The Portuguese Government has a very clear roadmap. High-speed rail link on the horizon of 2030 Galicia via Vigothere will also be “first step” Portuguese rail integration in the Spanish network bird. On Tuesday, the Portuguese Executive’s senior staff presented in Porto its plan for the Lisbon-Oporto-Río Miño corridor, along with the planned execution schedule and the duration of the journeys that will finally leave the direct routes between Vigo and the Lisbon capital. In 2 hours and five minutes, it reduced the journey between Vigo and Porto to 48 minutes. But for this to be possible intervention competence Spanish government with a key piece in the olive city: to avoid going back to Redondela, the underground south exit to O Porriño, a route that still knows nothing as it is still in the working phase.
With regard to this project, which is essential to connect the Portuguese line with the Atlantic Axis, the Portuguese Government did not meet the deadlines, although fully aware that the success of the interaction of the Spanish-Portuguese high-speed network depends on the coordination with Spain. In fact, in the planning he presented yesterday, he avoided being compelling in the conclusion of the railway program in the part corresponding to the international connection, “…pending articulation with Spain”.
South exit vital for high speed connection. The Atlantic Axis arrives at the Urzáiz terminal station, and with the current route, trains to Portugal should return to Redondela. The alternative is to build a tunnel from Urzáiz in the direction of O Porriño, with a continuation of the Atlantic Axis towards the border, although it is a project that could cost around 600 million euros and its route has not yet been determined. .
An example of Portugal’s emphasis on this rail link is the presentation of the calendar by Prime Minister António Costa, Minister of Infrastructure Pedro Nuno Santos and the leadership of the public company responsible for the works. “We are carrying out a revolution,” said Nuno Santos, assuring that his country will not paralyze railway investments again, as it has in the last decade. a broad social consensus supporting this project because it has financial support with the support of the European Union.
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Portuguese strategy, two columns. one, who knows bet on Galicia instead Madrid To access the Iberian high-speed network. “Based on studies, we know that this is the connection between Portugal and Spain. more requests. We know that the peoples living on both sides of the border here have closer social, economic and cultural relations.
And secondly, he bets on it. Centrality of Sá Carneiro airport (Porto)Aiming to strengthen its position in the north-west of the peninsula, with the AVE route and the opportunities offered by the high-speed train. “It is the reference airport for the entire northwest of the peninsula and therefore also contributes to expanding its sphere of influence with new faster connections,” said the Minister of Infrastructure.
As for the Porto-Vigo section, the forecast will move in two phases. In the first, the works will be put out to tender in 2025 and the execution of the double Iberian track line will start in 2026 in the Oporto-Sá Carneiro and Braga-Valença sections. finish in 2030although pending coordination with the Spanish Government so that the project does not stop at the Galician border.
At this stage, Travel time between Vigo and Porto will be reduced to one hour –compared to half past two today–. And then in the second stageThe section between Sá Carneiro and Braga will be modernized and has an unspecified date – it goes beyond 2030, although it is just a modernized line, The journey will be 50 minutesIf the destination from Vigo instead of Porto is Sá Carneiro airport, this number will be reduced to 48. In the case of A Coruña, the duration would be 2 hours and 23 minutes. All this clearly depends on the construction of the southern exit of the city of Olívica, otherwise the journey between the airport and Vigo will take 1 hour 25 minutes.
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In the Porto-Lisbon section, the Portuguese Government’s schedule is as follows: three stages intervene. The first would start in 2015 between Porto and Soure and end in 2028, while the second would end in 2030 between Soure and Carregado (very close to the capital).
these works will reduce travel time between the two main Portuguese cities 1 hour 19 minutesBy 2030, the route from Carregado to Lisbon will be reduced by 4 minutes when completed, making it possible to travel from Vigo to the Portuguese capital in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
guess, circulate 60 high-speed trains every day On the new line between Lisbon and Porto, 17 are direct, 9 with stops and 34 high-speed hybrids.
According to Miguel Cruz, head of state affairs firm Infraestructuras de Portugal, the financing of the plan is included in the 11,000 million euros allocated to investments in railways of the 43,000 million global package for transport by 2030.