That the main aspiration of a province is to get a high speed train and that, of course, stop, it is usual although, fortunately, there are less and less those that do not have this means of transport. It is more surprising, however, than … In other cases, efforts are still that the rail service is of a certain quality or, at least, worthy. And then there are those who, today, They do not even have a railroad for their displacements, as is the case in the province of Soriawhere their neighbors cannot even see the train pass since on April 1 the line that unites them with Madrid and Zaragoza was cut, at the height of Sigüenza.
A suspension caused by the works to adapt this infrastructure to the services of the future railway highway between Algeciras and Zaragoza that carries out Adif and that forces to interrupt the circulation of trains between Guadalajara and Jalón Plasencia. The action is necessary for the railroad to transport trucks, which forces to raise the bridges and tunnels through which the road passes to provide them with more height.
This cut affects Renfe’s medium distance services between Soria and Madridwhich cannot be done by train when the section between Guadalajara and Torralba is closed. To guarantee the mobility of travelers, the company has designed an alternative road plan that foresees just over 2,900 services during the execution of the works, whose purpose is scheduled for December 15 of this year.
As for high speed, The Sorians have long park their hopes of getting on a birddespite the fact that the line passes through the south of the province, which makes them the only one in Spain in which this high -performance train passes but does not stop. There was a first project to make a shuttle between the capital of Soriana and Calatayud (Zaragoza) to link to the bird line, but that, finally, remained in a drawer.
Then, a bus was thought that has ended up reduced to a VTC (Transport vehicle with driver), which offers two first leg services and many others back a day with five seats each, which only the registration can access. That would be, at this time, the only option if you opt for the railroad. However, there is still time for hope, although very long term, since, recently, the Ministry of Transportation tendered 626,356 euros Viability study to connect the Torralba-Soria-Castejón corridor With the high speed Madrid-Barcelona. To this end, the viability of the reopening of the Soria-Castejón section (closed in 1996) will be analyzed again, which in a first study was negative, although, on this occasion, a broader scope will be included when also considering the possible actions in the current line, Torralba-Soria, which is of diesel and is not electrified.
In short, that The only public service of the Sorianos to get out of their province is currently the buswith what this almost always supposes more travel time – until five hours to get to Madrid – according to many travelers, when they were done by train. The AVE option, after transfer to Calatayud in a VTC vehicle (55 minutes), would be another possibility with which, in addition, the offer is extended from the capital of Spain to any point of the national geography and, through Zaragoza, to Barcelona. However, in this case the complaints come due to the little existing offer. ‘I am going on Soria’ is the title of a famous song of the 80s of Caligari Cabinet. Today, by train, it would not be possible.
Soria spokesman now! In the courts of Castilla y León, Angel givestalk about “non -train” to refer to The railway offer in his land, which “is unfortunate and a shame”. «The train does not pass by Soria, through any of the lines of the province, or through the Alto Jalón Valley, nor through the capital and the bird passes and does not stop. We are still abandoned and a little more isolated, ”he laments. Therefore, he asks that the reopening of the Soria-Castejón be promoted so that the capital is not an end point on the train and has continuity to the north of the peninsula. It also proposes to take advantage of this nine -month break so that it is undertaken “finally and definitely the electrification of the line to Torralba.”
He assumes that “we understand that the roads have to be cut because a work that can be important as the railway highway is going to be done”, so he puts an old vindication on the table: that of having a logistics pole in Jalón arches, so that it does not happen as with the bird, which “lends the province to pass by and then not stop.”
The national deputy and general secretary of the PSOE in Soria, Luis Reyrecognizes that the situation is not good for the Sorianos with the cut of the line, but defends that, thanks to the government of Spain and an investment of 80 million, the Soria-Madrid service has ceased to be the “Chispita train” When the road infrastructure is improved and the speed can increase. It also highlights the government’s announcement to carry out a new study for the reopening of the Soria-Castejón and its possible connection to high speed. “If someone has opted for the railroad, we have been us,” he says. Assumes that the Sorianos “are right”, although it maintains that it is “an occasional situation” and that “we have made an effort to enable alternatives.”
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