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Some good news on the infrastructure front - In my spare time I am a bit of an anorach!!! Anyway Murcia has plans for a tram system, the trial line of which is already installed and operational heading north of Plaza Circular.  Anyway if you look at the web site (in spanish) http://www.tranvimur.es/ Linea 2 is going to go to Sangonera La Verde. 

My understanding is that this is only a proposal at the moment, dont know if it has been approved, but it would great if it went even to Sangonera  Dont think it will go to Torre Guil, but hey I am happy with Sangonera.

On a sad note it would seem that the Spanish Government are not going upgrade the line from Albacete to Murcia nor Alicante to Murcia to high speed operation.  I dont know if this will affect the new line from Murcia to Almeria or not. 

The Northern Rock must be having an influence on them in Spain also!!!

Regards

The Anorach!

Hi  Stephen

When i was in Frondoso valley in September they told me that the Mayor of Murcia had just visited and that they plan to put a tram to Sangonera La Verde I took this with a pinch of salt, but you have proved it to be correct.

I have just come back and i have posted some up to date pictures things are really moving now

 

 

 

This message was last edited by cupcake on 11/27/2007.

we were there last week, definitely the tram is going to stop at the commercial center "el palmar" just opposite the tv station by the motorway exit to sangonera and then there'll be one more stop at the town ..... and according to the source it won't be much more than a euro all the way to murcia city.

Agent at show house seemed to suggest that work on the tram to Sangonera was due to start in 2009.  Fingers crossed. 

On another rail related note travelled from Madrid to Balsicas - Mar Menor last week on the train in first class.  Service was excellent, food and drinks served at seat and included in price.  Journey accross Castilla la Mancha is quite fast as far as Albacete, (even though you are on the old line, you can see the new AVE line to Albacete being built at Albacete)  then you branch down to Hellin and Cieza (this section was slow). After Cieza and down to Murcia things speed up again.  There are however signs up along the route advising that the railway is being invested in. Travelling through Calasparra you get some great views of the paddy fields.

A highly recommended trip for anyone wishing to go up from Murcia to Madrid, you can book on line with some of the advance web fares in second class being quite resonable (I should be on commission!)

Regards

Stephen

 high speed train Murcia-Madrid under construction finally, it will only be slower from Murcia to Elche where it will share the line with slower trains, but from Elche to Madrid 350Kms an hour, taking 1hour and 40 minutes approx, to Madrid.read in ; completion date for 2011;  www.psoe-regiondemurcia.com 

The Article in the PSOE Party Web Site -

Hernández: “En tres años estaremos a la cabeza de España en alta velocidad y cercanías”

El secretario de Infraestructuras del PSRM afirma que la Región podrá presumir de dos líneas de alta velocidad y los trenes de cercanías y regionales más modernos de España”

08  Noviembre  '08.- El secretario de Infraestructuras del PSRM-PSOE, Cecilio Hernández, declaró que el partido socialista “se congratula de que el Gobierno de España empiece con tanta fuerza a corregir el déficit histórico ferroviario de nuestra Región, de forma que, en el plazo de tres años, nos situará a la cabeza de España en servicios de alta velocidad y de cercanías”.

Hernández afirmó que en el primer trimestre de 2009 llegarán los primeros trenes en sustitución de los viejos automotores de la línea con Alicante, porque no sólo se modernizarán las vías con la llegada del AVE a Murcia, los trenes regionales y de cercanías sufrirán una renovación total tal como ya anticipamos hace un año.

RENFE sustituirá los viejos automotores de la línea de Alicante por modernos trenes tipo S-598 que serán diesel hasta que en 2011-2012 entre en servicio la línea de alta velocidad electrificada, y entonces serán sustituidos por los trenes CIVIA para cercanías, y los trenes AVANT (Alta Velocidad Regional) para servicios regionales. La línea Lorca-Murcia-Alicante de alta velocidad permitirá que por ella circulen estos modernos trenes para beneficio de todos los pueblos del recorrido. Los trenes de cercanías y regionales diseñados son de última generación y están dotados con todos los sistemas de seguridad y un enorme confort.

“Murcia, tras el retraso histórico ferroviario, podrá presumir de dos líneas de alta velocidad y los trenes de cercanías y regionales más modernos de España”, añadió Cecilio Hernández.

Por otra parte, RENFE ya ha contratado los trenes AVE que llegarán a Murcia para cuando en 2011-2012 entren en servicio. Son trenes TALGO-BOMBARDIER 102/112, que pueden alcanzar 330 km por hora, y los SIEMENS 103 capaces de alcanzar 350 km por hora. Con estos trenes los murcianos tendremos Madrid al alcance con un tiempo de dos horas.