The León-Bilbao train appears in the papers of the transfer of the railways to…
The last shock that Feve expected, the narrow-gauge train that tries to survive in León in the midst of the spiral of structural and technological decline, is having to share two corporate managers on the route that connects the capital of León and Bilbao.
The desire of the empty Autonomous Government with the powers in railway matters, both operators and support, affects the narrow gauge; the León-Bilbao road already appears in the papers with which the central and Basque executives negotiate the transfer of the railway. The Robla train, a reference element for that legendary territorial connection that moved elemental merchandise for the economic and industrial development of Vizcaya, first, and labor to make the transformation a reality, later, appears on the list of traces and links of the document that the Government of Vitoria has transferred to the Ministry of Transport to meet the objective that is part of the complete development of the Guernica statute.
The lines that run exclusively through the community are supposed to be key and indisputable in the negotiation between governments, the routes Bilbao-Carranza, Irún-Vitoria, which enters Navarra, are negotiated. And included in the story of the negotiation between the two administrations is the infrastructure of the Bilbao-Balmaseda road, with a route that is affected by the future line 4 of the Metro to Rekalde and whose transfer is key. The rest of the routes pending resolution in favor of the assumption of powers by the Vitoria government are Bilbao Abando-Barakaldo-Santurtzi, Bilbao Abando-Barakaldo-Muskiz, Bilbao Abando-Laudio-Orduña, and Irun-Donostia-Tolosa-Brinkola. , as described in recent information by the Deia newspaper. Despite the pending fringes in technical matters and budget calculations, the train lines that leave the Basque community are no longer an obstacle in the negotiation. These are passenger transport lines that have a much higher demand for service than in other territories. The transfer of competences in railway matters is indicated in an advanced stage by those responsible for the Basque executive, based on the formation of work groups within the Euskotren company with the idea of determining the way to assume the services that are now Thousands of people move along the Cercanías 1, 2 and 3 lines that connect the Biscayan capital with Santurce, Musquiz and Orduña respectively, in addition to the narrow gauge route that serves the towns of the Encartaciones region until reaching Balmaseda (an emblematic place at the passage of the line and the old Feve on the route between León and Bilbao). Sources from the railway sector have already shown a cold reaction regarding the future of the Leonese Feve line and its destination, in the face of this challenge of being sectioned in its management by the powers of organizations belonging to two different administrations. A new shock that did not figure in the plan of tribulations of the company.