Barcelona and València, two years away from being linked by high-speed rail: the Government sets 2027 as a key date

As announced by the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, the decisive section — the change to the international track gauge between Tarragona and Castelló — will be finished in 2027, making it possible to link the two Mediterranean capitals with genuine high-speed trains, without transfers or technical limitations.

At the «Vull Corredor» meeting, held in València, Puente sought to convey a clear idea: after decades of demands, the Mediterranean Corridor is moving forward. And, he says, it is doing so at a “very positive” pace. While dates are being set for the track closure required to complete the gauge change, the Ministry continues carrying out work that does not require traffic to be interrupted.

The figures show the scale of the impetus. Since 2018, €8.327 billion has been tendered for corridor works, and more than €5.300 billion has already been executed. In Catalonia, the works under way exceed €1.397 billion, with the future La Sagrera station as the flagship project: a major hub that will integrate AVE, Rodalies, Metro and buses and that alone will absorb an investment of close to €1 billion.

The announcement comes alongside the Ministry's plan to study improvements to the Madrid–Barcelona line, which would make it possible to run at 350 km/h and reduce the journey to two hours. With 2027 in sight, the Mediterranean axis is facing a decisive stage: that of genuine rail interoperability between the two great coastal capitals.