The first one left today, Friday 25 November Frecciarossa 1000 connecting Madrid to Barcelona.
Il maiden voyage of the first high-speed train of iryō – trading name of the Spanish high-speed operator owned by Trenitalia, Air Nostrum and Globalvia – departed at 6:45 from Madrid Atocha station for Barcelona.
Frecciarossa 1000 in Spain: all new links
So the rise of continues iryō in the Iberian peninsula. From today on the Madrid-Barcelona route via Zaragoza, from December 16 also towards Valencia and Cuenca. And in 2023, the Italian-Spanish Av map will get bigger again: on March 31, the service will touch the Iberian cities of Seville, Málaga, Antequera and Córdoba to which will be added, from 2 June, Alicante and Albacete. Tickets are already on sale.
I Frecciarossa 1000 in Spain when fully operational they will be 20 and will carry out up to 70 connections per day. They were built by Hitachi, with the same characteristics as those in circulation in our country, the convoys are 95% recyclable and allow for a saving of 80% of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre.
Lower prices thanks to competition
The arrival of iryo's AV in Spain was also reported by the Spanish newspaper El Pais, according to which the entry of competition into the Spanish transport system has caused an increase in the demand for transport and the cprice point with an average 43% decrease in fares on the Madrid-Barcelona route in the last three months compared to the third quarter of 2019. According to a study by Trainline reported by the newspaper, this price reduction is part of a context in which bookings have grown by 68%. This is due to new competitors entering the industry: iryo, Ouigo and AVLO.
