RENFE started commercial service in the Olmedo - Zamora section of the Madrid - Galicia high - speed line on December 17 with a single return service which will cut travel time for the 232km Madrid - Zamora trip by 22 minutes to 1h 33min.
VOSSLOH says it is on course to achieve sales growth of between 5 and 10% next year, excluding sales from its Spanish rail vehicles division which is being sold to Stadler Rail.
BARCELONA could double its current tram ridership and save €2m each year in bus operating costs if a project to connect the city's two currently separate light rail networks if a short link along Diagonal Avenue becomes a reality.
DANOBAT has supplied and installed a DWPM wheel profile measuring system at Basque metre-gauge operator EuskoTren's Guernica depot in northern Spain.
SPANISH national train operator Renfe has launched its first open tender for high-speed trains in a decade, inviting bids for a €1.1bn-€2.6bn framework contract to supply up to 30 new sets with a maximum speed of 320 km/h.
THE executive board of Vossloh signed a contract with Stadler Rail on November 4 for the sale of its Rail Vehicles business unit for €48m in cash.
VOSSLOH confirmed on October 29 that it is close to reaching an agreement on the disposal of its Vossloh Rail Vehicles business unit and announced a 6% increase in group sales in the first nine months of 2015.
CAF's third-quarter profits for the period ending September 30 have been adversely affected by unfavourable exchange rate fluctuations and particularly the devaluation of the Brazilian Real against the euro.
THE Valladolid - Palencia - León high-speed line was opened to traffic on September 30, a day after it was officially inaugurated by Spanish prime minister Mr Mariano Rajoy and less than a week after the opening date was confirmed.
Current prospects for the global rail track system market are mixed according to the latest study by German consultancy SCI Verkehr. CEO Maria Leenen and senior consultant Karl Strang profile the results.
