‘Rail freight operations will remain within our Group’, says Renfe
Renfe Mercancías, the Spanish national rail freight operator, will soon be partly taken over by MSC. This initiative led to speculations that the company might disappear, leaving Spain without a state-owned company. However, Renfe recently...Read more
Spain unlocks 26 million euros in rail freight eco-incentives
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) awarded 26.1 million euros to be assigned to eight rail freight operators as eco-incentives. This strategy is part of Spain’s agreement with the European Commission (EC) to unlock some...Read more
Pajares Bypass in northwestern Spain is finally open
The Pajares Bypass, connecting La Robla with La Pola in northwestern Spain, is finally open. The new infrastructure stretches along one of the country’s busiest rail freight lines on the TEN-T Atlantic Corridor. Volumes are...Read more
Five-day Spanish rail strike averted by transport minister
A five-day strike announced by employees of Renfe and Adif was expected to cause a significant impact on railway operations in the Iberian country, with up to 900 cancelled freight trains. However, the intervention of...Read more
Arcelor Mittal and Renfe Mercancias start test run on new Pajares Bypass
The Pajares Bypass is one of the key Spanish projects for the connection between the Leon and Asturias regions, in the northwest, and it is part of the TEN-T Atlantic Corridor. Last week, a freight...Read more
Thales will upgrade rail capacity at the Spanish port of Huelva
French tech company Thales won the tender for the development of new functionalities for the security installations of the railway terminals at the port of Huelva, in southwestern Spain. According to the company, this project...Read more
MEDWAY: 45 million euros to expand into France
Portuguese rail freight operator MEDWAY is planning to expand its operation outside of the Lusitanian border. The company will in fact invest in rolling stock to deploy between Spain and France.Read more