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CASH BID: €2bn asked for to expand Costa del Sol railway to Marbella, Estepona and Algeciras

Dilip Kuner - 26 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

THE EU is being asked for a whopping €2 billion to extend the Costa del Sol’s coastal railway as far as Algeciras in Cadiz. Calls...

Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca train line in Spain with direct Benidorm link to reopen after six years

Alex Trelinski - 11 Jul, 2022 @ 16:45

TRAIN services between Teulada and Gata de Gorgos on the northern Costa Blanca will resume this Wednesday(July 13). Travellers have had to make do with...

Costa Blanca

Second thoughts over controversial high-speed train terminus change for Costa Blanca journeys to Spain’s Madrid

Alex Trelinski - 15 Mar, 2022 @ 14:51

CONTROVERSIAL plans to switch the Madrid terminus for high speed trains from Alicante could be scrapped. The news follows an angry reaction from Alicante and...

Pedro Sanchez gets his 2022 budget plans passed in Spain's lower house of parliament

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Pedro Sánchez says council will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ of the AP-9 tolls

Kirsty Mckenzie - 26 Jul, 2021 @ 16:35

PEDRO Sánchez has confirmed the Council of Ministers will approve a ‘drastic reduction’ in tolls on the AP-9 in Galicia on Tuesday. This announcement was made...

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Axarquia to be left a ‘poor cousin’ if Junta de Andalucia leaves it off AVE railway plans

Aleesha Hansel - 15 Feb, 2018 @ 14:11

Politicians in Axarquia are urging the Junta de Andalucia not to forget them during plans to build new high-speed railway. The long discussed AVE service,...

Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain

De-railing the value of property in Spain

Campbell Ferguson (OP Columnist) - 8 Feb, 2016 @ 12:14

Rumour and abandoned proposals can also have an effect upon the value of a property

Granada

New Granada high speed train limited to single track

Tom Powell - 16 Mar, 2014 @ 15:00

The new single track AVE line to Granada has caused concern

National News

Private operators to bid on Spanish rail routes

Claire Wilson - 8 Dec, 2013 @ 14:30

Private operators can run some long-distance and high speed AVE services from next year

algeciras gibraltar railway original timetable

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle

Michael Portillo misses the boat

Belinda Beckett (Columnist) - 13 Nov, 2013 @ 06:30

There he stood on top of the Rock, Bradshaw’s Guide in hand: Michael Portillo talking to camera for his new series of Great Continental Railway Journeys

Spanish high speed train test track hits the buffers

Pedro Rodrigues (Reporter) - 17 Oct, 2013 @ 14:00

High speed railways testing project near Antequera suffers setback

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Spain to review rail safety

Claire Wilson - 25 Aug, 2013 @ 13:00

Protocol and security systems being reviewed following crash

Almeria

Lucainena de las Torres: Towering Internal

Wendy Williams - 24 Jun, 2012 @ 09:20

Jon Clarke enjoys one of inland Andalucia’s most exciting places to visit

Malaga

Full Speed Ahead

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 15 Oct, 2009 @ 10:13

AVE line underway between Algeciras and Antequera via Ronda

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