Camp de Morvedre business group fights ministry over Sagunto-Teruel rail line
Spain's Transport Ministry has ruled out electrifying and doubling the rail line between Sagunto and Teruel, part of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor, prompting Asecam, the Camp de Morvedre business association, to file objections alongside the CEV and Teruel employers.
"Sad" is the word Asecam president Cristina Plumed chose to describe the central government's U-turn on the rail line between Sagunto and Teruel. Spain's Transport Ministry has decided not to electrify or double that track, part of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor (a planned high-speed rail axis linking northern Spain with the Levante region). The regional business association will challenge the study, joined by the CEV (Valencian business confederation) and Teruel employer groups.
Asecam argues the line is the logical inland route for the ports of Sagunto, Valencia and Castellón, and says its capacity should be planned around future freight and passenger traffic, not current levels. Plumed points out that the study had already lapsed back in 2015, which she says confirms years of neglect along the Sagunto-Teruel-Zaragoza axis, with investment that never arrives on time despite the region's industrial expansion. The business leader also regrets that much of the freight generated by Zaragoza's logistics hub still leaves through Tarragona instead of using Sagunto as its natural outlet to the Mediterranean. According to El Periódico de Aquí, with additional background from Wikipedia on the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor.