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Date Published: 28/10/2022

ARCHIVED - New low-cost trains in Spain: 18 euros to Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Malaga and more

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Fledgling rail company Iryo is selling train tickets to Alicante, Seville, Cordoba and other cities for the coming year

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - New low-cost trains in Spain: 18 euros to Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Malaga and more

Iryo, the low-cost railway operator that will start operating train journeys between Madrid and Barcelona from November 25, has launched a promotional deal in which it will be selling tickets on its high-speed trains to all its future destinations from just 18 euros.

Just three weeks after its debut Madrid-Barcelona journey, the company will add train journeys to Valencia and Cuenca from December 16 and, within the first three months of 2023, will also launch connections with Seville, Malaga, Antequera and Córdoba. In June 2023, Alicante and Albacete will be the last cities to join the new rail network, which hopes to rival Renfe as the main train operator in Spain.

With the aim of allowing passengers to explore all the possibilities available on the rail network and to organise themselves in advance, Iryo has already opened the sale of tickets for all these destinations a year ahead of time with this promotion.

The operator has a fleet of 20 electric Frecciarossa trains, and their fares are divided into four different rates – Infinita, Singular Only YOU, Singular and Inicial – which are adapted to the needs of each traveller and come with food under Iryo’s own brand, Haizea.

Iryo claims to be the only rail and mobility operator that will offer its passengers flexible tickets without restrictive fares in which customers lose their money, as it will make flexible fares available to all types of changes with two different levels: ‘Open’ and ‘Flexible’.

Sales director Guillermo Turner says, “When we started working on the company’s commercial offering, we were absolutely certain that it had to be all about flexibility and convenience for our customers. With the launch of the 2023 tickets, Iryo wants to give travellers the possibility to plan their trips in advance without fear of losing money in case of cancellation.”

Currently, the largest and by-far the most popular train company in Spain is Renfe, the state-owned railway operator, and the Spanish government has made travelling on certain Cercanías and Media Distancia trains virtually free under its commuter railcard scheme. With the rise of new private train services like Iryo and Ouigo, which began running low-cost, high-speed trains between Madrid and Valencia at the beginning of October, however, it looks like the days of Renfe’s hegemony on the Spanish train market are numbered.

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