Governments of Spain & Portugal agree on Madrid-Lisbon high-speed train line
The governments of Portugal and Spain have reached an agreement to establish the first-ever direct train connection between Lisbon and Madrid, with a high-speed service...
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Thousands of rail passengers experience severe delays after copper cable theft
Thousands of rail passengers in Spain experienced significant delays after copper cables essential to the signalling system on a high-speed line from Madrid to Seville...
Rail strikes planned during March-April in Spain called off at last minute
A planned seven-day rail strike in Spain, set to begin on Monday 17 March, was called off at the last moment after unions representing workers...
Spanish train driver and safety director convicted over deadly 2013 crash
A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a train driver and ex-safety director to 2.5 years in prison over a 2013 crash that was the nation’s...
Four dead and three injured after being hit by train in Montmeló, Catalonia
Four people were killed and three others were injured on Sunday in Catalonia when a commuter train hit them as they crossed the tracks outside...
Spanish transport officials resign over ‘trains too wide for tunnels’ scandal
A ‘monumentally botched error’ in the designs of trains for two of Spain’s northern regions, Asturias and Cantabria, has led to the resignations of two of...
Spain’s third high-speed train operator launches this week, with average ticket prices at €18
Spain’s third train operator kicks off its new Madrid-Barcelona route on Friday 25 November, with Valencia, Málaga and numerous other cities to be added to...
Spain starts trial of 2013 train crash in Galicia that killed 80 and injured over 140
A major trial opens on Wednesday in Spain to determine responsibility for the country’s worst rail disaster in nearly eight decades. The accident happened on...
Train service in Catalonia ‘gradually resumes’ after all trains halted for 3 hours
All Rodalies short, medium and long-distance trains in Catalonia were ground to a halt for three hours between 5am and 8am on Friday morning, after...
Three seriously injured after jumping from train halted by forest fire in Valencia region
Around 12 people were injured, three seriously, following an incident on a train passing through Torás in the province of Castellón (Valencia region) on Tuesday evening, and close...
