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The Spanish-Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail delivers to Rail & Truck the first EURO6000 locomotives that, together with the EURO4001, will operate the Algeciras-Zaragoza rail motorway. Leer
Transfesa takes over from Renfe Mercancías its last train operating between Spain and France on standard gauge, a Kombiverkehr container train bound for Ludwigshafen. Leer
Metro de Madrid chooses Alstom to adapt the CBTC signalling system on line 6 for driverless trains (GoA 4). Leer
Alstom has received a new order for 15 trains for Lille metro lines 1 and 2, in addition to the 27 already ordered by Métropole Européenne de Lille. Leer
The public consultancy firm Ineco has been commissioned by the Spanish Ministry of Transport to carry out technical support work for the implementation of the single ticket, scheduled for 2026. Leer
Adif and Exolum will develop a railway logistics network to transport the company's raw materials and products by rail, which will boost freight train traffic. Leer
Stadler train manufacturer has produced the first aluminium body of a double-decker train in Hungary, coinciding with the 15th anniversary of its Szolnok plant. Leer
Renfe celebrates that, since the creation of the Digital Competence Centres in 2020, the initiative has generated 515 direct jobs and 155 indirect jobs. Leer
Giuseppe Rizzi, CEO of Fermerci, indicates that rail freight traffic could have lost one million train kilometres by 2024, confirming a downward trend since 2021. Leer
Transport calls for tenders for the drafting of the project to reopen the international Somport tunnel for railway use on the Zaragoza-Canfranc-Pau line. Leer
SNCF Réseau confirms that the Fréjus rail tunnel will reopen in March and Trenitalia will resume Frecciarossa Paris-Turin trains in April. Leer
Metro Bilbao, the operator of lines 1 and 2 of the Bizkaia capital's metro, has exceeded 100 million journeys in a year for the first time in 2024. Leer
Canadian Metrolinx orders Alstom Americas to refurbish 181 BiLevel VIII cars, manufactured between 2008 and 2015, for 340 million euros. Leer
The Catalan president, Salvador Illa, will announce this Sunday the timetable for the development of the TramCamp or Camp de Tarragona tramway, which will initially link Cambrils, Salou and Vila-seca. Leer
Metro de Madrid's network had a record-breaking 2024, with over 715 million journeys. This is 27 million more than in 2007, the year that held the all-time record. Leer
Óscar Puente clarifies that his words about "making Renfe into an Aena" referred to making the company profitable and more efficient, which will require putting an end to some of the vices in its management. Leer
Adif has signed a 350 million euro loan with the European Investment Bank, which will be used to improve and renovate existing infrastructure. Leer
The Spanish Council of Ministers approves the appointment of Álvaro Fernández Heredia as president of Renfe. He replaces Raül Blanco, who announced his resignation last week. Leer