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expected to multiply by more than twice the current low participation quota of the railway
freight transport. However the mixed use of the railway lines for both passenger and freight will
have reduced maintenance costs but serious management problems (INECO, 2011). According
to the last national infrastructure plan the foreseen evolution of transport demand shows an
average increase of 1.5% annually for freight transport until 2024 (Ministerio de Fomento, 2015).

Finally thanks to the development of all the proposed intermodal areas and the
improvement of the rail lines, reducing freight times and increasing competitiveness
the increase of the global logistic potential of all this area can also be considered.

5. Conclusions and Proposals

Among the above mentioned territorial effects the foreseen future formation of the Southern
European Polycentric Metropolis in Andalusia can be underlined, and the reinforcement of their
existing adequate polycentric urban system. Also the gain of regional territorial centrality
of Antequera, with its new station located at the edge of the city centre, which will give
new opportunities of political-administrative facilities decentralization, and its metropolitan
integration with Malaga is to be highlighted.
The new metropolitan relationships among medium cities and their provincial capitals should
be emphasized, and the expected intensification of the relationships with the regional and
national capitals for administrative and business purposes.
The Mediterranean Corridor will offer a continuous and competitive way of a more sustainable
transport and will enable a complete integration of the regional rail and logistic network with
the national and European transport networks.

As the corridors and crossroads are topographically clearly defined, the location of the proposed
logistic areas of the Logistic Andalusian Network are linked to the main transport axes and
consumer/production nodes. However there is a lack of a logistic area that is clearly needed
in the crossroads of the A-92 North and South within the rail line near Guadix linked to the
provincial road network, as has been previously recognized (Grindlay, 2014). This area offers a
space of real logistic opportunity.
The need for the connection of the two lines of the Mediterranean Corridor, not only between
Antequera and Cordoba but also between Moreda and Linares-Baeza, is also proposed. Moreover,
the improvement of this line is demanded from the Jaen province to reinforce the logistical
role of the dry port of Linares and the connection of the Almeria area with the centre of the
peninsula (CESPJ, 2017).
The minimization of the tunnel effect will come with an adequate connection of future rail
proximity services with a complete territorial public transport system for a suitable intermodal
coordination with a great multimodality as proposed in the European spatial strategy.
The future new developments to be proposed around the new railroads should stimulate the
local potentials and should focus on its multiscale and it multidimensional reality, compatible
with a multifunctional use.
6. References

• ASCHER, F. (2005). Los nuevos principios del urbanismo. Alianza, Madrid.
• BELLET, C., ALONSO, P. & GUITIERREZ, A. (2012). The High-Speed Rail in Spanish Cities:
Urban Integration and Local Strategies for Socio-economic Develoment. In: J. M. DE UREÑA
(ed.). Territorial Implications of High-Speed Rail: a Spanish Perspective. Ashgate, Farnham.
pp. 163-196.

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