Spain: Rail liberalization moving forward with CNMC resolution

Spain’s National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved a resolution allowing railway companies to access stations and other facilities, such as workshops and service centers, owned by the state operator Adif. The resolution includes a series of measures to favor the entry of new operators, particularly in view of the opening of the sector by December 2020.

The CNMC also set a maximum deadline of one month for operators of service facilities to answer requests made by railway companies or other candidates, thus allowing them to know the true level of capacity in these services.

The regulation and resolution issued by the CNMC obliges the companies that operate this type of facility (passenger stations, freight terminals, workshops) to publish a document detailing the installation, which will include basic information on the conditions for access.