Revitalising The Costa Blanca’s Most Beautiful Tram: Here’s The Plan

A awesome scheme to “modernise, amended and expand” nan Generalitat’s obstruction web is group to spot an finance of €840 million. The FGV Action Plan is scheduled to beryllium rolled retired complete nan adjacent 5 years, from 2026 to 2030.

The project, which will coincide pinch nan 40th day of FGV, covers some Metrovalencia and nan Alicante TRAM, a full of 291 kilometres of track. On paper, this should see finance for nan Marina Alta – and indeed, 2 circumstantial projects are earmarked successful nan conception of nan scheme dedicated to infrastructure description , pinch a mixed fund of €240 million.

Finally, a Jesús Pobre-Pedreguer station

The first task is nan long-awaited creation of a caller Jesús Pobre-Pedreguer stop, designed to service these 2 municipalities, which are presently near retired of nan TRAM web contempt being only a fewer kilometres from nan tracks. The task has a agelong history: nan onshore was allocated backmost successful 1991, and successful 2019, during nan first Botànic government, nan location authorities gave their approval.

At nan time, it was decided nan extremity would beryllium located connected onshore adjacent to nan municipality centre of Jesús Pobre, but wrong nan municipality of Pedreguer, successful nan Bisserot area – hence nan station’s dual name. Everyone deserves a spot connected nan map.

Tram to Gandia still successful nan plans

Secondly, nan much-anticipated Dénia-Gandia tram is moving guardant very slow nether nan existent PP government. However, nan scheme only states that nan relationship “will beryllium considered” betwixt nan capitals of Marina Alta and Safor – thing is guaranteed yet.

The €251 cardinal earmarked for this conception of nan scheme is not capable to screen some projects, fixed nan galore different infrastructure developments planned crossed Valencia and Alicante. For this reason, Mazón has stressed nan request to activity further backing and has called connected nan Spanish authorities to “legitimately collaborate connected these projects”.

Previously, erstwhile nan Generalitat announced it would dedicate €101,000 to study nan Dénia-Gandia tram, Mazón warned that nan existent building would request to beryllium funded by nan cardinal government. Nevertheless, astatine slightest this caller scheme up to 2030 has not forgotten this long-awaited connection.

The scheme successful full

Beyond these circumstantial projects, Marina Alta will besides use from other, much wide investments included successful nan plan:

The FGV Action Plan 2026–2030 is divided into six cardinal areas:

Modernisation of installations, infrastructure and method instrumentality – including renewal of tunnels and level crossings, signalling and communications for tram and aboveground metro sections, updating electrical systems, and expanding and improving workshops. Budget: €275 million.

Completion of ongoing Dana projects – specified arsenic way repairs, offices and workshops astatine Valencia Sud, nan caller Valencia Sud intermodal station, a caller Control Centre, and refurbishment of affected units. Budget: €50 million. Acquisition of rolling banal – 22 caller Stadler Rail trams, 16 for Valencia and six for Alicante, positive further metro units from 2029 to meet early description s. Budget: €185 million.

Stations, customers and accessibility – renewal of underground stations connected Metrovalencia Lines 1 and 2 and aboveground stations, caller rider accusation systems, accessible platforms, and caller escalators and lifts astatine Colón, Benimámet and Les Carolines Fira stations. Budget: €90 million. Improved work frequencies – redesigning Lines 1, 3 and 9 for shorter routes, much regular services, and accrued capacity. Surface lines will person a 12-minute guidelines frequency. For nan Alicante TRAM, caller trams will amended service, but medium-term upgrades are needed betwixt Hospital Vila, Altea and Benidorm to fortify Lines 1 and 9.

Network readying and description – Budget: €240 million.

Metrovalencia will spot a caller pedestrian relationship Alacant-Xàtiva, plagiarism of Line 3, and nan motorboat of Lines 11 and 12. Future projects see underground sections successful Paterna and Burjassot-Godella, nan Empalme-Pont de Fusta link, accrued passageway capacity betwixt Alameda and Colón, a caller Torrent position pinch intermodal facilities, and removal of level crossings connected nan Torrent-Picassent section.

For nan Alicante TRAM, nan scheme includes a caller Central-Intermodal station, plagiarism of nan Hospital Vila-Benidorm track, tramification of Benidorm, description of nan Puerta del Mar stop, plagiarism of L’Albir-Altea track, electrification of Benidorm Intermodal-Garganes, and nan caller Jesús Pobre-Pedreguer stop. Future projects see nan Dénia-Gandia relationship and confederate description of nan web successful Alicante.