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 RoadsGalicia has a fast, modern and safe road network enabling rapid communication between its four provinces, the rest of Spain and Europe.
Recent years have witnessed major improvements in the road network, with the corresponding reductions in travelling time and increased safety. Renewed investment is underway in toll highways, freeways and other roads to provide the region with a comprehensive and efficient road network.
 
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Railway NetworkThe current railway network links the main Galician cities and connects Galicia with the rest of Spain and Portugal. The new investment programme for the Galician rail network includes High Speed Trains linking the main Galician cities with Madrid in a maximum time of 2h 59'. The Portuguese government is also looking into the possibility of a high speed connection with Galicia.
  Ports and Airports Galicia has a privileged maritime location, with 127 ports along its coastline. From north to south, the most important are San Cibrao, Ferrol, A Coruña, Vilagarcía, Marín and Vigo. The ports of A Coruña and Vigo are situated on the main international shipping routes between Europe, America and Asia, placing them in a strategic position which has permitted a degree of specialisation in the loading and unloading of bulk products, fish, and a wide variety of general merchandise, apart from regular feeder services and cruise ships. They are also Spain's main ports for the unloading of fresh and frozen fish.
With the aim of providing Galicia with better and larger port infrastructures, and placing Galicia at the forefront of international maritime transportation, major works have recently been carried out on the construction of the Outer Harbour of Ferrol, which is already in service and offers a logistics opportunity for large-scale international container vessel companies thanks to its extensive surfaces and deep draft, and the Outer Harbour of A Coruña, currently under construction and destined to be a major port and industrial centre. In Vigo, Galicia has one of the three Free Trade Zones in Spain, and the only one in the northwest of the peninsula.
Galicia's communication networks are further complemented by its three airports in A Coruña, Santiago and Vigo, all of which comply with the requirements of the European Commission to be considered as EU airports of an international character.
Galicia´s three airports currently offer a series of daily flights connecting the region with Spain´s main cities, together with numerous direct international connections.
Gas Network Today, the 20" diameter gas pipeline connecting Braga-Tui-Ribadeo-Asturias-León provides Galicia with 5,000 million therms per year through the installation of compression stations. From the main pipeline there are four high pressure 80 bar outlets (AP 80): a 10" branch to Ourense, an 8" branch to Ferrol, a 14" branch to A Coruña and a 4" branch to Curtis. Other high pressure 16 bar (AP 16) branch pipelines feed the surrounding networks and Lugo.
To complement this system, there is a re-gasification system in Mugardos (Ferrol area), with a capacity of 63,945 GWh/year in its first stage, increasing to 93,011 GWh/year in the second.
Industrial Land Galicia has more than 100 industrial, commercial and service estates spread throughout its four provinces and covering an area of more than 47,000,000 square meters. Also, to ensure the future infrastructure, new business parks are being planned, expanding the existing availability by more than 25,000,000 square meters. |
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