Spain spends €258m to build trains too big for its tunnels

Spain spends €258m to build trains too big for its tunnels

Two travel bosses fired over engineering blunder as project to replace commuter trains goes back to the drawing board

The new Cercanías trains for northern Spain do not fit in the tunnels due to an error in the measurements

Renfe delays the construction of 31 metric gauge trains by up to three years by 258 million euros, mainly in Cantabria, but also in Asturias, the Basque Country, Galicia, Castilla y León and Murcia

Sloppy railway in Cantabria: the new Cercanías trains don't fit in tunnels

The new machines planned for the region are going to be delayed “two or three years” due to a resounding error by Renfe in the design

Cs says Renfe knew two years ago that Cercanías trains couldn't fit through the tunnels of Cantabria

The spokesman for Citizens in the Santander City Council and Councilor for Urban Planning, Javier Ceruti, has...

The colossal mistake of trains and tunnels, by Mario Garcés

“It is extremely serious that Raquel Sánchez ignored the technical conditions of the train contracts awarded by Renfe”

An error in the Renfe specifications, after the crisis of trains that don't fit: the existing ones will be 'fixed'

The technical crisis has generated a real political fire. The diagnosis is clear: trains designed for Cantabria and Asturias do not fit in tunnels and users will be delayed by two or three years in a project that began processing in early 2019. But how is it possible that the designs are not compatible with rail routes in both regions? The answer lies in the contract specifications that Renfe provided to the companies that participated in the te…