Railway Operators in Spain
Many thanks to Manuel Marcos for providing much technical data, especially of already withdrawn RENFE classes.

RENFE - Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles

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In 1999 the RENFE was split up in different business units. AV-LD is the business unit that operates high-speed trains mainly over the standard gauge high-speed lines. ADIF is since January 2005 the new track authority. In 2006 former "Grandes Lineas" was renamed in "Larga Distancia" and "Regionales" in "Media Distancia".

In 2006 passenger traffic was up by 2%, to 515.4 million passengers. Cercanias commuter traffic grew by 1.5% to 465 million passengers, long distance/high-speed traffic by 3.4% to 18.23 million passengers. Regional traffic amounted 31.5 million passengers, 6.4% more than in 2005.

Websites: http://www.renfe.es/ and http://www.adif.es/

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ARS - Acciona Rail Services


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ACCIONA Rail Services has met all the administrative requirements necessary to operate in the rail freight transport sector with the concession of the safety certificate by the Railway Infrastructures Administration authority's (Adif) board of directors.
Having completed the formalities, the company is now able to begin operations, which it plans to do in late January, by virtue of the contract signed with Unión Fenosa to transport coal from the port of Gijón to the electric company's thermal power plant in La Robla (León). This all started in 2007.

Website: http://www.acciona.es/

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CMC - Coto Minero Cantábrico (former MSP)

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In 2008 the former MSP (Minero Siderúrigica de Pontferrada) merged with another company and became CMC. The company operates a freight-only line serving two mines.

Website: http://www.msp.es/

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CR - Construrail


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Construrail is a subsidiary of Continental Rail (51%) and RENFE (49%) set up for the operation of track maintenance and building trains. But in 2007 they started operating the first regular intermodal service between Valencia and Madrid.

Website: http://www.constru-rail.es/

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EuskoTren (former FV/ET)


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This company operates trains on the narrow gauge network in northern Spain, consisting of the lines Bilbao-Lezama, Bilbao-San Sebastian, Amorebieta-Bermeo, and San Sebastian-Hendaye. The also operate the La Reineta funicular and the tram in Bilbao and Vitoria (EuskoTran).
In 2005 Euskotren transported 17.75 million passengers by train (+6.34%) and Euskotran 2.82 million passengers by tram (28.66% more than in 2004).

Website: http://www.euskotren.es/

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FEVE - Ferrocarriles Españoles de Via Estrecha

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This company operates narrow gauge trains in northwestern Spain, on the lines Bilbao-Leon, Bilbao-Santander, Santander-Llanes-Oviedo, Oviedo-Collanzo, Oviedo-Esteban, Gijon-Laviana, Gijon-Aviles-Pravia and Oviedo-Pravia-El Ferrol. In May 2003 the line Balmaseda-Guardo was reopened, allowing a through connection between Bilbao and Leon again after 10 years of closure.
In 2005 freight traffic amounted 3.5 million tonnes, 19% more than in 2004. Passenger traffic on the different lines was stable or grew by up to 7% (on Bilbao-Leon), on average growth was 2% to 12.5 million passengers.

Website: http://www.feve.es/

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FGC - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya

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This company operates trains Barcelona-Sabadell/Terrassa/Manresa/Igualada. In 2003 the rack line from Monistrol-Enllac to Montserrat was re-opened. The line had been closed since 1958. Since January 2005 FGC operates passenger trains on the former RENFE line between Lleida and Pobla de Segur.
In 2006 79.5 million passengers travelled with FVC over 777 million passenger-km. FGC also transported 640,319 tonnes of freight over 40 million tonne-km.

Website: http://www.fgc.net/

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FGV - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana

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This company operates trains on the non-electrified line between Alicante and Denia (92km) and the city tram and metro of Valencia. 14km of line between Alacant-La Marina and El Campello on the Alicante-Denia line have been doubled and electrified at 750V= as the first phase for a tram-train project.
In 2006 FGV transported 67 million passengers.

Website: http://www.fgv.es/

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FS - Ferrocarril de Soller

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This company operates passenger trains between Palma and Soller on the island Mallorca. Once a day there is a touristic train with additional stops (for nice views over the island). At Soller the railway connects to the Tranvia de Soller which operates trams to the port of Soller.

Website: http://www.trendesoller.com/

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SFM - Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca

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This company operates passenger trains on the island Mallorca. The Y-shaped network runs from Palma to Inca, and from there to Sa Pobla (reopened in 2001) or to Manacor (reopened 2003). The oringinal network on the island was 914mm gauge, but all SFM lines have been rebuilt to meter gauge.
In 2005 traffic grew to almost 3.5 million passengers, 11% more than in 2004. In passenger-km the rise was almost 25% to 75 billion.

Website: http://tib.caib.es/

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Track building and maintenance companies

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Spain has several track building/maintenance companies that operate their own locomotives, shunters and special equipment.

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Last update: 22-04-2011