US EditionMadrid–Barcelona Low-Cost Avlo Trains Scrapped
Renfe will maintain schedules and prices while enhancing comfort with premium services like club lounges on the Madrid-Barcelona route, targeting frequent corporate travelers.
- Renfe announced it will cease Avlo operations on the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona high-speed line from September 8, 2025, relocating customers with Avlo tickets for dates after September 7th to Ave trains under the same conditions.
- After deregulation in 2021, Renfe introduced Avlo while budget rivals Ouigo and Iryo entered the market, but it argues Ave better fits the Madrid‑Zaragoza‑Barcelona corridor's corporate travellers by offering wider seats and more space.
- Renfe said it will maintain the same frequencies, schedules and competitive prices despite replacing Avlo trains with Ave services, and will fully refund passengers who paid the seat‑selection supplement.
- Ave services will reintroduce cafeteria, onboard dining, quiet seating, and plan to expand premium offerings including club lounges on the Madrid–Barcelona route.
- The move signals a strategic shift toward Ave on the flagship Madrid–Barcelona corridor amid competitive pressure, while Avlo continues operating on other domestic routes including Valencia, Alicante, Malaga, Seville, Gijón, Murcia, and Valladolid.
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Spain's Renfe to pull low-cost Avlo trains between Madrid and Barcelona
Spain’s national rail carrier Renfe has announced that it will cease operations of its low-cost brand Avlo on the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona high-speed line from September 8th, and will replace them with Ave services.
Madrid–Barcelona low-cost Avlo trains scrapped
Renfe has announced that as of September 8, its low-cost Avlo services between Madrid, Zaragoza, and Barcelona will be withdrawn and replaced with AVE high-speed trains. The decision marks the end of the purple-branded Avlo trains on one of Spain’s busiest high-speed rail corridors, though Renfe insists passengers will not face higher costs. According to the company, the AVE trains will operate… Source
Renfe will stop operating with its low-cost brand Avlo on the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed line as of September 8.
The public company will replace its low cost brand Avlo with AVE trains.
Renfe announced this Thursday that from the 8th of September it will stop operating the low-cost Avlo trains on the high-speed line Madrid-Barcelona. Instead, the railway operator will offer AVE services, which will maintain the same frequencies, schedules and competitive prices. The company assures that this is a strategic reorganization linked to the withdrawal of the S106 Avlo trains and the adaptation of the offer to a more corporate travell…
The problems with the Talgo trains that performed the service of the low cost AVE of Renfe (Avlo) between Barcelona and Madrid forced to suspend their circulation at the end of July. What was a temporary decision will become definitive from September 8 and will go beyond: the Avlo as such disappear from the most quoted railway corridor in Spain.Continue reading...
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