Spain completes Madrid–Murcia high-speed line
- Location
- Region of Murcia (Beniel–Murcia section) · 🇪🇸 Spain
- Project
- Beniel–Murcia del Carmen high-speed rail section (Madrid–Murcia AVE)
- Investment
- more than €410 million (Beniel–Murcia section)
- Status
- Completed / in operation (since 20 Dec 2022)
The roughly 16 km Beniel–Murcia del Carmen section completes the Madrid–Murcia high-speed line (part of the Mediterranean Corridor, co-financed with EU ERDF/FEDER funds) and was formally inaugurated on 19 December 2022 by King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, with regular passenger service beginning on 20 December 2022. More than €410 million were invested, including advanced signalling technology; travel time between Madrid and Murcia dropped to 2 hours 45 minutes with eight daily AVE connections.
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