https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Commuters faced crowded platforms and long delays on Madrid’s Metro system on Thursday as train drivers ‘downed tools’ in protest at working conditions. https://www.thelocal.es/20191017/transport-strike-how-workers-are-celebrating-centenary-of-madrids-metro Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:34:12 +0200 transport-strike-how-workers-are-celebrating-centenary-of-madrids-metro Spanish police said Wednesday they have arrested a man suspected of secretly recording videos of the underwear of over 500 women, some of them minors, on public transit and supermarkets. https://www.thelocal.es/20190821/man-arrested-on-madrid-metro-for-upskirting-over-500-women Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:51:22 +0200 man-arrested-on-madrid-metro-for-upskirting-over-500-women The first trial for the death of a Madrid metro worker from a cancer linked to asbestos opened Monday in Spain, where a total ban on the material's use dates only to 2002. https://www.thelocal.es/20190401/madrid-metro-on-trial-over-asbestos-linked-worker-death Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:33:55 +0200 madrid-metro-on-trial-over-asbestos-linked-worker-death Don’t be alarmed when travelling on Madrid’s metro this weekend if you hear an unusual announcement over the tannoy: “The next station is Han Solo. Change here for lines 2 and 3” https://www.thelocal.es/20180518/video-madrid-metro-station-renamed-hans-solo-in-star-wars-tribute Fri, 18 May 2018 17:08:35 +0200 video-madrid-metro-station-renamed-hans-solo-in-star-wars-tribute If you are thinking of taking the metro in Barcelona you might want to think again... https://www.thelocal.es/20160222/chaos-in-barcelona-as-metro-workers-strike-mobile-world-congress Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:48:20 +0100 chaos-in-barcelona-as-metro-workers-strike-mobile-world-congress Dogs will be now allowed to travel on Madrid's underground rail network, city authorities announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160209/dogs-metro-madrid Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:05:34 +0100 dogs-metro-madrid UPDATED: An 18-year-old man fell onto the rails of the Spanish capital's underground transport system on Friday morning and was run over by a train, losing his left leg below the knee. https://www.thelocal.es/20141205/teenager-loses-leg-in-madrid-metro-accident Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:23:00 +0100 teenager-loses-leg-in-madrid-metro-accident Authorities in the Catalan capital on Wednesday started allowing dogs to travel on the city’s underground system as long as their owners fulfil a set of criteria. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/ticket-to-ride-barcelona-lets-pooches-on-metro Wed, 01 Oct 2014 17:45:00 +0200 ticket-to-ride-barcelona-lets-pooches-on-metro Residents in the southern Spanish city had to wait nine long years to see the €800 million ($1 billion) underground system finally open its doors to the public on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140731/malagas-costly-and-long-awaited-metro-opens Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:48:00 +0200 malagas-costly-and-long-awaited-metro-opens Frustrated passengers on Madrid Metro's Line 5 risked their lives on Wednesday morning when they abandoned a broken down train and started walking down the tracks https://www.thelocal.es/20140702/frustrated-madrid-metro-passengers-get-out-and-walk Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:25:00 +0200 frustrated-madrid-metro-passengers-get-out-and-walk UPDATED: Police have arrested a man who beat up a young Spaniard born in Mongolia on Barcelona's underground railway system after a video of the incident posted on YouTube went viral. https://www.thelocal.es/20140630/video-asian-man-bashed-in-barcelona-metro Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:54:00 +0200 video-asian-man-bashed-in-barcelona-metro Nearly eight years after a tragic underground railway accident in Spain's Valencia region which killed 43 people, a judge has finally called in three top railway officials for questioning. https://www.thelocal.es/20140508/valencia-train-tragedy-metro-judge Thu, 08 May 2014 14:55:00 +0200 valencia-train-tragedy-metro-judge Several hundred commuters on Madrid's underground found themselves locked inside one of the network’s trains for over an hour and a half on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20131125/breakdown-leaves-hundreds-trapped-in-madrid-metro Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:53:00 +0100 breakdown-leaves-hundreds-trapped-in-madrid-metro A 17-year-old Swiss au pair who died in a bizarre subway accident in Madrid last year was at the controls of the train when it crashed, a media report says. https://www.thelocal.es/20131001/swiss-teen-at-controls-in-madrid-metro-crash-2 Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:44:00 +0200 swiss-teen-at-controls-in-madrid-metro-crash-2 Barcelona is looking to sell off the names of its metro stations through lucrative sponsorship deals, the city's mayor announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130913/barcelona-set-to-flog-off-metro-station-names Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:01:08 +0200 barcelona-set-to-flog-off-metro-station-names Around twenty passengers on Barcelona's underground helped a tourist who had just been pickpocketed on Tuesday by restraining the thieves and handing them in to Catalan police. https://www.thelocal.es/20130606/barcelona-pickpocket-busters-rescue-tourist Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:37:00 +0200 barcelona-pickpocket-busters-rescue-tourist Police in Madrid have caught four pickpocketing pests who preyed on sleeping underground passengers and threatened them with machetes when challenged. https://www.thelocal.es/20130327/machete-thieves-target-dozing-metro-users Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:11:00 +0100 machete-thieves-target-dozing-metro-users