FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) has reached an agreement to buy a 25% stake in Spanish open-access freight operator Comsa Rail Transport (CRT) for an undisclosed sum.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) and Renfe have postponed the launch of direct TGV services between Paris and Barcelona due to delays in completing certification of TGV Dasye sets for operation on the Figueres – Barcelona high-speed line.

MADRID Metro announced on April 23 it will rename one of its lines Line 2 Vodafone and the city's most central station Vodafone-Sol after reaching a three-year €3m agreement with the mobile telephone company.

BARCELONA metro operator Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) has been granted Independent Safety Assessor (ISA) status by Spain's Ministry of Public Works and Transport, which will allow it to carry out railway safety assessments across the EU and beyond.

ZARAGOZA celebrated the opening of the final phase of a 6.9km extension of the city's first light rail line last week after four years of work and an investment of €400m.

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and Alstom have signed an agreement to develop a new dual-gauge signalling system for 1668mm-gauge and 1435mm-gauge trains operating on the same tracks.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) and Spanish passenger operator Renfe have reached an agreement to start direct TGV services between Paris and Barcelona next month.

THE European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the First Railway Package does not require member states to have an institutional separation between an infrastructure manager and the incumbent railway operator.

SPAIN's national train operator Renfe this week announced a major change in its fares policy, with an 11% reduction in all tourist class AVE train tickets and new discounts in an effort push ridership beyond the 22 million mark.

HOPES of finally opening the long-delayed 4.7km light rail line in the Spanish city of Jaen have faded after an audit by the Catalonian train operating company FGC found annual operating losses would run into millions of Euros.