Bridging the barriers, AVE puts on chartered buses to Torrevieja

A YEAR ON: RENFE is providing buses to Torrevieja and Benidorm.

PASSENGERS arriving in Alicante on the AVE high speed trains from Madrid will now be able to get a direct onward journey to Torrevieja and Benidorm.

Rail operator RENFE will charter buses so passengers will not have to make their way to the city’s bus or tram station.  

Alicante council has repeatedly turned down requests for a regular bus linking the station with Benidorm and Torrevieja, claiming that this would cause traffic chaos in the city centre.   

Chartered coaches however do not need council permission to leave or pick up passengers at the station and RENFE will now sell tickets covering the combined journey from Madrid to Torrevieja or Benidorm.

The announcement comes as the AVE celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday.

It was June 17 2013 when Prince Philip made the journey from Madrid and toured Alicante train station as the AVE opened for the first time following nine years of work.

During the past 12 months, 1.3 million passengers have made the journey, taking just over two hours, between Spain’s capital and Alicante with 11 trains running each day, providing over 7,000 seats.

The train has brought more passengers to the Costa Blanca boosting the local economy. President of the Provincial Association of Hotels Alicante, Cristina Rodes, said: “The balance of the first year of the AVE in the province has been very positive. It was a highly anticipated infrastructure at the local and provincial level and has had wide acceptance.”

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    • Noreen Byrne

      21 June 2014 • 11:12

      Iwhilst I agree it’s a grat addition to our communiting service here in Alicante ; it begs the question; when will we get a direct train service to and from Torrievieja?

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