Da Madrid to Valencia. The maiden voyage of iryō, the company owned by Trenitalia – leader of the Polo Passeggeri del FS Group - in Spain. The trip, made with a Frecciarossa 1000 with destination Valencia, anticipated by a few days the first commercial connection which will be activated on 25 November with the first trips Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona.
Frecciarossa in Spain: the maiden voyage from Madrid to Valencia
On board the train for the maiden voyage there were Rachel Sanchez, Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of the Spanish government, María Luisa Domínguez, president of Adif, the manager of the Iberian railway infrastructure; Carlo Palasciano Villamagna, chief international officer and chief transformation officer of the FS Group, Fabrizio Favara, chief strategy officer of the FS Group; Louis Corradi, CEO of Trenitalia, Carlos Bertomeu and Simone Gorini, respectively president and CEO of iryo, as well as representatives of the Italian Embassy, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Spain and the Spanish business world. Upon arrival at Joaquin Sorolla station, at 12:10, the delegation was received by Ximo Puig, President of the Generalitat of Valencia.
“The landing of ours Frecciarossa in Spain and the launch of the commercial activities of our subsidiary iryo is the last piece, in chronological order, of a strategy which sees the FS Group more and more active in a integrated European rail market and now open to competition. One of the group's missions is to contribute, in Italy and in Europe, to enhancing the virtuous role of the train as a green means of transport par excellence and, thanks in this case to the collaboration with Spanish institutions, to offer a concrete contribution to the construction of a intermodal, digital, sustainable transport model. We intend to put the experience gained in the dell market'Italian High Speed available to Europe and Spain, so as to replicate the positive results and models that have proved to be successful, also and above all for travelers and for the territories” he declared Luigi Ferraris, CEO of the FS Group.
The new connections in Spain
The first races will be activated on November 25th Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelonto. Further connections between Madrid, Valencia and Cuenca.
From 31 March 2023, however, iryō will activate the links between Seville, Malaga, Antequera and Córdoba and next June 2 will also reach Alicante and Albacete thanks to 20 Frecciarossa 1000.
