More investments before Spanish port gains rail access to Mediterranean Corridor
The Spanish port of Castellon, between Valencia and Barcelona, sees more money pouring in to complete its connection to the Mediterranean Corridor. A joint investment of 132 million euros by the Spanish infrastructure manager Adif...Read more
Renfe: 122 million euros to improve rail freight in Spain
Spanish national railway company Renfe will invest 122,7 million euros for the improvement of the rail freight transportation system. The funds will be used to acquire new, greener, rolling stock and to implement new technologies...Read more
It’s strike season in the rail industry
Rail workers all over the world have organised and are organising multiple strikes to grab the industry’s attention on the issues they deem more important. The rail sector, and therefore rail freight, is in fact...Read moreSpanish rail freight association demands state support for energy prices
The Association of Owners and Operators of Wagons of Spain (Faprove) asked for Spanish rail freight companies to be included as beneficiaries of the financing from the cap on energy prices. The association did so...Read moreSpain has been making strides in the Mediterranean Corridor
Spain has been quite active in the past years in the realisation of the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor, expected to link Spain and Hungary, crossing Europe from west to east. Adif, the Spanish infrastructure manager, provided...Read more
Strikes in Spain lead to 200 cancelled freight trains
Around 200 freight trains are cancelled today Friday due to strike action by a minority union. Spanish rail operator Renfe has said that the strikes are going ahead despite the recent signing of a new...Read more
First frigo trailer on Belgium-Spain train opens new business for Hupac
The connection between Antwerp’s Combinant terminal and the Barcelona El Morrot terminal has a new component. Hupac dispatched a P400 frigo trailer for the first time in this service, or to put it in their...Read more
The Bouzas Port Area in Vigo is closer to getting a rail connection
The Bouzas Port Area, in the port of Vigo, in northwestern Spain, will finally be connected to the railway. Eptisa Engineering Services, an engineering company, was awarded the tender for technical assistance to prepare a...Read more
Hupac to launch new shuttle train between Belgium and Poland
Hupac will launch a new shuttle train service between Belgium and Poland. Starting on 8 November, three weekly trains will connect the Combinant Terminal in Antwerp with the Metrans terminal in Poznan/Gadki. This service is...Read more
Adif secures one third of funds for rolling highway, but it needs more
The Spanish government has allocated 32 million euros in the General State Budget for 2023 for the construction of the Algeciras-Zaragoza Rolling Highway. Adif, the Spanish infrastructure manager, is in charge of the project. This...Read more
Spain and Poland are now closer thanks to CFL and KLOG
CFL Multimodal from Luxembourg has launched a new rail freight service between Sète, in southern France, and Poznan, in Western Poland. For now, there will be one roundtrip per week, as a spokesperson from CFL...Read more
Maersk puts fresh produce trains on tracks between Valencia and the UK
Fresh produce trains from Spain are to be spotted on tracks again. Sealand, a Maersk company, is ready to launch new intermodal flows with reefer containers between Valencia and London. The service, which is currently...Read more
Adif records rail freight growth, especially with high-speed trains
Adif has published its trains/kilometre data for the period between January and August 2022. The data shows that rail freight traffic has increased, especially when it comes to high-speed freight trains, which increased by over...Read more
Freight on rail from Spain to Poland? Kombiverkehr made it possible
Kombiverkehr has launched a new rail freight service that will connect Spain to Poland via Germany. The new service will link the intermodal terminal Barcelona Can Tunis with Duisburg. From there, goods can be transported...Read more
ADIF promises upgrades on railway line to Barcelona
Adif has earmarked another 22,3 million euros for investment in the Barcelona-Girona-Portbou railway line. The money will used for the installation of a new security and communication system. The money comes on top of the...Read more
Bertschi Group launches new rail service in Spain
Swiss logistics service provider Bertschi Group has launched a new rail freight service connecting Tarragona Constanti with Barcelona Morrot, in North-Western Spain. The service is expected to decrease freight transport on road in favour of...Read more
Ukrainian grain on the train to Spain: if it works, no ship needed
Spain is testing the possibility of transporting grain by rail instead of ship. On Tuesday, 25 empty 40-foot containers were sent from Madrid to the border between Poland and Ukraine. These will be filled with...Read more
Adif presents study results for new Granada railway variant
Last week, María Luisa Domínguez, president of Spanish infrastructure manager Adif and Xavier Flores, General Secretary of Infrastructures of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, presented the results of the study on the...Read more
All eyes on Spanish rail freight with multimillion support scheme
The European Commission has approved a 285-million-euro scheme to facilitate the transition from road to rail freight transport in Spain.Read more