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In addition to being isolated from Andalusia, the councilor for this training, Gloria Martín, lamented that, after years of unfulfilled promises, the Ciudad del Sol continues to have a "Miss Pepis" train that takes almost an hour to cover the 52 km Separate Lorca from the coastal town of Águilas or in reaching the capital murcia, 65 km away

The Councilor of the United Left-Greens, Gloria Martín, announced today that she will ask the Confederation of the United We can include the reopening of the rail line Lorca-Baza-Guadix in the proposal of law with which they intend to promote the construction or Recovery of different roads in Andalusia, Castilla y León, Asturias and Extremadura.

Martín recalled that the Ministry of Public Works has already carried out a preliminary feasibility study on the reopening of this railway line and that it is necessary to continue exercising "political and citizen pressure" to begin the drafting of the information study and that the train can return To unite the provinces of Eastern Andalusia and the Spanish Levante after 32 years.

The mayor of IU-Verdes recalled that the Central Executive acquired the commitment to include the reopening of the line in the current Plan of Infrastructure of the State 2012-2024 reason why he asked that "stop dizzying the partridge" and that Andalusian and Murcian deputies Of the party of the Government also commit themselves with an infrastructure that could become "signal of identity and prosperity of the regions of Lorca and the Almanzora".

Train of Miss Pepis

In addition to the "isolation" with respect to Andalusia, Gloria Martín denounced the "third world railroad" that affects the Region of Murcia where the trains take 54 minutes to cover the 52 km of the section that separates Lorca from the coastal municipality of Eagles, or one hour to Reach Murcia, 65 km away.

"Our commuter trains circulate at a ridiculous speed that barely exceeds 50 km / hour," said Martin, who explained that in other cities and towns in Spain it is possible to travel similar distances in just half an hour, as occurs between Torrijos and Talavera de La Reina (Toledo), where a journey time of 50 km is only 28 minutes.

"The eternal promise of the AVE can not be an excuse to abandon the means of transport used by the working class to their fate," Martín said.

For this reason, Izquierda Unida-Verdes once again called for the "development of suburban trains to be" prioritized "and for the rehabilitation, refurbishment and modernization of public works already built.

Source: IU-verdes Lorca