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AVE WORK TO START IN ALICANTE

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Sally Bengtsson / 2009-06-28 12:57:23

Work to bring the AVE high speed train line to Alicante in 2012 is to start at the end of this year.  The Avant company has organised a 77 million € credit to allow the start of construction in the first phase which is placing the line underground in the approach to the current station.

Technicians from the state rail infrastructure company ADIF have said there are no problems for the line to be connected to Madrid by 2012, and RENFE predicts that once operational the line will gain 800,000 new passengers a year.

Journey time to the capital will be reduced from the current 3 hours 35 minutes, to 2 hours 50 minutes, and local AVE’s will run to Elche and Murcia.

Tags: Ave High Speed Train Line, Avant, Adif, Renfe