Overview
- Transport Minister Óscar Puente committed to completing the corridor’s infrastructure between Almería and the French border in 2027, while withholding a date for the Algeciras link due to the Granada–Almería bottleneck.
- Gauge upgrades would enable high‑speed journeys in 2027 of roughly 50 minutes between Valencia and Alicante and about two hours between Valencia and Barcelona, contingent on works between Tarragona–Castellón and Xàtiva–La Encina.
- Key freight and logistics nodes have target dates: La Llagosta terminal and its Martorell link by June 2026, Valencia’s Fuente de San Luis terminal plus Sagunt port and the Almussafes bypass by mid‑2026, and Castellón port connectivity in early 2027.
- The Granada–Almería stretch remains unresolved as the government advances complex studies without a delivery date, a gap business groups label the project’s “black hole.”
- Quiero Corredor held its final mass event but will keep monitoring; organizers report every tract is active in some phase, while government figures cite about €8.3–8.4 billion tendered and roughly €5.4 billion executed to date.