Author: Importacion

Light is finally at the end of the tunnel for the Salamanca–Fuentes de Oñoro electrification, as Adif raises the budget and moves into the final stretch of works delayed by four years. Read the full story.

Madrid Chamartín will gain a major high-speed stabling yard at Las Tablas, with capacity for 17 trainsets, enhancing operational flexibility and throughput at the capital’s northern hub. Read the full story.

An extreme heatwave has triggered red alerts across parts of Portugal, prompting CP to suspend selected services and cap seating on others to mitigate air-conditioning risks and safeguard passenger comfort. Read the full story.

Spain and France have agreed to retain Iberian gauge tracks at Hendaye, enabling the extension of San Sebastián Cercanías services into France from October, while TGV services are set to return to Irún in January. Read the full story.

Strong performance on the Spanish-French cross-border line via Le Perthus, with record train paths, tonnes hauled and average payload per train in July 2025. Read the full story.

Metro de Madrid has taken delivery of the first series 10000 trainset at Cuatro Vientos depot. The fleet will equip Line 6 and represents the network’s first driverless units. Read the full story.

Renfe and Talgo have agreed a 29% increase in Avril train maintenance costs, pushing the combined manufacture and servicing of the first 15 trainsets more than €50m above CAF’s competing bid. Read the full story.

A passenger reports travelling on a Madrid–Granada high-speed service without HVAC despite extreme temperatures, a situation also observed on other Renfe trains. Read the full story.

The Brazilian Government is preparing the largest wave of railway tenders in its history to build a network of over 9,000 km in order to reduce dependence on lorries. Read the full story.

Passengers on Madrid Metro, particularly on Line 1, face summer with constant air-conditioning breakdowns and headways leaving trains overcrowded. Metro responds. Read the full story.