Amidst the stream of bad rail news out of Spain, there was one good news: the ticket price reform introduced last February resulted in a ridership growth for long-distance rail by 13.4%, for AVE high-speed trains even by 20.9%. As a consequence, on the Madrid–Barcelona relation (which I analysed in Puente AVE), rail solidified the dominance over air achieved last year and finally took a decisive lead with a market share of almost 60% (3.1 million vs. the airlines' 2.2 million in 2013).

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}