Trans-European Network · Connecting Europe Facility

What Europe co-funds in Spain

The CEF is the instrument the EU uses to pay for part of the works and studies on the TEN-T network. Here are all the projects with Spanish participation published by the Ministry: who receives them, in which corridor and how much Brussels contributes.

CEF projects · edition 24 April 2025Source · Spanish Ministry of Transport (HERMES)

CEF funding awarded

€2.5bn

221 projects since the 2014 call · Spanish share

Total investment mobilised

€6.4bn

Cost of the projects with Spanish participation

Ongoing projects

68

€870.7m of funding under way

Largest beneficiary

€451.1m

Ministerio de Fomento · 3 projects

Where they are

One dot per project · bright = ongoing
TEN-T atlas

Who receives the most

Cumulative funding

By status

By mode

By corridor

  • Atlantic Corridor 31€825.4m
  • Outside the corridors 97€691.2m
  • Mediterranean Corridor 46€558.3m
  • Atlantic and Mediterranean 47€384m

Projects

14 projects · funding €249.8m

  • Implementación del ancho UIC (fase 1) en el tramo Valencia-Tarragona-Barcelona del corredor Mediterráneo.

    €124.5m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2014 · Jan 2014 → Dec 2022 · investment €311.2m

  • Implantacion del ancho UIC en el tramo Castellbisbal-Vilaseca. Corredor Mediterráneo.

    €57m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2017 · Jul 2017 → Dec 2024 · investment €285m

  • Mediterranean Corridor. Section Valencia-Sagunto-Castellón. Implementation of UIC gauge. Phase 2."

    €41.5m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2019 · Feb 2020 → Dec 2024 · investment €103.8m

  • Corredor Atlántico. Suministro, instalaciones eléctricas y obras acústicas en la sección Chamartín-Atocha- Torrejón de Velasco del HSRL Madrid-Lisboa y Madrid- Bobadilla.

    €11.4m

    CompletedADIF Alta Velocidad · Rail · Atlantic and Mediterranean · call 2014 · May 2015 → Mar 2018 · investment €38.2m

  • Despliegue de ERTMS en las líneas de cercanías de Barcelona

    €5.2m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2014 · Nov 2015 → Dec 2022 · investment €10.4m

  • Interoperability of the rail system with TAF TSI in TEN-T Corridors (I RAIL)

    €2.7m

    CompletedFundación Valenciaport · Rail · Atlantic and Mediterranean · call 2018 · Jan 2019 → Dec 2023 · investment €6.9m

  • Remodelación del complejo ferroviario de Chamartín en Madrid para adaptar los servicios de Alta Velocidad.

    €1.6m

    CompletedMinisterio de Fomento - Secretaria de Estado de Infraestructuras Transporte y Vivienda · Rail · Atlantic and Mediterranean · call 2016 · Feb 2017 → Dec 2020 · investment €3.2m

  • Frigorail - Transporte ferroviario refrigerado entre España, Francia y Bélgica, utilizando corredores TEN-T

    €1.3m

    CompletedCOMSA RAIL TRANSPORT, SA · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2014 · Sept 2015 → Aug 2019 · investment €6.5m

  • Despliegue avanzado de soluciones innovadoras para mejorar la gestión y operación del tráfico ferroviario en la red núcleo.

    €1.2m

    CompletedAutoridad Portuaria de Sevilla · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2016 · Sept 2017 → Dec 2021 · investment €2.4m

  • Variable Gauge for Freight Transport (Eje de Ancho Variable para Mercancías - EAVM)

    €1.1m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2018 · Nov 2018 → Jun 2021 · investment €2.3m

  • Estudio de los anchos de vía en los Corredores Ferroviarios para los servicios de "Autopistas Ferroviarias"

    €750,000

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Atlantic and Mediterranean · call 2016 · Jul 2017 → Dec 2023 · investment €1.5m

  • Vinculación Zaragoza: conectividad urbana con la red central.

    €589,838

    CompletedConsorcio de Transporte del Área de Zaragoza · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2016 · Feb 2017 → Aug 2019 · investment €1.2m

  • Corredor Atlántico / Mediterráneo. Nodo urbano de madrid. Estudios de adaptación mejorada e intermodal de la estación de Chamartín y acceso HSL al aeropuerto de Madrid.

    €500,000

    CompletedMinisterio de Fomento · Rail · Atlantic and Mediterranean · call 2015 · May 2016 → Jun 2019 · investment €1m

  • Mejora y fortalecimiento del Corredor de Carga Ferroviaria 6 - Corredor Mediterráneo, incluida la extensión a Croacia.

    €400,000

    CompletedGEIE per il Corridoio Merci 6 EEIG for Rail Freight Corridor 6 · Rail · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2014 · Jan 2015 → Dec 2018 · investment €800,000

“Funding” is the CEF grant awarded to the Spanish part of each action; “investment” is the total cost of that part. A single European project may be split across several countries: only the Spanish share appears here. Status as reported by the Ministry: ongoing, completed, terminated or in preparation. Project titles are the EU’s official ones; the Ministry publishes descriptions in Spanish only.

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