Renfe increases weekly low-cost high-speed train capacity between Barcelona and Madrid

Renfe, Spain's high-speed operator, will increase its low-cost train capacity by more than 4,500 seats on their weekly connections between Barcelona and Madrid, stopping in Zaragoza.  

This increase in capacity is due to the replacement of the old Renfe train models with the new S106 model, which allows the company to increase train capacity by 16% 

In May, Renfe already started substituting the old trains on the connection of the Catalan northern train station of Figueres-Vilafant with the Spanish capital stopping at Girona, Barcelona, Camp de Tarragona, and Lleida. And on Monday July 22 the company will replace all of its trains that connect the Catalan capital with Madrid.  

The trains can reach 300 kilometers per hour and are the 'most modern' trains that allow Renfe to 'be more competitive', as head of Renfe's high-speed service told Catalan News in May.