The Mediterranean Corridor has mobilized more than 8,000 million euros of investment, but so far there is no high-speed line connecting the entire Mediterranean coast. This demand now seems to have a start-up date. The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has advanced this Thursday that Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante will be connected by high speed in 2027.
According to the minister, Barcelona and Valencia will be connected in a 2-hour journey, and the Valencian capital with Alicante in a 50-minute itinerary.
For this to be possible, track replacement work must first be completed, with the introduction of international gauge on the sections between Tarragona and Castellón (already completed between Valencia and Castellón) and between Xàtiva and La Encina.
Puente has also confirmed that a high-speed Cercanías will be launched between Castellón, Valencia and Alicante, which will reduce the time between the 3 Valencian cities for daily commuting.
The downside of this news is that traffic will have to be interrupted on some sections of the track between Barcelona and Valencia in the near future, to be announced soon, to complete the work. The works are progressing “positively”, assured Puente.
The big project, the connection between Almería and the border with France, still does not have a specific date.