Bullet train would link Medellín and Bogotá: studies by a Spanish firm began for pre-feasibility analysis

A project is beginning to take shape that could continue to mark the history of infrastructure in the country: it is the bullet train that would unite Medellin with the capital of the country, Bogota.

During the previous week it was known start of studies and designs, by a Spanish firm, for what will be this important project of the high-speed train, that would even reduce the journey from eight hours to three hours between both cities, and would have a length of between 360 and 600 kilometers, it is speculated.

• The technical study will define the feasibility of this megaproject. For now, according to the Promotora Ferrocarril de Antioquia, it is estimated that the train would reach a commercial speed of between 200 and 250 kilometers per houron a railway track that could have a slope of 1.5%.

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  In Medellín, intermodality focuses on public transportation. We are working to keep the railway corridors active and promote them further in the country, because with trains we bring Colombia closer

  said Carolina Barbanti, president (e) of the National Infrastructure Agency, at the Railway Route forum held the previous week.

  It is worth mentioning that, according to the Antioquia Railway Promoter, This start of pre-feasibility studies will not necessarily be the start of the construction of the train, since another analysis must be generated regarding the financial viability.