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High-speed trains to link three major cities in Spain within two years as part of ‘Mediterranean Corridor’

HIGH-SPEED rail services will link all three Valencian Community provinces in 2027, Transport Minister, Oscar Puente announced on Friday. New tracks will be completed as

7 Feb, 2025 @ 12:31

Alicante·Lead·Valencia

Spain-Morocco tunnel latest: Hopes dashed that it will be completed in time for 2030 World Cup amid reports of 'decade-long' delay

Spain-Morocco tunnel latest: Completion hopes dashed for 2030 World Cup amid reports of ‘decade-long’ delay

PLANS for a rail tunnel linking Spain and Morocco have hit the buffers due to ‘complex conditions’ and it may not be ready until 2040.

30 Jan, 2025 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead

Rail passengers face misery after unions announce strikes in Spain

High-speed rail links to Valencia are expected to return from Thursday

HIGH-SPEED train services between Valencia and Madrid will resume on Thursday after track damage caused by the flood disaster a fortnight ago. Train operator Renfe

12 Nov, 2024 @ 16:30

Lead·Valencia

Valencia faces WEEKS without high-speed rail links after floods decimate travel services and roads

THE high-speed rail line between Madrid and Valencia will remain closed for at least three weeks due to the serious damage caused by the DANA

31 Oct, 2024 @ 13:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Railway worker in Spain ‘purposefully derailed a train’ that was ‘moments away from causing a disaster’ in Madrid

A QUICK decision by a rail control worker to avoid a disaster was the reason behind a train derailment in Madrid’s Atocha railway station tunnel.

22 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

‘Sabotage’ is ‘not ruled out’ after train derailment in Spain’s Madrid sparked travel chaos

SPAIN’S Transport Minister has not ruled out sabotage causing Saturday’s derailment in a Madrid tunnel that caused chaos to service between the capital and Eastern

21 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

Good news for motorists in Alicante as city’s motorway ring-road goes ‘toll free’ until October to ease traffic jams

ALICANTE’S AP-7 motorway ring road has become toll free until October in a bid to ease traffic jams in the area. Transport Minister, Oscar Puente,

16 Jul, 2024 @ 11:39

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Train wars in Spain: Government-run operator Renfe takes action against rival over ‘too low’ prices

SPAIN’S public rail company Renfe will complain to the European Commission about French-owned rival Ouigo over its low prices being ‘unfair competition’. Transport Minister, Oscar

27 Jun, 2024 @ 16:30

National News

Argentine President Javier Milei requests an audience with Spanish King Felipe VI, despite ongoing campaign of insults against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

ARGENTINE President Javier Milei has asked for an audience with Spanish King Felipe VI on an upcoming visit to the country, but so far that

20 Jun, 2024 @ 17:21

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Spain refuses to make the AP-7 toll road free along the Costa del Sol despite horrendous daily traffic jams – but WILL open up a toll road in Alicante

THE government is hoping that the AP-7 and A-70 Alicante by-pass will very soon become a toll-free road. The imminent move will free up a

27 May, 2024 @ 15:14

Alicante·Costa del Sol·Lead

Spain-Argentina row continues: Javier Milei brands Pedro Sanchez a ‘coward’ and refuses to apologise after calling the PM’s wife ‘corrupt’

THE ongoing diplomatic spat between Spain and Argentina deepened on Tuesday, after the Spanish government recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires to Madrid definitively. The

21 May, 2024 @ 14:08

Lead·Politics

Major ‘bottleneck’ road on Spain’s Costa Blanca will FINALLY be updated after years of complaints over horrific traffic

A LONG wait to remove a major Torrevieja bottleneck looks to be ending with a contract to upgrade the N-332 into a dual-carriageway set to

13 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Tourists can't get enough of Spain's Costa Blanca with airport setting an all-time passenger record

There is ‘no need’ for a second runway at Alicante airport, insists Spain’s transport minister

SPAIN’S Transport Minister, Oscar Puente, has rejected calls for a second runway at Alicante-Elche airport and believes that a new second terminal can deal with

10 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca