Madrid closes Sol Metro as unions challenge Ayuso’s account and commuter trains keep running
UPDATE: At 10pm on Saturday 17 October, Metro Madrid confirmed that ‘the necessary safety and health conditions’ had been restored and that Sol Metro had...
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Spain’s housing decrees defeated as pressure grows on Sánchez to call snap election
LATEST: Pedro Sánchez calls a general election in Spain for 29 November. Spain’s Congress rejected both of the government’s emergency housing decrees on Friday, dealing...
PP and Vox reject Sánchez’s national climate pact as prime minister defends government’s record
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused the main right-wing opposition party of turning its back on the fight against climate change after the People’s...
Spain’s train drivers call off three-day strike after agreement for increased funding for rail upkeep
Unions representing Spanish train drivers have suspended the rail strike that began on Monday and had been due to continue until Wednesday. The unions had...
Saudi Arabia orders 20 more high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo group
Saudi Arabia has ordered 20 new high-speed trains from Spain’s Talgo, in a deal that will add €1.33 billion to the company’s order backlog and...
RENFE to cancel 955 trains as three-day strike in February looks set to go ahead
LATEST: Spain’s train drivers call off three-day strike after agreement for increased funding for rail upkeep. Spain’s national rail operator RENFE will cancel 955 trains...
Spain’s train crash victims mourned as families call for truth and justice
A funeral mass in memory of the 45 people killed in the Adamuz train crash was held on Thursday at the Carolina Marín sports centre...
Families of Adamuz train crash victims to receive €216,000 under €20m compensation plan
The Spanish government said on Tuesday that it will distribute €20 million in compensation to those affected by last month’s high-speed train disaster in southern...
Initial report from train tragedy investigators points to fracture in track prior to accident
A preliminary investigation into last weekend’s deadly high-speed rail crash in southern Spain indicates that a fracture in the track may have existed before the...
Fourth train incident in 5 days: ‘passenger lightly injured’ after train hits crane in Murcia
A commuter train hit a crane in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia on Thursday, leaving one passenger with minor injuries, the national rail operator...
