Villajoyosa Pushes For Major Tram Upgrades And Revival Of Historic 1911 Station

Villajoyosa is stepping up efforts to amended nationalist transport, pinch nan municipality hallway group to coming a cross-party mobility this November calling connected Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) to overhaul nan TRAM d’Alacant work successful nan municipality.

The mobility focuses connected 3 cardinal areas: boosting customer work astatine La Creueta stop, renaming 2 stations to debar confusion, and restoring Villajoyosa’s historical 1911 train position done a broad Master Plan.

Addressing rider request astatine La Creueta

Jaime Santamaría, nan council’s Mobility Councillor, explained that Line 1 of nan TRAM “has seen a important emergence successful passengers successful caller years, while on-site customer work has been reduced and is presently provided from a impermanent prefabricated cabin.” He added: “We will inquire FGV to upgrade nan accommodation to meet existent request – a petition afloat supported by each governmental groups connected nan municipality council.”

La Creueta, 1 of nan busiest stops successful nan region, presently operates pinch constricted unit and hours that neglect to lucifer rider numbers. The mobility proposes a fixed greeting and day schedule from Monday to Friday, play sum during highest season, and staffing levels based connected existent usage. The existing compartment would beryllium replaced by a “La Creueta Customer Point,” offering information, summons management, complaints handling, mislaid spot services, and charismatic receipts.

Modern accommodation and accessibility upgrades

Upgrades would besides see afloat functioning summons machines, video-assisted customer support for unstaffed hours, and round-the-clock intercom access. The extremity is planned arsenic a aviator for accessibility improvements, featuring adapted routes, accessible furniture, easy-to-read signage, pictograms, Navilens technology, and tailored solutions for older passengers and those pinch proceeding impairments.

Station renaming to debar confusion

The mobility besides calls for position renaming to forestall confusion: nan existent ‘La Creueta’ would go nan bilingual ‘Villajoyosa Central Station,’ while ‘La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa’ would adopt nan humanities sanction ‘El Calvari’ aliases an equivalent. Improvements to nan boarding and disembarking areas of nan aged position are besides included.

Reviving nan historical 1911 station

A dedicated conception of nan mobility focuses connected nan 1911 train station. The assembly proposes a associated task pinch FGV and spot owners to reconstruct it arsenic a nationalist facility. Plans could see a railway and metropolis mentation centre, a period-style café aliases restaurant, displays of historical railway equipment, aliases student/group accommodation successful nan erstwhile position master’s house. Sustainability, accessibility, and power ratio would beryllium central, pinch European backing opportunities explored.

A committedness to residents and tourists

Councillor Santamaría concluded: “We person a historical position we want to bring backmost to life, and we will return each nan basal steps to do so. At nan aforesaid time, our main TRAM position must connection services that bespeak Villajoyosa’s needs, some for residents and tourists. We will push FGV to present nan improvements we person agreed connected crossed each governmental parties.”