Railway traffic has increased by 10.8 percent in the first nine months of the year

2023-10-26 00:00:00

Railway traffic has increased by 10.8 percent in the first nine months of the year

The evolution responds to the entry of new operators driven by the liberalization of passenger transport

Adif has released the traffic data recorded between January and September 2023, measured in terms of train per kilometer, that is, use of the railway line by a train over one kilometer, and the number of passengers, getting on and off. , at the Adif and Adif AV stations.

(25/10/2023)

Thus, between January and September of this year, rail traffic has reached 149.9 million train-kilometers, 10.8 percent more than that registered in the first nine months of 2022. The evolution responds to the entry of new operators driven by the liberalization of passenger transport -Spain is the first European country with three railway companies-, the recovery of traffic and the putting into service of new high-speed lines, which now exceed 4,000 kilometers, the longest of Europe.

By services, the most important increase is recorded in long distance traffic (+33.33 percent), being even more accentuated in the Adif AV network, which grows by 39.5 percent and consolidates traffic above normal levels. pre pandemic. For its part, suburban and interurban traffic in the period has increased by 3.5 percent.

Railway axes

By railway axes, on high-speed lines, traffic on the Madrid-Levante high-speed line increased by 79.9 percent, driven by the entry of new operators and more kilometers of high-speed lines in service. Next are the Madrid-Barcelona lines (+42.6 percent), Madrid-Andaluca (+21.9 percent) and Madrid-Valladolid-Len-Zamora-Galicia (+14 percent).

On conventional lines, the increase in traffic on the Madrid-Alczar-Crdoba-Seville-Cádiz line (+5.3 percent) stands out, followed by the Venta de Baos-Len-Orense-Vigo line (+1 percent). . The number of travelers at the stations until September rose 7.5 percent compared to the same period last year. In the stations owned by Adif AV, growth reached 24.2 percent.