The Acting President of Spain’s Government, Pedro Sánchez, inaugurated on June 25 the high-speed railway line that joins Madrid with Antequera and Granada, a city, “that has probably waited too long for the arrival of high-speed travel and its return to the railway network”.
EUR 1.68 billion is the allotted investment for the 122-km standard-gauge line. The European Union provided a EUR 725 million funding, covering 43% of the investment.
The prime minister, together with the Minister for Public Works, José Luis Ábalos, the State Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Pedro Saura, the Chaiperson of Adif, Isabel Pardo took the train from Madrid Puerta de Atocha station with a stop at Santa Ana station in the town of Antequera (Malaga), where their groups was joined by the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno and the Mayor of Antequera, Manuel Barón to arrive at the railway station in Granada. The train started its journey at 9:15 and arrived at 12:30 in Granada.
“Granada won the battle with time and distance. This is a victory that means more jobs, more tourism and more economic development, not only for the city, but for the whole province”, the prime minister said.
Starting 26 June, three AVE trains will connect Granada and Madrid in each direction, with a daily offer of 2,000 seats. The journey will take around 3 – 3.30 hours, saving approximately one hour and twenty minutes.
The new connection between Granada and Madrid includes other towns and cities in Andalusia, such as Loja, Puente Genil and Cordoba, as well as Ciudad Real. In addition, Renfe will establish, as from 26 June, a direct connection between Granada and Barcelona with a daily AVE train in each direction, thus offering another 730 seats to the high-speed offer from the city of Granada.
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