France’s plan for Spanish rail border crossing upgrade is ‘worrying’
On the border between Spain and France, much can be improved for rail Eric Gaba / WikiMedia
The future of the upgrade of the rail border crossing between France and Spain on the TEN-T Atlantic Corridor is still unclear and concerns are increasing. Carlo Sacchi, Community Executive responsible for the Corridor, presented his concerns in front of the European Parliament’s Transport Committee.
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Disappointing for pan-European rail travel if the upgrade to from Bordeaux to Hendaye and San Sébastian is put on hold – that route, in combination with the high-speed line from San Sébastian to Madrid, offers the possibility of Paris-Madrid travel in ~7 hours and also makes tourist travel between Amsterdam, Cologne, Frankfurt and any cities between there and the South of Spain possible in 1 day.
The Canfranc tunnel I can understand, although it’s a potentially excellent freight route.
Either Zaragoza or Saragossa but not Saragozza, please
And the fact that the French are still refusing to finish the TGV standard upgrade on the line between the Mediterranean border tunnel and (from memory) Béziers if not Montpellier?
Within the EU, la belle France continues to show haughty contempt for all other nations
Except the German paymasters
Naturellement!
Paris – Madrid could be done in little more than 5 hrs on this route, as Paris-Bordeaux and Madrid-Burgos both take 2hrs.
With the 250km/hr route from Burgos to.San Sebastian and the Spanish border now finally well underway and set for completion by around 2027 isn’t it time for the French to get their line also built as 320km/hr ro Drax and 250km/hr to the border by 2030?
That really would bring Paris – Madrid down to not much over 5 hrs.