The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) recently assigned contracts for the implementation of the standard gauge (1435mm) in key rail freight locations. The projects concern the area of Valladolid in the north and the Bobadilla-Algeciras...Read more
The Spanish integration of EU railway standards and the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is taking shape. The year started with some significant developments for rail freight, mostly regarding the Mediterranean and the Atlantic TEN-T corridors...Read more
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) assigned a contract for 13.2 million euros for the renovation of the rail section between Almoraima and San Pablo de Buceite. This initiative is part of the project for...Read more
The opening of the new standard gauge rolling highway between Algeciras and Zaragoza, which was expected by the end of 2024, is being postponed indefinitely. The main causes behind this, according to the commissioner for...Read more
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) allocated 18,3 million euros for the drafting of the projects for the renovation and conditioning of the Granada-Almería railway line, in the south of the country. Concerning rail freight,...Read more
Spanish infrastructure manager (IM) Adif awarded the contract for the supply and transportation of the rail sleepers which will be laid along the third track planned to be built between Bobadilla and Ronda. The third...Read more
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) allocated 36,2 million euros to upgrade the sidings in seven stations to accommodate 750-metre freight trains between Zaragoza and Tarragona, in the northeast. According to them, this initiative will...Read more
The Spanish Ministry of Transport (MITMA) put out a tender for the project of the southern rail entrance to the port of Barcelona. New railway infrastructure will be developed to connect the Can Tunis terminal...Read more
Traffic via the Frejus Railway, the main railway between Italy and France, is interrupted for an indefinite period after a landslide damaged both rail and road infrastructure. No casualties were reported, but French Ministry of...Read more
A tender worth three billion euros was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for implementing railway and technological equipment in the Turin-Lyon tunnel. This tender does not only include the project and...Read more
Spain is working on connecting the Port of Castellon, between Valencia and Barcelona, to the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor. Construction work for the first section of the new railway line, only dedicated to rail freight, has...Read more