Ouigo España
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Legal status | Sociedad Anónima Unipersonal |
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Headquarters | Calle Alfonso XII, 62, Madrid |
Website | https://www.ouigo.com/es/ |
Ouigo España[1] is an open-access operator, that operates high-speed services between Madrid and Barcelona in Spain. It is a subsidiary of SNCF, the French national railway company, and uses its trademark Ouigo.
History[]
As part of the liberalization of rail passenger transport in Spain, the SNCF has also been offering Ouigo services there since May 2021.[2] Initially, five pairs of Ouigo trains will connect Barcelona with Madrid, and connections from Madrid to Valencia, Alicante, Malaga and Seville are also planned for a later date. 14 TGV Duplex sets are used.[3][4][5][6] Ouigo is in competition with the low-price brand avlo in high-speed traffic of the Spanish state railway company Renfe, which will start in June 2021, and Intermodalidad de Levante (ILSA), a sister company of the Spanish airline Air Nostrum, which was founded with a minority stake by Trenitalia, which is scheduled to start in 2022.
Services[]
Routes[]
As of March 2022, Ouigo España operates a single route between Madrid Atocha, Zaragoza–Delicias, Tarragona, and Barcelona Sants.
Rolling stock[]
9 TGV Euroduplex trainsets are used for the service. Unlike those used by Ouigo in France, these trainsets still have the conventional SNCF TGV inOui interior.
See also[]
- Avlo, a competitor service by Renfe
- , a future competitor service by Air Nostrum and Trenitalia
- Ouigo, a sister company offering low-cost services in France
References[]
- ^ Romero, Víctor (2020-09-22). "La mujer que conduce el 'AVE francés' en España: "Nuestra entrada beneficia a Renfe"". El Confidencial.
- ^ Emil Nefzger (2021-02-15). "Preiskampf auf der Schiene, Billigzug statt Billigflieger". Der Spiegel.
- ^ David Haydock (2020-12-10). "Ouigo Spain delays start date". railjournal.com.
- ^ Les Echos: La SNCF lance la bataille des TGV low cost en Espagne, 22. September 2020, abgerufen am selben Tag (franz.)
- ^ Javier Fernández Magariño (2020-09-22). "SNCF estrenará la alta velocidad Ouigo en España el 15 de marzo con 10.000 billetes a 1 euro" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Spanien: SNCF OUIGO startet ihren ersten Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr in Spanien". LOK Report. Lokomotive Fachbuchhandlung GmbH. 2021-05-10.
External links[]
- SNCF companies and subsidiaries
- Railway companies of Spain
- Rail transport stubs