Three companies have submitted their candidacy to dispute Renfe's mastery of passenger transport by high-speed train. This market, now exploited under a monopoly regime by the public operator, will open to private competition in 2020 and yesterday at 24.00 the first milestone of the process was closed: the formal submission of applications to compete with Renfe offering alternative trains.
The companies that are launched are the Talgo train manufacturer, allied with the Globalia group, owned by Juan José Hidalgo. Talgo is Renfe's supplier and in this consortium it plays a fundamental role in being able to guarantee the consortium the supply of rolling stock. The train manufacturer has created a subsidiary for this process that is chaired by the former Minister of Economy, Elena Salgado.
The two partners make up one of the three companies that have asked the infrastructure manager Adif to enter the AVE network, together with the French public company SNCF, a railroad giant, and Ilsa, a firm owned by the owners of Air Nostrum.
From now on, Adif will analyze these applications, submitted together with Renfe's own, in order to choose the winning companies next December.
Renfe has already shown its willingness to defend its activity with all its weapons by requesting Adif greater capacity to operate in the corridors of Madrid Barcelona; Madrid Valencia and, above all, Madrid Andalucía. In addition, in the coming months it plans to launch a new low-cost service that will make it harder for its rivals to snatch travelers with price offers.
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