The rail freight connection between the Spanish city of Salamanca and the Portuguese port of Aveiro is expected to be completed in 2021. The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy his counterpart António Costa announced this plan. The Portuguese government has budgeted EUR 375 million to complete its part of the project, the Spanish government EUR 68 million.
The railway connection is part of a long-term project to develop railway connections among the Spanish cities of Vigo, an important manufacturing hub in the Spanish region of Galicia, Salamanca, Badajoz, the most important city of the region of Extremadura, and the ports of Aveiro and Leixões. Vigo and Porto are the extreme points of an industrial axis between northern Portugal and Galicia, while Extremadura is a region exporting large primary sector volumes to the EU.
The Portuguese ports of Aveiro and Leixões in the vicinity of industrial hub of Porto are the ideal logistic export gates for Castile and Leon, important manufacturing cities near Salamanca. Export products mainly consist of wine, agricultural and car manufacturing products (Nissan, Renault and Iveco and its providers all have factories near Salamanca).
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