The rail highway service between Madrid and Valencia, operated by Medway, Tramesa and TransItalia, is one step closer to becoming international. The commercial tests for the section between Madrid and Badajoz, on the Spanish border with Portugal.
The tests were conducted by the Spanish infrastructure manager Adif. Trains ran between the Abroñigal terminal in Madrid and the facility in Badajoz, the first of three terminals that Medway is opening near the Spain-Portugal border. For now there is no exact date for the start of the extended rail highway service. However, the final goal is to eventually take it all the way to Entrocamento, in Portugal, where Medway operates another terminal.
The Valencia-Madrid rail highway
The rail service for semi-trailers between the port of Valencia and Madrid was launched in July 2024. Medway provides the terminals and locomotives, the wagons come from Tramesa and the semi-trailers from TransItalia. After being interrupted in November 2024 due to the extreme weather in Valencia, the service was resumed in December.