ADIF Manager Adif and high -speed EIF announced that high -speed operators will be able to request the paths next year in three new roads that open the competition in the second stage of the market liberalization in Spain.
It will be available to 32 daily paths between Madrid and Galissia in northwestern Spain, which includes its main cities Coronia and Santiago de Combostila Vigo. Between Madrid and the regions of Astorias and Kentepria on the northern coast, where the main cities include Oviedo, Gijón and Santander, 24 will be available daily.
The road is also opened from Madrid to Cádiz and Hueva in the southern region of Andalucía to the competition, with up to 16 tracks per day. Details of the tracks were sent to the consulting operators, before publishing it in the modified versions of the ADIF and AdIF AV network data for 2026, which includes the 2025-26 schedule.
In addition to the details of the times when the tracks will be available, the modified network data will contain the schedule to customize the paths and rules that apply to this process. It is supervised by the National Markets and Competition Committee (CNMC), it is now expected to conclude the allocation of paths at the end of 2027 with the signing of the long -term path access agreements.
The first stage
According to the first phase of the opening of the market in Spain, tire agreements were signed in May 2020 with the current Renfe and the new expatriates ouigo and IRYO, and high -speed services cover the Madrid -Barcelona, Madrid -Valencia and Madrid lines, where all three companies are competing now.
According to CNMC’s second report on the opening of the market, which was published on September 22, the number of seats provided on the Madrid -Barcelona line increased by 64.8 % between 2019 and 2024, by 113.1 % on Madrid – Valencia, by 52.55 % on services from Madrid to Seville and Málaga.
CNMC says that passengers have benefited more than others, as high -speed prices decreased by 33 %, except for inflation, and the provision of passengers is estimated at 431.3 million euros in 2024 compared to 2019.
With the total traffic on commercial services 49 million in 2024, 42 % in 2019, and the conditional shift to high -speed rails of 900,000 passengers of air and 3.7 million from the road, CNMC can save 171.8 million euros in external costs such as emissions, discussions, cores and noise.
The overall result is a benefit for a community affiliated with 503.9 million euros, while ADIF has achieved a net profit of 133.3 million euros from the increase in the railway movement and the height associated with the access income to the path.
