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Ouigo high-speed trains
THE French highspeed rail company has arrived in Alicante. Tickets are available for just €9 to Madrid and they have announced they will begin to operate on April 27. The announcement comes just after RENFE launched their Avlo trains between Madrid and Alicante.
Ouigo, a subsidiary of SNCF, announced they will offer two daily round trips from Alicante to the capital at 2pm and 4pm. The General Director of the operation, Hélène Valenzuela, visited Alicante train station for the opening of the ticket sales along with the Commercial Director Federico Pareja.
Ouigo plan to offer seats from €9 per trip on their double decker coaches. This base price includes hand luggage, services
YOUR EWN HAS such as seat selection, or the possibility of travelling with pets can be added. From April 27 they will offer 14,000 seats weekly and Ouigo hopes to increase this figure to 28,000 within a few weeks of commencing.
The high speed train rivalry will heat up again in June as a third operation, Iryo a private high speed rail operator in Spain, has announced they will begin operating from June 3. Their tickets are already available from this date.
