Definitive Closure of the Valencia-Cuenca-Madrid Railway Line

Definitive Closure of the Valencia-Cuenca-Madrid Railway Line

The veteran railway line Valencia-Cuenca-Madrid It is now three years since the storm Filomena (which turned the Iberian Peninsula white from January 6 to 11, 2020) silenced his journey from Utiel to Cuenca. He The last Utiel-Cuenca train circulated on January 8, 2021. Was the first blow to this battered railway that suffered the second … Read more

Renfe Pilar Bridge Special Trains: 1,000+ Extra Seats on Galicia-Madrid High-Speed Corridor

Renfe Pilar Bridge Special Trains: 1,000+ Extra Seats on Galicia-Madrid High-Speed Corridor

Renfe reinforces the Galicia-Madrid connection this Pilar bridge: more than 1,000 extra seats in two AlviaIñaki Abella Renfe reinforces with more than 1,000 extra seats on the Galicia-Madrid high-speed corridor con two special trains during the Pilar long weekend this week. According to the company in a statement, these services Alviacon one circulation per day … Read more

Galicia Implements ERTMS for Enhanced Rail Safety and Security

Galicia Implements ERTMS for Enhanced Rail Safety and Security

Rail traffic from Ourense -Long and Medium Distance- will be affected until next Tuesday, August 29 to finish the implementation of ERTMS on the Atlantic Axis. Thus, Galicia will obtain the European security system. The first phase of this project was carried out in April, at which time the relevant works on the tracks were … Read more

The Delayed Arrival: The Highly Anticipated Avril Model Trains in Spain

The Delayed Arrival: The Highly Anticipated Avril Model Trains in Spain

Rarely has a model train received so much attention before it was put into operation. The Avril –acronym for High Speed ​​Light Independent Wheel– are the white blackbird of the railway in Spain, especially for Renfe. The public company has been waiting for them for two years to improve its services on the Madrid-Galicia line … Read more

Renfe vs. SNCF: Reopened Train Lines Between France and Spain – Comfort, Price, and Hours

Renfe vs. SNCF: Reopened Train Lines Between France and Spain – Comfort, Price, and Hours

VIDEO – The Spanish railway company has just reopened two lines between France and Spain after its divorce from the SNCF. Comfort, price, hours… What is this new offer worth? The war between SNCF and Renfe in Spain seems to be coming to an end. The French Company had initiated the hostilities by breaking the … Read more

Renfe Launches Marseille-Madrid Line, Expanding France-Spain Connections

Renfe Launches Marseille-Madrid Line, Expanding France-Spain Connections

A Spanish AVE at Lyon Part-Dieu station on July 6, 2023, a few days before setting off for Barcelona. OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP Two weeks after inaugurating its Lyon-Barcelona line, the Spanish company is launching its second link between France and Spain this Friday. Partners yesterday, competitors today. Less than a year after the end … Read more

Changes to Alvia Route: Impact on Travel Times and Transfers from Ourense to Barcelona

Changes to Alvia Route: Impact on Travel Times and Transfers from Ourense to Barcelona

The cut of the train from Ourense to Monforte leaves the Galicians without better times on the Alvia to BarcelonaINAKI OSORIO One of lime and another of sand for the railway of Galicia, where the good news always ends up being overshadowed by other small disappointments. From the November 21 the Alvia route that connects … Read more

Ouigo Celebrates Two Years in Spain: Low Cost Policy, Challenges, and Future Plans

The high-speed rail operator Ouigo celebrates two years in Spain. It means that it has been a biennium since the transport of passengers by train is no longer a monopoly. The French brand arrived with low prices in an “elitist” market that opened its first line with five daily frequencies between Madrid and Barcelona, ​​with … Read more

The Change from AVE to Chamartín Adds 90 Minutes to the Alicante-Andalusia Trip

The change from the AVE to Chamartín adds 90 more minutes to the Alicante-Andalusia tripalex dominguez Related The penultimate negative derivative of the change in the header and terminus of the AVE line between Alicante and Madrid from Puerta de Atocha to Chamartín. The already complicated rail connection between Alicante and Andalusia has become a … Read more

Renfe reduces the AVE journey between Alicante and Seville by one hour with a change in Cuenca

Renfe reduces the AVE journey between Alicante and Seville by one hour with a change in Cuencajose louis rock Next month, Renfe recovers the direct AVE between Valencia-Seville, which makes it possible to establish and, in turn, recover the connection between Alicante and Seville via connection at Cuenca Fernando Zóbel station. The best travel time … Read more