EU and Spain at odds about favouring rail over road
analysisSpain is negotiating with the European Union (EU) to unlock the funds included in the country’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), and rail freight is playing a crucial role. The EU wants Madrid to implement...Read more
Adif injects another 118 million euros into the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto line
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif will invest 118,5 million euros for the adaptation of 45 overpasses and 19 tunnels along the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto railway. The upgrade of the line is quite relevant for rail freight as it...Read more
Adif commissions several 740-metre sidings on critical rail freight line
The upgrade of the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto line in Spain as part of Adif’s master plan is ongoing at a fast pace. The Spanish infrastructure manager commissioned seven 740-metre-long sidings on the line to allow more efficient...Read more
Spain goes non-stop with 50 million euros tender to boost rail freight
Zaragoza and its logistics network are set for more upgrades in Spain as Adif launches a new tender worth 49.5 million euros. The tender targets the electrification of the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto line to increase rail freight...Read more
Spain to introduce first-ever tracking system for freight on rail in 2024
The Spanish infrastructure manager Adif is introducing a new freight tracking system, called SIMPLE (Simplification of Processes for a Logistic Enhancement), at the beginning of 2024. This constitutes a first for Spain, where there is...Read more
COSCO to continue managing the Zaragoza Plaza rail terminal
COSCO Shipping Ports Spain (CSP Spain) will maintain control of the Zaragoza Plaza rail terminal, in northwestern Spain, which the company has been managing since 2013. COSCO’s subsidiary was competing against Samca, a Spanish mining...Read more
Adif: 18 million to upgrade railway to port of Algeciras
Adif, the Spanish infrastructure manager, will invest 18,3 million euros to upgrade the railway line between Ronda and the country’s largest port: Algeciras. The project will be carried out by a consortium that will involve...Read more
Zaragoza Maritime Terminal to double number of trains by end 2023
The expansion of the Zaragoza Maritime Terminal (TMZ) in northeastern Spain has officially started. The project aims at doubling the number of trains handled in the Spanish terminal every year, from 3,500 to 7,000. 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
Cosco boosts connectivity between its Spanish rail terminals
A new rail freight line is active in Spain between the port of Valencia and the Zaragoza rail terminal. The two terminals operated by COSCO SHIPPING have already seen two trains running between them. CSP...Read more
Three months of rail disruptions between Zaragoza and Sagunto
Around thirty rail freight services will suffer delays and a cost increase due to nearly three months of upgrade works on the railway that links Zaragoza with Sagunto Port. This 315 kilometres-long railway line runs...Read moreRailway link Yiwu-Madrid now stops in Zaragoza, Barcelona
The Chinese-Spanish rail freight service between Yiwu and Madrid now stops in Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon and Barcelona. This was decided by the Chinese rail operator Timex Industrial Investment, which launched the new route...Read more