The mayor, Juan José Cánovas, recently met with the spokesman and technical advisor of the Pro-Underground Platform of Murcia, Joaquín Contreras and Domingo Centenero, to discuss the future of public rail services of Cercanías by the arrival of the AVE on the surface To the city of Murcia.
Those responsible for this platform explained to the mayor about the situation in which the project of the arrival of the AVE to the capital Murcia and the possible complications that this infrastructure can carry in the railway services of Cercanías to the rest of the autonomous community, in this one Case, to the municipality of Totana.
The members of this platform advocate the maintenance of quality rail services of proximity to vertebrate the different territories and regions of the Region of Murcia;
And regret that this is a public transport that has not had improvements in recent years by the age of machines over 35 years in some cases and roads.
The Pro-Underground Platform of Murcia advocates to propose to the Railway Infrastructure Committee the improvement of the investments in rail and the quality of services in the Region of Murcia, for which a motion will be debated soon in the Regional Assembly of Murcia at the initiative of this collective citizen.
The representatives of this entity requested the institutional support of the City of Totana to make the relevant demands and demands to the administrations and competent bodies that allow to improve the condition of these services, and not focus all the railway investment in the arrival of the AVE to Murcia .
The regional network of the Region of Murcia is characterized by being one of the least modernized of our country, not to say that it is the most ancient of Spain.
In addition, it seems that the arrival of the AVE to Murcia may jeopardize the continuity of the commuter line with Alicante, due to the incompatibility of the roads;
At the same time as this entity has been denouncing lapoca investment in the lines and suburban trains.
Last week, the regional assembly unanimously approved a motion presented by PSOE and We can ask the Government of Spain to study the necessary improvements, both in material and in the provision of the service, so that the neighborhoods between Ãguilas, Cartagena And Alicante are modernized.
As they explained from the platform to the totanero regidor, the number of travelers in the lines of closeness rounds an average of 4 million passengers a yearand, although the investment has decreased, its revenues have been increasing, reason why it is a profitable service , Whose profitability is not only economic but also social.
