The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has announced that a new rail service linking Valencia with Zaragoza is now operational and will serve three weekly rotations linking the section of the Mediterranean-Cantabrian Corridor and other goods bound for or departing from the Port of Valencia. The rotation of the service is Valencia-Teruel-Zaragoza.
This connection set up by CSP Iberian Rail Services is an opportunity to strengthen the competitiveness and international development of Aragonese industries, according to a statement by the Port of Valencia.
The second train loaded with containers bound for the Plaza Zaragoza logistics platform left the Cosco terminal facilities in the Valencian port area.
The Port of Valencia said that this is a service that reinforces the connection of Aragonese companies with more than a thousand ports in 168 countries with which the Port of Valencia has commercial relations.
The Spanish port has noted that for Cosco, the Zaragoza rail terminal is a strategic infrastructure in Spain as it guarantees the connection with its two maritime terminals, located in the ports of Valencia and Bilbao, for which the improvement of the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor and, especially, the Valencia-Zaragoza section is fundamental.
PAV has announced it has approximately US$120 million in the improvement of the Valencia-Teruel-Zaragoza line aiming to favour the development of new business opportunities and logistic development through the railway, the modal integration and the connection with the Trans-European transport networks.
These investments include the works for the Sagunto-Teruel-Zaragoza line, the adaptation of tracks to be able to accommodate trains up to 750 metres long or the railway access to the port of Sagunto.
