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Development Undersecretary Mario Garcés, and the government delegate in Murcia, Joaquin Bascuñana, along with the Minister of Public Works and Planning, Antonio Sevilla, and other authorities and representatives of Renfe and ADIF, made late this morning the train ride between Lorca and Aguilas stations, where they could see the final state of repair and improvement works in railway infrastructure was heavily damaged by torrential rains last year.

On arrival in the city were greeted by the mayor of Eagle, Bartolome Hernandez, and the mayor of Planning, Isabel María Soler, with whom he had the opportunity to exchange views on the work undertaken to return to town this service he remained seven months interrupted and has involved an investment of eight million euros.

All authorities present at the event, agreed at the time to highlight the historical link with the city train and the need for the municipality recover as soon as possible, this important rail link for a tourist as Aguilas a joint bid all levels of government has even prevailed over the profitability of the line itself.

How could it be otherwise, the mayor of Eagle had words of "thanks to all those individuals and organizations who have supported this project unconditionally, meeting on time and reclamation works and improvement of the railway infrastructure is vital to the present and future of the town ".

It is recalled that the work has been executed both in infrastructure (embankments, trenches, bridges and drainage works) and the superstructure (via protection equipment level crossing) and its adequacy in anticipation of future risks from inclement weather.

The most important activities have focused on a total of 16 km of the section Lorca-Eagles (52 km), with repair of the viaduct on the Rambla de Nogalte reconstruction embankment 500 m in the section Almendricos-Eagles, replacing the damaged railway track and installation of new road in the journey affected areas and the restoration of security installations along the way, specifically those relating to the protection level eleven steps that were affected by the storm.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas