Portugal – Spain high-speed rail connection

The North of Portugal and Galicia have called for a “21st century train”, appealing to the Portuguese and Spanish governments for a high-speed rail connection between Porto and Vigo by 2030.

“We must pay constant attention to ensure that this issue is always on the agenda. So that by 2030 there will already be at least part of the connection [high-speed rail between Porto and Vigo]. And that, in the first years of 2030, this connection will be fully consummated”, stated António Cunha, president of the Northern Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-N).

António Cunha pointed out that the railway connection between the North of Portugal and Galicia has a “route from the 19th century”, while there is an “industry and an economic fabric that wants to compete with the logic of the 21st century”.
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“The forecast is that everything will be ready so that the works can start in 2027 – 2028”, stated Carlos Fernandes, vice-president of IP, on the sidelines of the Transport and Logistics Networks conferences on the Atlantic Facade, organised by the Spanish Association of Transport and by the Atlantic Axis of the Northwest Peninsular.
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