Unions have called off their planned strike action on Spain's state rail network Renfe after making progress in negotiations with company bosses, avoiding delays for thousands of passengers across Spain in October and November.
Workers for Spain’s national rail network Renfe have announced stoppages across the country during October and November 2022. These are the trains that will be affected and the confirmed strike dates.
An unruly stag party made up of 11 revellers on board a train in southern Spain have ended up with an even bigger hangover than anticipated after a court ordered them to pay nearly €8,000 for the delay they caused.
Zaragoza has been chosen as Spain’s first stop on an ambitious
means of transport known as the ‘Hyperloop’ which promises 1,000km/h travel from the northern Spanish city to Berlin in under three hours.
The Spanish government has announced that its free multi-journey train ticket scheme, which was created in a bid to help commuters fight inflation, will be extended for another year until at least December 2023.
Train passengers in Spain haven’t had a place to store their luggage at stations across the country since left-luggage offices were closed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many travellers are now questioning why they still haven’t reopened.
A new rail operator is launching routes between some of Spain’s main cities in the coming months at competitive rates. Here’s what we know so far about Iryo’s ticket prices, its services and its ambitious plans.
Spain's state train operator Renfe has tweaked the terms and conditions for its free train travel offer in order to avoid 'ghost reservations'. Here's everything you need to know.
Spain's national rail provider on Tuesday began a three-month trial to ascertain if allowing medium and large dogs on board its trains is a viable option, with tickets on sale for its Madrid-Barcelona route.
Is train travel in Europe up to scratch if people want a greener option to flying? Rail expert Jon Worth travelled 30,000km on 186 different trains across the continent to find out.
Fifteen people were injured in eastern Spain on Tuesday after the train on which they travelled had to stop for two hours on the tracks due to a huge wildfire, with authorities and affected passengers still trying to understand why they received no prior warning.
Train travel in Spain is generally very good and foreign residents here often talk about how good the rail services are compared to their home countries, particularly those from the UK. But is it really that different? Read on to find out.
Hoping to do his bit for the planet, perhaps save some money and avoid spending any time in airports, The Local's Ben McPartland decided to travel 2,000km with his family across Europe by train - not plane. Here's how he got on on and would he recommend it?
Train passengers in Spain will soon be able to travel on some 'trenes' for free, the Spanish government has announced. Become a member to find out which trains will be free, when, the smallprint to look out for and how you can take advantage of this offer.
Would you prefer to travel across Europe by train rather than plane this summer? It’s not nearly as simple as it should be, especially given the urgency of the climate crisis, explains specialist Jon Worth.
Ouigo will launch new high-speed routes between Madrid and the eastern Spanish cities of Valencia and Alicante in 2022, with one-way tickets going for as little as €9.
Avlo, the low-cost subsidiary of Spain’s public rail provider, will launch a new high-speed train route between Madrid and Valencia in February, with tickets going for as little as €7.
Imagine a sleeper train that takes you overnight from Madrid to Berlin or Barcelona to Rome. This could become a reality if a new plan to introduce a more environmentally friendly and cheap means of continental transport across Europe and Spain gets rolling.
Spanish railway company Renfe wants to begin a high-speed train service between Paris and London, taking advantage of the slots still available in the tunnel under the English Channel, the company said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of train services across the country have been cancelled as workers belonging to Spain’s national rail provider Renfe go on strike. Here’s everything you need to know about the strike which starts on Thursday September 30th.
The return of night trains across Europe came a step closer this week when four European governments - Switzerland, France, Austria and Germany - signed a cooperation pact and laid out a timetable for the return of services.
