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Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles RENFE (Spain)

Description: RENFE (Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles; Spanish National Railway Network) is Spain's national railway operator. The word ... more

Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles RENFE (Spain) ... Renfe has come to mean Main Train Station in Spanish maps, directories and road signs, although this usage is not documented in Spanish dictionaries. RENFE operates 15,000 km of Spanish railways. Most of this network is broad gauge (1668 mm), the same as in Portugal but wider than in France and most of Europe. The newer High-Speed network AVE is European gauge but not yet connected with the European railway system.

Newest Review: ... your tickets. Sometimes it is the station?s ticket office, sometimes at the platform gate (Malaga-Madrid) or just sit at you allocated seat and wait for the ticket guard (Barcelona-Madrid). Travelling Barcelona to Madrid, I sat at my seat and 10 minutes after leaving Barcelona, the train guard came to me and gave me my tickets! He had plenty of other tickets in his hands, so I ?m not the ... more

... only person using this service. 2: Malaga to Madrid. Straightforward booking again. I had to go to the platform gate and to collect the tickets. Got to the station and the tickets were waiting for me. On both occasions I had to provide photo ID and t...more

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Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles RENFE (Spain): RENFE: Pride in running a railway (1560 words)
by - written on 17/02/02 (Very useful, 404 readings)
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RENFE probably gets my vote for best railway service in the E.U. SNCF is fantastic that is operates the ever expanding TGV network (however when TGV is introduced to an air/route, peripheral towns tend to loose services, take Chartes for example after the opening of TGV Atlantic to Le Mans and Tours). RENFE has to cover larger distances between cities and towns then other countries and also has to contend with a mountainous terrain. My experiences: Price: RENFE has got to be the cheapest per kilometre railway service I know. For example, Malaga to Cordoba, about £12 return second class. Barcelona-Madrid 1st class single, £32. ... Read the complete review

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