Renfe will go to court to demand more money from Talgo for the delays of the Avril trains

The president of the operator admits the "complicated" relationship that both companies are going through

MADRID, 12 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Renfe will demand greater financial compensation from Talgo through judicial means to alleviate the loss of profits that it considers it has suffered in recent years due to the delay of the Avril trains, which should have been delivered by the company in July 2022.

Sources close to the operator have explained to Europa Press that both the claim of 50 million euros for this lost profit and the 80,000 euros for each additional day of delay starting next April 1 for damages requested from Talgo will be processed by the judicial means.

Added to all this are the 116.6 million euros claimed since 2022 due to the delay in the delivery of these vital trains for transport in Galicia and Asturias, an amount that in that case does not need judicial proceedings, as it is contained in the conditions of the contract.

However, Talgo has turned a deaf ear and assures that Renfe has not made any formal claim on that amount negotiated in the contract, although in a letter sent by Renfe to the train manufacturer, the operator assures that it has already formalized this request on several occasions. .

Apart from those 116.6 million euros, which Renfe will be able to deduct from the payment it will have to make to the company at the time, the operator has not yet gone to court while waiting to start negotiations with Talgo.

At an informative breakfast organized by Executive Forum, the president of Renfe, Räul Blanco, admitted that, after decades and decades of collaboration between both companies, the relationship between both is going through "a difficult moment", but that "there will undoubtedly be work for it to be resolved."

"I hope it will be resolved, because Renfe's objective is to have these trains operating commercially as soon as possible. Sometimes the relationships between client and supplier are complicated, but the objective that drives us is to have those 30 trains, from the series 106, already operating on our roads," said Blanco.

For its part, Talgo's forecast is that deliveries will begin to occur in the first quarter of this year, a date that, in any case, would not prevent it from having to face this whole series of financial claims.