Railways arrives in Spain, today the maiden voyage of the Frecciarossa from Madrid to Valencia (from 18 euros) – Corriere.it

The maiden voyage of Iryo, the company owned by Trenitalia in Spain, left today at 10.30 from the Madrid Chamartin station. The journey, made with a Frecciarossa 1000 to Valencia, anticipated the first commercial connection by a few days, which will be activated on November 25 with the first trips from Madrid-Saragoza-Barcelona. Further connections between Madrid, Valencia and Cuenca are planned from 16 December. The maiden voyage also saw the presence on board of Raquel Sanchez, Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of the Spanish government, Maria Luisa Dominguez, president of Adif, as well as Carlos Bertomeu and Simone Gorini, respectively president and CEO by Iryo. Upon arrival at the Joaquin Sorolla station, the delegation was received by Ximo Puig, president of the Generalitat of Valencia.

We intend to put the experience gained in the high-speed market 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, says Luigi Ferraris, managing director of FS. From 31 March next year Iryo will activate the connections between Seville, Malaga, Antequera and Cordova and next 2 June it will also reach Alicante and Albacete thanks to 20 Frecciarossa 1000. Ticket prices start from 18 euros one way.

the testimony of the quality of our competitive model on high speed guaranteed by the duopoly with Italo. the result of the liberalization of the railway market in Europe starting from the end of 2020. A technological revolution for operators, also for the acceptance tests on the networks that go in the direction of total interoperability over the years proudly opposed by the Countries and now pushed by Brussels. This time Italy plays a leading role. Because the competition has been around for several years and has ended up exponentially increasing the demand for passengers. Trenitalia is increasingly becoming a European player. It already operates in England (also on the London-Edinburgh route), the Milan-Paris route started in 2020, it already operates in Germany with the subsidiary Netinera in commuter transport and in Greece.