At Sants station you can currently take your scooter on an AVE to Madrid, but you cannot do so on a Rodalies to l’Hospitalet de Llobregat. This inconsistency will change from December 12, when the ban on electric scooters on all Renfe trains will come into force.
The board of directors of the state operator has decided to extend the veto to these personal mobility vehicles both to high-speed and long-distance trains (AVE, Avlo, Alvia, Avant, Euromed and Intercity) as well as to regional and suburban trains. from the rest of Spain.
The measure has been adopted by those responsible for the company after seeing how the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) made it permanent in Catalan public transport after a few months of temporary ban after an explosion on a Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat train. The Madrid Regional Transport Consortium (CRTM) has followed in its footsteps this November after a spectacular fire in the capital’s metro. Before, already in 2021, the Seville metro had done it, as well as London public transport.
Renfe justifies the decision “based on public health and passenger safety criteria in the face of the dangerous situation generated by the battery fires that have occurred in some public transport.”
When the measure comes into force, starting December 12, railway company staff will be able to force travelers to leave the train if they are carrying a scooter, whether visible or in packaging.
