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February 6, 2019 | Fleet

CAF wins fleet maintenance contracts in Spain and Saudi Arabia

CAF announced on February 6 that it has been awarded four contracts with a total value of €240m to maintain rolling stock fleets in Spain and Saudi Arabia.

January 30, 2019 | Fleet

Renfe awards train maintenance contract

SPAIN’s national train operator Renfe has awarded a contract to maintain 92 EMUs to the BTren joint venture of Bombardier and Renfe.

January 29, 2019 | Europe

EC issues Spain with rail safety infringement notice

THE European Commission (EC) issued a formal notice to Spain on January 24 for failing to meet the requirements of European Union railway safety legislation under the Railway Safety Directive 2004/49/EC.

January 25, 2019 | High-speed

Spanish competition authority approves Acciona-Ilsa high-speed deal

SPAIN’s National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) confirmed on January 24 that it has given the go-ahead for Spanish infrastructure group Acciona to take a controlling stake in open-access high-speed operator Intermodalidad de Levante (Ilsa), which is planning to launch new services in competition with Renfe.

January 24, 2019 | Main line

Renfe records 4% increase in passenger numbers

RENFE recorded a 4% increase in passenger numbers in 2018, up 20 million to 507 million, the first time it has recorded more than 500 million trips in a year since 2008.

January 18, 2019 | Europe

Spain to ramp up rail spending in 2019

SPAIN’s minister of public works Mr José Luis Ábalos unveiled details of the Ministry of Development’s €9.97bn 2019 budget on January 14, confirming a significant increase in public spending in the rail sector.

January 15, 2019 | Uncategorized

Renfe awards fleet maintenance contracts to Alstom

SPANISH national train operator Renfe has awarded Alstom three contracts with a total value of €125m for the maintenance of suburban and high-speed trains.

January 11, 2019 | High-speed

Spain to cut high-speed track access charges in bid to boost competition

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and its high-speed subsidiary Adif AV have approved proposals to cut track access fees on high-speed lines by 9.2% with the aim of stimulating competition on Europe’s largest high-speed rail network.

January 11, 2019 | Locomotives

Beacon leases dual-mode locomotives to SNCF Captrain Spain

BEACON Rail Leasing has acquired nine CAF Bitrac broad-gauge electro-diesel locomotives for lease to SNCF Captrain Spain.

January 10, 2019 | Europe

Mallorca electrification programme completed

MALLORCA marked the completion of a programme to electrify the metre-gauge Mallorca Rail Services (SFM) network on January 8, when the regional president of the Balearic Islands, Mrs Francina Armengol, officially launched electric services on the 31km Enllaç - Manacor line.

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