This was shared by its spokesperson in the Aragonese regional parliament, Tomás Guitarte, who pointed out that as early as 2024 the EU specified that the entire Zaragoza-Valencia section was part of the core network of the Trans-European Transport Network.
Guitarte explained that the TEN-T requirements are not being met because the speed at which this section is being designed, “with the aim of keeping costs to a minimum,” is a maximum of 140 km/h, whereas regulations establish that the minimum for these sections must be 160 km/h.
Other aspects that, according to Teruel Existe, are not met by the current information study include the speed set for freight trains, which is 100 km/h, and the type of track. In this regard, the politician from Teruel denounced that the Mediterranean Corridor to which the line will connect is designed with standard gauge, while the Teruel-Sagunto section is planned as an Iberian-gauge line.
For all these reasons, Tomás Guitarte said that “they are trying to pass off one thing as another” because the works currently being carried out on the line “cannot in any way be considered the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor covered by European regulations and even by Spanish planning.”
