{"id":305604,"date":"2025-10-22T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=66812"},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:19:40","slug":"data-of-the-week-spanish-q2-rail-freight-report-paints-bittersweet-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=305604","title":{"rendered":"Data of the week: Spanish Q2 rail freight report paints bittersweet picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rail freight in Spain performed slightly better in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first one. However, when it comes to year-on-year trends, data shows how the sector is struggling to get out of a stagnating period.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-66812\"><\/span>The Spanish Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) published a report of the performance of rail freight in the second quarter of 2025. The document takes into account, net tonnes (5,58 million), net tonnes\/kilometre (2,24 million) and trains\/kilometre (5,69 million). The revenue for the sector totalled over 80 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>The intermodal segment is doing slightly better, at least In terms of crude numbers, as it outperformed the full wagon sector in all categories but trains\/kilometre. In terms of variations, intermodal performance stagnated both on a quarterly and yearly basis. Block trains, on the other hand, posted small growths in most categories compared to Q1 but its figures are lower than Q2 last year.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-difference-between-quarterly-and-year-on-year-variation-for-the-Spanish-intermodal-segment-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"The difference between quarterly and year-on-year variation for the Spanish intermodal segment. Image: \u00a9 RailFreight.com\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1695\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">The difference between quarterly and year-on-year variation for the Spanish intermodal segment. Image: \u00a9 RailFreight.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-difference-between-quarterly-and-year-on-year-variation-for-the-Spanish-full-wagon-segment-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"The difference between quarterly and year-on-year variation for the Spanish full wagon segment. Image: \u00a9 RailFreight.com\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1695\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">The difference between quarterly and year-on-year variation for the Spanish full wagon segment. Image: \u00a9 RailFreight.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Renfe keeps sinking<\/h2>\n<p>When analysing single companies, the same trend which characterised the past few years continued during the second quarter of 2025: incumbent Renfe Mercanc\u00edas keeps losing volumes and private operators such as Captrain and Medway have been constantly gaining ground. However, the state-owned operator remains the king of the jungle. In terms of trains\/kilometre Renfe is still moving almost three times more than its closest competitor Captrain.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Q2-rail-freightperformance-by-company-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Q2 rail freight performance by company. Image: \u00a9 RailFreight.com\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1643\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">Q2 rail freight performance by company. Image: \u00a9 RailFreight.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rail freight in Spain performed slightly better in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first one. 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