Renfe doubles bogie checks on Talgo Avril after new cracks

Renfe’s Talgo-built S-106 (Avril) at a station platform. Bogie inspections on the fixed-gauge sets in the series now run every 5,000 km. Photo: Ernstkers via Wikimedia Commons.

SPAIN: Renfe will inspect the bogies on its fixed-gauge Avril sets every 5,000 km instead of every 10,000 km. The operator agreed the measure with train drivers’ union SEMAF on 4 September, after cracks took two trainsets out of service in August.

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