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 · “ADIF”

19 projects · funding €315.4m

  • 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

  • Conexión ferroviaria Aveiro-Salamanca-Medina del Campo: obras en instalaciones y servicios de energía para trabajos de seguimiento.

    €19.6m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Atlantic Corridor · call 2014 · Jan 2014 → Dec 2022 · investment €49m

  • Línea ferroviaria de alta velocidad Bilbao-Vitoria - Obras de plataforma en las subsecciones Elorroio-Atxondo y Atxondo-Abadino y trabajos de seguimiento.

    €18.1m

    CompletedADIF Alta Velocidad · Rail · Atlantic Corridor · call 2014 · Dec 2015 → Dec 2020 · investment €90.4m

  • 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 el tramo Valladolid-Burgos

    €7.8m

    CompletedADIF Alta Velocidad · Rail · Atlantic Corridor · call 2014 · May 2014 → Dec 2022 · investment €15.6m

  • Electrification and Signalling works in Crossborder Section Guillarei Tui

    €6.5m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Outside the corridors · call 2019 · Sept 2019 → Dec 2023 · investment €16.3m

  • Atlantic Corridor. High Speed line Sines/Lisboa-Madrid. Madrid urban node. Study of the Railway Complex of Atocha Station (Phase 3)

    €6m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Atlantic Corridor · call 2019 · Feb 2020 → Dec 2023 · investment €12m

  • 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

  • Madrid Vicálvaro Freight Railway Terminal.Works Phase 1.Subphase 1A. Mediterranean Corridor. Rail Works and Road Studies

    €4.5m

    CompletedADIF · Multimodal · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2018 · Nov 2018 → Dec 2023 · investment €21.1m

  • Actualización de todas las líneas de alta velocidad españolas a la versión 2.3.0.d. De ERTMS (ETCS+GSMR) 2ª fase

    €4.2m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Outside the corridors · call 2014 · Apr 2014 → Jun 2022 · investment €8.4m

  • ATL_Freight_South_access_to_Bilbao_Port

    €3.5m

    CompletedDirección de Infraestructuras del Transporte. Gobierno Vasco · Rail · Outside the corridors · call 2020 · Mar 2021 → Dec 2024 · investment €7m

  • Accesibilidad universal en estaciones de pasajeros

    €1.6m

    CompletedADIF · Rail · Outside the corridors · call 2014 · Sept 2014 → Sept 2018 · investment €5.1m

  • Corredor Med / Atl. Tramo: Algeciras- Madrid - Zaragoza - Barcelona. Madrid- Vicálvaro actualización de la terminal ferroviaria de mercancías. Estudios. Fase 1.

    €1.2m

    CompletedADIF · Multimodal · Atlantic and Mediterranean · call 2014 · Jan 2016 → Dec 2018 · 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

  • Acceso de calibre estándar entre la Plataforma Multimodal de La Llagosta y el Corredor Mediterráneo y adaptación a 750 metros de longitud. Estudios. Fase 1

    €540,000

    CompletedADIF · Multimodal · Mediterranean Corridor · call 2015 · Oct 2016 → Dec 2021 · investment €1.1m

  • Upgrading an old rail yard with a siding for trains with a length of 740 m in Ponferrada (Spain)

    €415,000

    CompletedAyuntamiento de Ponferrada, León, España. · Rail · Outside the corridors · call 2020 · Mar 2021 → Jul 2024 · investment €830,000

“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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