Carlos Mazón: “With the awarding of the works for the TRAM Central Station we are taking a decisive step so that Alicante has intermodal after eight years of paralysis”

• Carlos Mazón: “With the awarding of the works for the TRAM Central Station we are taking a decisive step so that Alicante has intermodal after...
• It values ​​​​Consell's effort "to unblock and launch this infrastructure" with an amount of 102 million euros and which will begin in the last quarter of the year
   
• He emphasises that the project “is one of the most important in terms of investment for Alicante and will represent a new stage in the intermodality and connectivity of the city.” 
• The future Alicante TRAM station has a general floor area of ​​12,000 square meters, will be underground, will have four tracks and two platforms and will allow an increase in current circulation and serve future extensions of the system.

The president of the Generalitat Valenciana, Carlos Mazón, has stressed that "with the awarding of the works for the TRAM Central Station we have taken a decisive step so that Alicante has this infrastructure and the intermodal station after eight years of paralysis."

The head of the Consell has chaired in Alicante the board of directors of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGV) held at the Marina station to award the works for the future Central Station, and has had the participation of the Minister of the Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory, Salomé Pradas.

Carlos Mazón explained that the authorisation for the award has been made for a value of 102 million euros, 98 million correspond to the project for the execution of the work and 4 million to the construction management. 

The president has shown his satisfaction with the implementation of this infrastructure, which the Botànic was unable to promote, and has valued the efforts of this Consell by achieving the free and permanent transfer of the land and giving the green light to the construction works. the new central TRAM station extending the network from the Luceros Station. 

Likewise, he has pointed out that this work, which will start in the last quarter of the year, "is one of the most important in terms of investment for the city of Alicante and will represent a new stage in intermodality and connectivity of the city itself with a Central Station. at the height of their needs and the desire of Alicante men and women.” In addition, “we unclog the city's connectivity in such a way that we eliminated that wall that separates the Renfe station from the Luceros station.”  

The project will allow the creation of a large intermodal node where long-distance flows, the TRAM system and urban, metropolitan and interurban bus services converge. Furthermore, it should be remembered that the objective is to connect with the airport through the Torrellano bypass and a short distance from the cruise terminal of the Port of Alicante. 

Carlos Mazón has also influenced the coordination between the Ministry of the Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory, and the City Council for the development of this infrastructure and has thanked the negotiation work with Adif for the unblocking of the land.

Characteristics of the future TRAM Central Station

The future Alicante TRAM Central Station will have a general floor area of ​​12,000 square meters and will be located next to the southern flank of the Adif Station, parallel to said building, but underground. The award of the project includes four tracks and two platforms to be able to properly serve both the metropolitan TRAM services to Campello, San Vicente-Universidad and Cabo de Huertas, as well as the Train-Tram connections with Benidorm and Dénia.

The design of its railway capacity will allow a significant increase in current circulations, as well as addressing future extensions of the system. In addition, the west end of the Station has been designed to allow for the future extension of the TRAM to serve the neighborhoods in that area of ​​the city. Likewise, it is worth noting that we are working together with the Alicante City Council on various solutions for this extension in order to provide this transport service to the largest possible number of citizens.

Phases and Deadlines

The action will begin in the last quarter with the construction of a provisional parking lot located next to the Adif tracks, behind the current railway traffic control building. From then on, the execution of the Station itself will be undertaken, on the one hand, and, on the other, its underground connection with the end of the existing line.