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March 8, 2012 | Financial

Booming international business drives up CAF profits

CONTINUING success in international markets helped CAF to boost its profits by 13% last year to Euros 146.2m, according to the latest financial results released by the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer.

March 1, 2012 | Financial

Renfe results defy economic downturn

DESPITE Spain's economic difficulties, national train operator Renfe achieved a 3% increase in passenger numbers last year. Ridership rose to 486 million, the first increase since the economic crisis began, albeit still a long way short of the record 550 million journeys posted in 2006.

February 22, 2012 | Europe

FGC and EuskoTren to team up on international projects

CATALONIA Railways (FGC) and Basque railway company, EuskoTren, have signed an agreement to collaborate on bidding for rail consultancy work within Spain and internationally.

January 25, 2012 | Financial

Spanish light rail projects in crisis

MANY light rail projects launched in Spain more than five years ago are facing serious financial difficulties because of the economic crisis.

January 11, 2012 | Signalling

Adif awards Albacete - Alicante signalling contract

SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif has awarded a 20-year supply-install-commission-maintain signalling contract for the Albacete - Alicante high-speed line to a consortium of Alstom, Comsa Emte, Isolux Concesiones, and CAF. The contract is worth around Euros 280m, of which Alstom has a Euros 110m share.

December 22, 2011 | High-speed

Adif selects Foster joint venture to design Ourense HS station

SPAIN's infrastructure manager, Adif has chosen a joint venture of Foster & Partners, Britain, GOC Engineering Services, Britain, and Spanish architects Cabanelas Castelo, to design a new high-speed station at Ourense on the new line which will connect Madrid with northwest Spain.

November 29, 2011 | Financial

Spain looks to new funding models for rail projects

IRJ at BCN Rail: SPAIN's secretary of state for transport Mr Isaías Táboas Suárez says that the days of the government entirely funding Spain's rail projects are over. Speaking today at the opening session of BCN Rail in Barcelona, Táboas says it is essential that new funding models are found to complete the nation's railway infrastructure projects. "Spain has allocated Euros 8bn in the 21st century to Renfe and Euros 54bn for rail infrastructure to the Ministry of Public Works," Táboas says. "We have made huge investments but these cannot be repeated in the coming years."

Spain

Booming international business drives up CAF profits

Renfe results defy economic downturn

FGC and EuskoTren to team up on international projects

Spanish light rail projects in crisis

Adif awards Albacete - Alicante signalling contract

Adif selects Foster joint venture to design Ourense HS station

Spain looks to new funding models for rail projects

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