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The Mediterranean Corridor will have financial backing from the European Union.

European Commission vice-resident and Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas announced the corridor had been declared a priority and included in the EU Trans-European Transport Network, and therefore there will be community funds to finance the outstanding works. The high speed rail lines for the transport of passengers and goods from Almería to Murcia and Granada will make up part of this network.

The Commission has backed the extension of the Mediterranean Corridor up to the Andaluz rail network, in other words, the AVE high speed rail lines will go to Almería and extend to Granada-Antequera-Sevilla/Algeciras, but there will not be an AVE line to Motril and Málaga ports from Almería.

The Mediterranean Corridor basic network

The Mediterranean Corridor basic network will connect the French border with the Spanish Mediterranean main transport hubs, going through four autonomous communities which represent 40 per cent of the population and 40 per cent of GDP. The network will connect Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Castellón, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Cartagena and Almería to link up via the Andaluz rail network with Granada and Antequera, and from there to Algeciras. The global network will look at the connection from Seville to Cádiz and Huelva. Málaga will be connected with the central and Mediterranean corridors via a connection with Antequera on the existing high speed line.