FRANCE: A 5·5 km extension of Bordeaux tram Line D was opened on February 29, connecting Mairie du Bouscat to Eysines Cantinolle.
The €250m project included nine stops and two car parks, which have all entered opened on the same day.
Line D now runs 9·8 km from Carle Vernet to Eysines Cantinolle, including 4 km which is shared with Line C.
A further extension of Line D northwest towards Le Taillan-Médoc and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles is currently being planned, with a target opening date of 2024.
FRANCE: Brittany Ferries has announced plans to launch its first rail motorway service in 2021, a 980 km landbridge carrying unaccompanied lorry trailers between the Channel port of Cherbourg and Mouguerre close to the Spanish border near Bayonne.
FRANCE: Construction of the 222 km high speed line from Bordeaux to Toulouse may start in two years’ time. Speaking on January 21, President of the Occitanie Regional Economic, Social & Environmental Council Jean-Louis Chauzy said that that the first sod could be turned in 2022, with construction taking seven ...
SPAIN: Tenders were issued on December 12 for reconstruction of the main line station in San Sebastián as part of the ‘Basque Y’ high speed programme.
