Post by davexf on Dec 17, 2022 7:51:51 GMT 1
Hi Folks,
from Diario de Cadiz
What the tram has pending for 2023: more frequency, the Tres Caminos footbridge, the Janer substation...
There are still issues to be resolved that will influence the greater or lesser success of the tram
For Chiclana, the initial approach of the tram "falls short" in frequency
The first train-tram in Spain –a pioneering project by making use of the railway platform to link the cities of Cádiz, San Fernando and Chiclana– has managed to start in 2022, which is not a small thing given the Innumerable complications that it has had to cope with this performance for 16 years.
Now, at last, it is a reality. But ahead of it, it still has to solve several pending issues –predictably throughout 2023– that will also influence the greater or lesser success of this new means of metropolitan transport in the long term.
One of these is the frequency of this service, which cities like Chiclana have described as "insufficient" to begin with – only one tram every hour goes directly to Cádiz on weekdays – for the Tram to truly be an alternative option that fits into citizenship and to prevent people from using the car when traveling it needs to be more frequent.
Chiclana's mayor, Jose Maria Roman , especially insisted on this issue at his inauguration. The tram "falls short", he said, if the journey from Chiclana to the capital is about 45 minutes and only one arrives directly every hour (the rest – there is a service every half hour – have to change at Río Arillo to continue the journey in a Cercanías).
And the mayor of Cádiz, José María González Kichi, expressed himself in the same terms at the time , warning that the project "was born with the perspective of a decade" and, therefore, fell far short of the current needs of the citizens.
Another of those issues that the tram has yet to resolve is the construction of the pedestrian walkway that will link the Tres Caminos stop– the only one that exists in the Puerto Real district – with the adjoining industrial estate, which is separated by the highway. So right now, that stop doesn't lead anywhere, so it's completely useless.
The construction of the pedestrian walkway, yes, began a few weeks ago (an investment of almost 1.4 million) and has an execution period of 6 months, so it should be finished by mid-2023.
And this is also added to the start-up of the Janer electrical substation, which will be the infrastructure responsible for guaranteeing the electricity supply to the tram, although its start-up has been possible thanks to the agreement signed with Endesa that has also allowed the test development. The works of the substation located in San Fernando have been completed for months, although it still depends on the procedures for its legalization and start-up.
yes you read that right - the sub-station to supply electricity has been completed for months BUT the paperwork still has to be completed
We live in interesting times LOL
Davexf
from Diario de Cadiz
What the tram has pending for 2023: more frequency, the Tres Caminos footbridge, the Janer substation...
There are still issues to be resolved that will influence the greater or lesser success of the tram
For Chiclana, the initial approach of the tram "falls short" in frequency
The first train-tram in Spain –a pioneering project by making use of the railway platform to link the cities of Cádiz, San Fernando and Chiclana– has managed to start in 2022, which is not a small thing given the Innumerable complications that it has had to cope with this performance for 16 years.
Now, at last, it is a reality. But ahead of it, it still has to solve several pending issues –predictably throughout 2023– that will also influence the greater or lesser success of this new means of metropolitan transport in the long term.
One of these is the frequency of this service, which cities like Chiclana have described as "insufficient" to begin with – only one tram every hour goes directly to Cádiz on weekdays – for the Tram to truly be an alternative option that fits into citizenship and to prevent people from using the car when traveling it needs to be more frequent.
Chiclana's mayor, Jose Maria Roman , especially insisted on this issue at his inauguration. The tram "falls short", he said, if the journey from Chiclana to the capital is about 45 minutes and only one arrives directly every hour (the rest – there is a service every half hour – have to change at Río Arillo to continue the journey in a Cercanías).
And the mayor of Cádiz, José María González Kichi, expressed himself in the same terms at the time , warning that the project "was born with the perspective of a decade" and, therefore, fell far short of the current needs of the citizens.
Another of those issues that the tram has yet to resolve is the construction of the pedestrian walkway that will link the Tres Caminos stop– the only one that exists in the Puerto Real district – with the adjoining industrial estate, which is separated by the highway. So right now, that stop doesn't lead anywhere, so it's completely useless.
The construction of the pedestrian walkway, yes, began a few weeks ago (an investment of almost 1.4 million) and has an execution period of 6 months, so it should be finished by mid-2023.
And this is also added to the start-up of the Janer electrical substation, which will be the infrastructure responsible for guaranteeing the electricity supply to the tram, although its start-up has been possible thanks to the agreement signed with Endesa that has also allowed the test development. The works of the substation located in San Fernando have been completed for months, although it still depends on the procedures for its legalization and start-up.
yes you read that right - the sub-station to supply electricity has been completed for months BUT the paperwork still has to be completed
We live in interesting times LOL
Davexf
