El Gobierno central bids for 1.2 million Costa del Sol train viability study between Nerja and Algeciras

El Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible has requested 1.2 million euros (VAT included) for the drafting of the viability study of the Costa del Sol train between Nerja (Málaga) and Algeciras (Cádiz), as announced in noviembre en el seno del grupo de trabajo for the coastal train of the Costa del Sol. The tender will be published immediately in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE), depending on the fact that they are signaled by the Ministry for Communication.

The contract will allow the analysis of large-scale solutions to improve mobility and rail connectivity between the municipalities in the area with the refuerzo from the C1 line of Cercanías Málaga-Fuengirola and the possible extension of the extension to the west, to Algeciras (Cádiz), y hacia el este , hasta Nerja (Málaga).

The viability study was structured in five sections: one on the eastern Costa del Sol, between Málaga and Nerja, and four on the western Costa del Sol: Málaga-Fuengirola, Fuengirola-Marbella, Marbella-Estepona and Estepona-Algeciras. The C1 line has an important demand, it connects the malagueña capital with Malaga Costa del Sol airport, quarter of passenger traffic and with mid-sized cities located on the western costa del Sol: Torremolinos, Benalmádena and Fuengirola.

Estudio de demanda

Regarding, they recorded that it is a conventional railway line, electrified and equipped with double track in part to be laid, “en la carre se han venido acometiendo improvements and inversions in the last decades, but still presents certain limitations and no cubre de the satisfactory form of the mobility needs of the population, for which it is necessary to study options to improve the service, to strengthen the existing infrastructure or to build a new corridor”, according to the signal from the Ministry of Transports.

In addition, action is being taken to bring the benefits of rail transport to the rest of the citizenry living in the Costa del Sol, but currently the line does not serve densely populated municipios in the west of Fuengirola, such as Estepona or Marbella, nor does it reach Eastern Costa del Sol.

El estudio de viabilidad, he advanced the Ministry, supported a demand study based in a model built specifically for this action and a study of financial and socioeconómica profitability. The socio-economic profitability figures will serve to help make decisions about the convenience of action (on her part).

Through these actions, private vehicle mobility alternatives are offered, the mobility of people with disabilities is guaranteed, territorial and social cohesion is boosted and the integration of urban development and mobility policies is facilitated, the department explains. who leads Óscar Puente.

El alcance del estudio de viabilidad the object of the contract will be necessary to fulfill an estimate in article 5.3 of the Ley del Sector Ferroviario. Finally, desde el Gobierno de España, indicated that these actions responded to the objectives of the Estrategia de Movilidad Sostenible, Segura y Conectada 2030, aimed at improving social cohesion, economic growth and solving the real problems of mobility. “El modo de rail transport aligns with these objectives and contributes to sustainable mobility from the social, economic and environmental point of view”, concluyen.