The second check carried out by AVE on the current status of the Mediterranean corridor allows us to establish that “Studies increased from 45% in 2016 to 76% in 2023; The deployment rate has increased from 19% in 2016 to 36% today. “In addition, 85 percent of the infrastructure is in the project and 100 percent is available in previous studies.”.
“One of the milestones planned since the July control”Single line application has been completed on the Iberian line between Xativa-La EncinaIt is necessary for the implementation of the international measurement system on the old route, which has been postponed from 2022.” AVE also “identifies three milestones pending in 2023 (which will have to wait longer): “Completion of Castellbisbal-Martorell tunnel works (postponed from 2022), installation of third rail on the second road between València and Castelló (under construction) and the international double track at Valencia-Xàtiva-La Encina (under construction).
HE logistics expert Xavier Lluch and industrial engineer Francisco García CalvoAVE collaborators explained the progress of the episodes, section by section. In Catalonia, work on the third lane from Castellbisbal to Tarragona and the European line to Castelló is expected to be carried out by 2025. ““Measurements of the Castellbisbal tunnel are about to be completed”. DAnd castello with Valencia Third lane works will be completed in the first half of 2024.
Both experts regret thisThe processing of the transit tunnel to the AVE and Cercanías and the double platform to Castelló “is proceeding extremely slowly and there is no necessary ambition”. Despite Yes, work continues on the Font de Sant Lluís, Ford connection and the Xàtiva-La Encina connection of 202.3. From Murcia to Cartagena “everything needs to be done. Although the work from Regueron to Cartagena is planned for 2026. There is something.” From Murcia to Almería, “things are going at a good pace, except for Lorca’s funeral, which is on tender, expected to be held in 2026.” Almería to Granada “no date for high-speed connection.”
related to Antequera to Algeciras “everything is under construction, but there is still no date for the European line to arrive in the port of Algeciras”. Logistics expert Xavier Lluch underlined this “It is a sensitive section because it passes through protected areas and here its central branch crosses the Atlantic and the Mediterranean.anyone. Reason for planning more than currently planned: the third longest strip in Spain.”