Santander, Feb 8 (EFE) adjust deadlines.
This was reported in Santander by the General Secretary for Infrastructure, Xavier Flores, to the councilors responsible for rail and mobility matters in Cantabria and Asturias, to whom he explained that the delay was due to “a technical and complex discussion that could have been more diligent” to adapt the trains to the metric gauge of these regions.
Flores has acknowledged that the problem with the gauges has been known since work began on the contract in 2021, although he has qualified that at no time were trains “bigger than the tunnels” going to be built, but smaller, while He stressed that “we were looking for the best possible”, he stressed. (Audio) (Photo) (Video)
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