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Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2012

    Reported budgetary mismanagement and irregularities

    The Court of Auditors and the General State Comptroller were reported to have criticized FEVE's financial administration during 2005–2012. The reported findings included irregularities and a substantial increase in the organization's debt during its final years.

  2. 2011

    Controversy over unusable train procurement

    A procurement made during Ángel Villalba's presidency became controversial because the trains were reportedly ordered without an available railway network capable of operating them. The reported order expanded from four units to 28, after which the trains were scrapped and resold.