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A DETAILED study will finally look at building a train along the entire Costa del Sol. In a big U-turn, the Ministry of Transport will set up a ‘working group’ to include the Junta, Malaga province, as well as the various local town halls. The study will look at the feasibility of the project, including its social, economic and environmental impact. It will also look at demand, the needs of each community, the difficulty of construction and cost. According to the ministry that previously brushed off the project, a recent plan proposed by the Malaga authorities is ‘insufficient’. It claimed a new 47 km-stretch would take eight years to build and cost between €2.5bn and €2.7bn. Serving 46 million passengers a year, it would connect the current high speed line between Cordoba and Malaga to Marbella while adapting the existing C1 line. Malaga province spokesman Javier Salas welcomed the study and said it aimed to get the working group up and running before the summer. He has confirmed the group will discuss mobility problems on the Costa del Sol ‘and in particular, the coastal train.’ “The Spanish Government is committed to solving the need for better mobility here,” said Salas. “This is evident now with all the work they are doing on the motorways.”
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