Recent content by Starfish Prime

That line has a dark past. I was conceived in the 20s as a way to reduce the times between Galicia and Madrid. Some works started in the 30s by the republican government and were cancelled due to high cost and complexity. After the Civil war the fascist government restarted the works using...

The curve was in the old track, the curve is also a junction with the old track to Santiago rail station. You can see in the map the curve and the old track, in the new track there is a viaduct while the old track has a U shape...

Don´t play media´s game. They like to have an official bad man. The driver just posted a pic on facebook of a speed dial showing 200. The corridor allowed 200 in most of the trip, there isn´t anything wrong in going at that speed with a Renfe 730. What is wrong is going at 190 on a 80 curve, but...

Mr Rajoy press office issued a condolences letter this morning. They cutcopied a previous letter for an earthquake and they forgot to replace the word "earthquake".

Terrible news, that city is close from I was born and my family lives. Today (July 25th) is local Bank Holiday in Santiago to celebrate the city patron´s day (St James). This is a very popular festival and many people from Santiago living outside returns to the city for the festival. For the...

I´m Spanish and I´m more than surprised to find Renfe in the list. Renfe conventional services (non High Speed) are below par. I don´t see current Renfe Management running the UK complex services. The AVE network service is fantastic, but basically because is an isolated network.

Hi, You can find some info in Spanish as the main contract has been awarded to a pool of Spanish companies last autumn. This link can forward you to the news translated to English (with some funnies) http://goo.gl/d6HK2 If you know Spanish, you can find the original here...

Renfe class 446 used for urban commuting don´t have toilets and their nicknames are "dodotis" (a Spanish nappies brand).

St Albans Abbey line?

Hi Jim, Perhaps this forum can help you: http://goo.gl/EOJGC It´s a thread dedicated to the Alicante TRAM, it´s in Spanish but I think they won´t have problems to answer you in English. Regards

News from Spain, last week a train with 148 passengers got stranded in the snow. Overhead wires issue, train stopped, heater off (power came from the wire) and passengers at -13º for several hours. http://goo.gl/fOMDh

The policy in most european companies is to have all seated in long distance trains.

You can also find lots of signs like that in rural Spain. Some **** of the maps companies set as ordinary some roads that used for cattle, farm vehicles or footpaths. I agree, it´s incredible how inept can be people when reading maps and most of the people don´t realize that the most...

Hi, The scheduled services began last weekend and according the media the passengers are happy with the service. The opening of this new line also allows trains to cut times to other cities like Castellón as the serie 130 with the variable gauge system can use the new line. The prices to...

Hello, I'm an Spanish railfan living in Milton Keynes. Spain is completely devastated with this tragedy as we cannot understand how stupid people can be. The accident was in the mediterranean line, in Castelldefels a commuting town near Barcelona. There was a big party in the beach...