The Rail Market in Spain and Portugal – 2012
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The Rail Market in Spain and Portugal – 2012 Brooks Market Intelligence Reports, part of Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd www.brooksreports.com Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd © 2012. All rights reserved. No guarantee can be given as to the correctness and/or completeness of the information provided in this document. Users are recommended to verify the reliability of the statements made before making any decisions based on them. Contents Introduction 4 SPAIN 5 1. Government 5 Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Public Works and Transport) 5 Political and funding context 5 Plan de Infraestructuras, Transporte y Vivienda (Infrastructure, Transport and Housing) 2012 -24 (PITVI) 5 Open access and regulation 6 European projects 6 Comité de Regulación Ferroviaria (Rail Regulation Committee) 6 Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviaros (Rail Accident Investigation 7 Committee) 2. Infrastructure: Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias 8 Funding 8 EU funding 9 High-speed lines (Líneas de Alta Velocidad) 9 Conventional 1,668 mm gauge lines 9 European Train Control System 10 Freight logistics services 10 Green Lines 10 3. State rail operators 11 RENFE Operadora 11 Contract Programme 11 Subsidised services 11 Traffic 12 Passenger operations 12 Freight operations 14 Integria 15 International 15 Rolling stock 15 FEVE 18 Passenger operations 18 Freight operations 19 International 19 Rolling stock 19 4. Rail operators in the autonomous communities 20 Islas Baleares 20 Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (Mallorca Railways) 20 Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd © 2012 2 Catalunya 21 Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Railways) 21 País Vasco (Basque Country) 23 Eusko Trenbideak/Ferrocarriles Vascos SA (Basque Railways) 23 Valencia 25 Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Railways) 25 5. Open access operators 27 6. Urban rail and metro by region 30 Andalucía 30 Aragón 32 Asturias 32 Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands) 32 Islas Canarias (Canary Islands) 32 Cantabria 33 Castilla y León 33 Castilla La Mancha 33 Catalunya 33 Madrid 34 Murcia 35 País Vasco 35 Valencia 35 PORTUGAL 37 7. Government 37 Ministério da Economia e do Emprego (Ministry of Economy and Employment) 37 Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes Terrestres (Insititute of Mobility and Land 37 Transport) Rede Ferroviária Nacional E. P. E. (Portuguese National Rail Administration) 38 8. Rail operators 39 State passenger operator 39 Passenger operations 39 Rolling stock 40 State freight operator 41 Private passenger operator 42 Open access freight operator 42 9. Urban rail and metro 43 Coimbra 43 Lisboa 43 Mirandela 44 Porto 44 Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd © 2012 3 Introduction Rail users across Spain have access to Europe’s most modern fleet of trains. They can also travel on Europe’s most extensive and rapidly expanding high-speed rail system. At the start of 2012 high speed services operated over 2183 route-km. The transformation of Spain’s rail operations and infrastructure (Europe’s fifth largest in terms of route-km) has been phenomenal. In the context of the engineering challenges presented by some of Europe’s most mountainous terrain it is even more impressive. Political support from successive administrations nationally and regionally in the face of economic uncertainty has been underpinned by significant levels of EU funding. And a rail construction industry responding rapidly to the challenge has helped secure Spain’s position as a world leader in high-speed rail travel. In the international rail sector, Spanish companies represented by the trade association Mafex (Asociación de Fabricantes Exportadores de Material, Equipos y Servicios Ferroviarios) generated exports worth around EUR2 billion in 2011 (a 26.3 per cent increase from 2010). Open access continues to present new opportunities and challenges. In the passenger sector, which has been open to competition since 2010, RENFE Operadora, Spain’s national operator has signalled its intention to compete at home and abroad. In the freight sector, where a growing number of private operators are active, it has demonstrated a policy of competition and collaboration. Government at regional level in Spain is delivered by 17 autonomous communities. Each has an administrative capital with responsibility for delivering local transport policy. Significantly in the context of this report, those communities which have striven most to promote their own identity and culture (notably the Basque Country, Catalonia and Valencia) are those which have taken ownership of their local railways and done most to promote them. And throughout Spain investment is being committed to urban rail infrastructure to improve access to sustainable and affordable public transport and relieve congestion and pollution in cities. In Portugal the development of high-speed passenger services has been halted by the economic crisis. However, the government indicated in 2012 that installing a standard gauge rail connection between Atlantic ports and the European freight network remained a viable proposition. Portugal’s first private passenger rail operator has been in business since 1999 and since 2009 an open access freight operator has been running international services using its own locomotives in Spain. This report provides an overview of the structure of the rail systems and their relationship to national and local government. It contains a summary of the activities of passenger and freight operators in terms of investment, traffic, rolling stock and expansion. Urban rail projects are a particular feature of the transport scene in Spain and Portugal and their operations and planned developments are summarised. Website addresses are included to assist further research. July 2012 Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd © 2012 4 SPAIN 1. Government Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Public Works and Transport) (www.fomento.es ) Minister: Ana Pastor Secretary of State: Rafael Catalá Polo Director General Rail: Manuel Niño González Political and funding context After nearly eight years in opposition the centre-right Partído Popular was returned to power at the November 2011 general election. Ana Pastor was appointed to head the Ministerio de Fomento, giving her overall responsibility for transport policy. Within the ministry government policy on infrastructure, transport and housing became the responsibility of one Secretary of State (rather than three under the former administration) reporting to the Minister. Rail policy became the direct responsibility of the Dirección General de Ferrocarriles located in the infrastructure division. Plan de Infraestructuras, Transporte y Vivienda (Infrastructure, Transport and Housing) 2012 -24 (PITVI ) At the beginning of 2012 the government outlined its programmes and priorities for the infrastructure, transport and housing sectors that, subject to ratification in 2012, are intended to cover the period 2012-24. High level outcomes for the rail sector would include completion of the planned 1,435 mm gauge high speed network, investment in the existing 1,668 mm gauge system and improvement in the quality of suburban services. High speed rail construction projects with investment levels specified in PITVI : • Atlantic axis: Santiago-Vigo (EUR898 million) • Barcelona La Sagrera and Logroño stations (EUR698 million) • Castilla y León-Asturias: Venta de Baños-León-Pajares (EUR1.71 billion) • Lugo-Orense (EUR45 million) • Madrid Atocha-Chamartín (EUR630 million) • Madrid-Extremadura: Navalmoral-Cáceres-Badajoz (EUR2.65 billion) • Madrid-Galicia: Olmedo-Zamora-Orense-Vigo (EUR8.51 billion) • Madrid-Jaén: Alcázar-Manzanares; Linares-Casas de Torrubia; Grañena-Jaén (EUR239 million) • Madrid-País Vasco: Valladolid-Venta de Baños-Burgos-Vitoria-Y Vasca (EUR4.32 billion) Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd © 2012 5 • Mediterranean corridor covering the sections: Barcelona-French border; La Encina- Valencia; Albacete-Alicante; Alicante-Murcia; Murcia- Almería; Murcia-Cartagena; Antequera-Granada; Granada- Algeciras (EUR6.54 billion) • Mediterranean corridor connection at Tarragona with the Madrid-Barcelona high speed line (EUR380 million) • Navarra corridor: Castejón-Pamplona (EUR875 million) • Palencia-Santander (EUR3.4 billion) • Seville-Cádiz (EUR195 million) • Seville-Huelva (EUR1.2 billion) • Valencia-Castellón (EUR800 million) Open access and regulation Spain’s rail network was opened to competition in accordance with EU regulations at the beginning of 2006 for freight and 2010 for passenger operations. The Rail Directorate at the Ministerio de Fomento is responsible for the issue and revoking of rail licences. Whilst the first open access passenger operators has yet to begin operating, a growing number of companies (see Section 5 of this report) have been granted licences and safety certificates to operate freight services. European Projects Spain is taking forward a number of rail projects central to EU transport policy including: • Extending the Madrid Puerta de Atocha-Barcelona Sants high-speed line (which opened in 2008) to Figueres and the border with France to connect with the European high speed network. • Extending the Madrid Chamartín-Valladolid high-speed line (which opened in 2007) to Burgos, Vitoria and the border with France to form part of the European Atlantic rail corridor. • Construction of the high-speed link from Madrid to Badajoz Badajoz (intended to have formed part of the Madrid-Lisboa high speed line prior to the cancellation of 1,435 mm gauge high speed rail construction projects in Portugal).