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I read with interest about the new plans for the West Yorkshire Metro. While there are no doubt plenty of thoughts about the first 2 planned lines in Leeds and Bradford and even for the third line to Kirklees, I am turning my attention to the planned and mentioned Bradford - Halifax and beyond...

Thank you Lluis. I will read this thoroughly. I wish you all the best and luck with your proposal and really hope that this happens. We all need it. Have you also considered extending the Cercanias eastwards towards Nerja etc and even northwards towards Axarquia?

When I first read about this in Spain in Spanish newspapers some months ago, the initial plan was for Renfe to run trains purely between London and Paris. It may however have changed in the meantime.

I had a quick look at the map and as you say it is possible. I notice with sadness that the spur to th port is shown. It is a pity that this all now overgrown and not used. There are plans to reinvigorate possibly via a tunnel but as always with Spain, if it happens, it will be at some...

This was also my thought. The only issue here would be whether the line C2 would still be able to serve the underground Victoria Kent station if, with the current track layout, it terminated in the mainline Maria Zambrano station. This wouldn't really be a problem as there wouldn't be many...

I can't understand the Maria Zambrano station overcrowding either, but that's what they reckon 1698528824 Good point - I hadn't taken that into account

Most, if not all of the underground stations couldn't take double length trains and would be expensive to adapt. I should imagine though that the overground stations would be easier to adapt. TheJunta de Andalucia Malaga Province transport plan is talking about slightly extending the Malaga...

You're right right - I expressed muself badly. I meant to say that the frequency needs to be increased as for much of the day the trains are overcrowded. Some of the municipalities along the line are already pressing to see at least a 15 minute frequency but in my expreience, for large parts of...

From the English edition of Diario Sur This is the latest proposal to extend the infrequent and overcrowded Malaga Cercanias service further down the Costa Del Sol. i am not hopeful that this would ever happen as it would cause years of disruption to the motorway which is already overcrowded...

Below is an article from today's edition of "El Espanol" newspaper - translated by me. This all sounds more hopful, if a little unambitious, but as always there's no mention of where the money is coming from. Definitive step to transform mobility in Malaga: more Cercanías, more bikes, fewer...

Thanks for your response. I like the idea of 4 tracking a new cercanías station at Plaza de Marina. I can't see it happening in my lifetime though. There's little support from central government although Andalucía and the city of Málaga have the same colour of government now and seem to be...

Thanks for your reply. I suspect you are right about Malaga Centro - Alameda station. Like in the UK, cost cutting seems to really damage any future proofing of many projects in Spain. The line to the Port has been disused for quite some time now and the street level track that runs down to the...

Thanks Sir Felix - I have also heard there are very, very early provisional plans for a new/extended metro line to the north - to Ciudad de Jardin too. But whether this would be an extension from the future extension of line 2 or a brand new line, I don't know. They are also trying to restart...

There have recently been some motions from some of the local authorities along the Malaga-Furengirola C1 line to increase the frequency of the C1 service. I frquently use the service but I am not quite sure how this would work. Certain sections are not double some of which at least would need to...

There has recently been some speculation on this and a route from Galicia too. Another problem, other than paths, is that they have different overhead power systems so a solution would have to be made for this too. If you can understand spanish, there is a recent video on Youtube channel...