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The private operator will carry its first fare-paying passengers this Friday, 31 March, on the route between the capital of the Costa del Sol and MadridIgnacio Lillo
Malaga
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 12:35
March 2023 will go down in history as one of the great railway months in Malaga. After the arrival of the metro in the city centre, which happened on Monday the 27th, it is now the turn for another highly anticipated moment, especially for users of the high-speed trains between the capital of the Costa del Sol and Madrid - the arrival of competition on the line.
The Iryo brand, with its striking Frecciarrosa (red arrow) 1000 trains, will debut this Friday, 31 March, as the first private operator to offer train tickets to travel between the two cities. Malaga province is the latest to benefit from the service that has already been rolled out in Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante. Now for the first time in history Renfe will have a competitor that will offer journeys on the Malaga-Madrid line, and that also opens the way for the next arrival of the public operator’s low cost Avlo service; and then Ouigo, the brand of the French SNCF railway company.
At its launch, during the month of April, Iryo will operate two frequencies in each direction; and at the end of May there will be three. During most of June that will rise to four, and by the end of that month and throughout the summer five departures each from Atocha and from María Zambrano stations have been scheduled.
With these, added to those already offered by Renfe, in the short term there will be up to 18 trains available every day, which will be the largest offer ever seen in the 15-year history of high-speed trains in Malaga. It should be remembered that until recently the average was only 10 daily services, so this figure will almost double.
But the main benefit for travellers will be lower prices. The high-speed scenario between Malaga and Madrid this year has nothing to do with what happened in the past. After the pandemic, the cuts in frequencies and the lack of seats on Renfe trains provoked strong criticism from users for months on end, especially on weekends and on certain key dates, both due to the difficulty of obtaining seats and the outrageous prices, which were around 200 euros per person for a return trip.
Now, according to the results from a search carried out on the respective web pages of the two operators, just after Easter on Renfe you can get tickets from 42.40 euros, although the average price is around 68 per trip (between 85 to 135 euros, return trip). For the same dates, on Iryo, the journey costs 44 to 48 euros (approximately 98 euros for the round trip).
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