Ouigo España

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Ouigo España
TGV Ouigo 2013 logo.svg
TGV Euroduplex de Ouigo España en Barcelona Sants.jpg
Ouigo España TGV Euroduplex operating in Barcelona Sants station
Legal statusSociedad Anónima Unipersonal
HeadquartersCalle Alfonso XII, 62, Madrid
Websitehttps://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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Romero, Víctor (2020-09-22). "La mujer que conduce el 'AVE francés' en España: "Nuestra entrada beneficia a Renfe"". El Confidencial.
  2. ^ Emil Nefzger (2021-02-15). "Preiskampf auf der Schiene, Billigzug statt Billigflieger". Der Spiegel.
  3. ^ David Haydock (2020-12-10). "Ouigo Spain delays start date". railjournal.com.
  4. ^ Les Echos: La SNCF lance la bataille des TGV low cost en Espagne, 22. September 2020, abgerufen am selben Tag (franz.)
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ "Spanien: SNCF OUIGO startet ihren ersten Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr in Spanien". LOK Report. Lokomotive Fachbuchhandlung GmbH. 2021-05-10.

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