A commuter train slammed into the end of the platform during the morning rush hour at a busy station in Barcelona on Friday, leaving 54 people injured, emergency services said.
Spain has awarded a contract worth €786 million ($832 million) to supply and maintain 15 new high-speed trains for Spanish train maker Talgo, the public works minister said Monday.
It is the biggest contract Spanish firms have ever undertaken abroad, a high-speed railway linking Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia - but sand is covering the tracks and now the building partners are arguing over who should clean it up.
Spain's national rail company Renfe on Monday began protest action which bring down the number of train services on the country's trains over the next two months.
People wishing to use the toilets at Madrid's massive Atocha rail station will soon have to pay for the privilege, Spain's national rail infrastructure company announced on Tuesday.