On Monday, July 22, Renfe carried out the second phase of the implementation of the new Avlo S106 trains on the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona high-speed corridor, which began on May 21 and has allowed the company to significantly increase its low-cost rail services.
This second and final phase of the implementation of the new vehicles on this corridor will mean another significant increase in Renfe’s low-cost seats, of more than 4,500 per week.
On May 21, Renfe put the new S106 trains into circulation on the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona high-speed line, which the company allocated on this corridor to the Avlo services, the low-cost services. In a first phase, part of the S112M trains of the Avlo service were replaced by the new S106 trains, the highest capacity of those operated in Spain. The measure meant an increase in Renfe’s ‘low-cost’ seats for this corridor of 16%.
This Monday, July 22, Renfe will carry out the second phase of the incorporation of the new vehicles to the corridor, so that the company’s eight current Avlo services will be provided with the S106. Thus, the offer of low-cost seats will grow again, in this case, by more than 4,500 a week.
In addition, the company will offer another 4,400 additional low-cost seats each week throughout the month of August to promote mobility and leisure and tourist travel during the holiday period.
The S106 are high-capacity trains, with 581 seats, highly comfortable seats (with a 3+2 seating arrangement), information panels in the hall, vending machines and large-capacity luggage compartments, among other things. They are accessible trains with space for People with Reduced Mobility and adapted bathrooms.
The introduction of the new Avlo S106 on the corridor will be accompanied in some cases by schedule and product modifications, associated with said vehicles.
In 2024, a new train model, the S106 manufactured by Talgo SLU, was added to the Renfe fleet. It is available in two versions: fixed-gauge UIC, for running on high-speed tracks in Spain and France, and variable-gauge, which can run on both high-speed tracks and conventional Iberian-gauge tracks.
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