{"id":233550,"date":"2025-06-11T18:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=63112"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:44:27","slug":"key-section-of-valencia-madrid-rail-highway-line-to-be-doubled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=233550","title":{"rendered":"Key section of Valencia-Madrid rail highway line to be doubled"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Iberian gauge rail section between Moixente and L’Alc\u00fadia de Crespins, south of Valencia, will be doubled with an investment of 27,4 million euros. This 16.8-kilometre section is an essential part of the route of the Valencia-Madrid rail highway service, which will benefit from higher capacity.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The rail highway service connecting Valencia and Madrid runs on a double line for most of its journey. However, a short stretch between X\u00e0tiva and La Encina is still on single track. The situation will be partially improved with the doubling of the Moixente-L’Alc\u00fadia de Crespins line.<\/p>\n

Launched in the summer of 2024, the rail highway service between Valencia and Madrid is a cooperation between TransItalia and Tramesa to transport semi-trailers, coming from Genoa via ship, by rail. Despite a few troubled months due to the floods that hit Valencia last November, ambitions remain high, as there are talks to extend the service to Valladolid and Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

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Handling a train for the Madrid\u2013Valencia rail highway. Image: LinkedIn. \u00a9 TRAMESA \u2013 GAA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rail highways and rolling highways<\/p>\n

When it comes to moving trucks onto the railways, there are different types of services.
\nRolling highway<\/strong> services focus on accompanied combined transport, where the whole truck,
\nincluding the tractor, is loaded on wagons. Truck drivers remain with the vehicles and often travel
\nin separate passenger carriages attached to the freight train. These services are mostly used for
\ntransalpine traffic, and two of them were recently discontinued.<\/p>\n