could be affected by new Costa del Sol train route
New plan for Med Corridor sees it follow the A-7 motorway along the Costa del Sol
Spain’s trains speed ahead
Spain has developed Europe's largest high-speed rail network
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Two sisters in Spain’s Barcelona in ‘safe houses’ after refusing arranged marriages in Bangladesh
TWO Bangladeshi-born sisters are under protection in Barcelona after complaining of being forced into arranged marriages.
Catalunya's General Directorate of Attention to Children and Adolescents...
