The Government confirmed this Wednesday: the April train ticketsa new Renfe service, went on sale today April 18, accompanied by a launch campaign of 33,000 tickets with price from 18 euros. In a press release, the government emphasizes that to celebrate with customers the entry into service of the S106, Renfe is today launching a “superprice” campaign with cheap tickets starting from 18 euros for new AVE services between Galicia and Madridas well as in its intermediate stations.
The promotion of tickets, with purchase in advance ten days, is valid for travel from May 21 until July 21, with almost 33,000 promotional seats in total in the new Galician Corridor services, provided with the AVE S106. We thus confirm that Renfe will expand its offer from May 21 Galicia-Madrid high-speed services to more than 39,000 weekly placeswith the entry into service of the S106 trains, which implies the premiere of the AVE service to Vigo, A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vilagarcía de Arousa.
Improving travel times in this first phase translates to 16 minutes less on the routes from Vigo and A Coruña to Madrid, as well as a reduction in time from Santiago de Compostela to the capital by 18 minutes. In any case, the government emphasizes that the arrival of these new trains is part of a first phase of commissioning of the S106, adapted to the reorganization of rail services due to the capacity extension work that Adif performs in Madrid station. Chamartín-Clara Campoamor. They therefore assure that the commercial offer with the S106 will gradually increase in future phases.
New Renfe service to Vigo
The new offer to travel between different points of the autonomous community of Galicia and Madrid with these 39,000 weekly seats This is 20.3% more than the current offer. To do this, Renfe will put an AVE train into service in each direction of the Itinerary Vigo-Madrid, with approximate durations of just over 4 hours for the entire trip. The departure from Vigo will take place at 9:28 a.m. and arrive in the capital at 1:34 p.m. In the opposite direction, another The AVE will leave from Madrid at 7:18 p.m. and will arrive in Vigo at 11:36 p.m.
New Renfe service A Coruña
In addition, an AVE service will run from Sunday to Friday in both directions between A Coruña and Madrid, with a travel time close to 3 and a half hours. The departure from A Coruña will take place at 7:50 p.m., arriving in Madrid at 11:23 p.m. while, conversely, the AVE will leave the capital at 2:41 p.m. and arrive in the Herculean city at 6:00 p.m.