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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Spanish transport secretary resigns after new trains too big for tunnels

A Renfe train at a platform in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
A Renfe train at a platform in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. The Socialist party has been criticised for the botched launch of new trains in Asturias and Cantabria. Photograph: Alberto Brevers/Pacific Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Spain’s secretary of state for transport and the head of the state rail company have resigned amid continuing public and political anger after it emerged that dozens of new trains ordered for two northern Spanish regions were too big to fit through some tunnels.

Three years ago, the state rail operator, Renfe, announced plans to modernise the rolling stock on narrow-gauge commuter trains and medium-distance trains in Asturias and Cantabria.

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