Overview
- Transport Minister Óscar Puente confirmed Thursday that the AVE will restart April 30 using only one of the two tracks.
- Adif says crews must finish demolishing the old slope and build a new retaining wall, so full two-track service will return after more work later this year.
- Renfe, Iryo and Ouigo have put seats back on sale, ending months of bus-rail swaps via Antequera that lengthened trips and complicated connections.
- The cut began after heavy rains in early February sent a slope onto the line near Álora, following January’s deadly Adamuz collision, and teams have since run 24-hour shifts with 23 machines and about 75 workers moving some 200,000 tonnes of earth.
- Business groups blamed the shutdown for steep tourism losses and parties traded credit and criticism over timing, as officials emphasized safety and the complexity of the fix.