{"id":10185,"date":"2025-01-07T16:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoundofthecosta.com\/crisis-on-fuengirola-malaga-train-line\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:32:35","slug":"crisis-on-fuengirola-malaga-train-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoundofthecosta.com\/en\/crisis-on-fuengirola-malaga-train-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis on Fuengirola-M\u00e1laga train line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cercan\u00edas train between Fuengirola and M\u00e1laga suffers from serious overcrowding, especially in the summer months, when the occupancy rate reaches 117 percent. <\/p>\n<h2>Recent report confirms problem<\/h2>\n<p> A recent report from the Ministry of Transport confirms the problems with the Cercan\u00edas train. 13.2 million passengers use the line annually, but the infrastructure cannot cope with the demand. To increase the frequency of trains, new routes must be built, including a doubling of the track at Campamento Ben\u00edtez and the airport. Solutions are being studied, including double-decker trains and longer platforms. In addition, an extension of the line from Nerja to Algeciras is being considered, which could bring in 60 million passengers per year. However, the costs and complexity make implementation uncertain.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cercan\u00edas train between Fuengirola and M\u00e1laga suffers from serious overcrowding, especially in the summer months, when the occupancy rate reaches 117 percent. Recent report confirms problem A recent report from the Ministry of Transport confirms the problems with the Cercan\u00edas train. 13.2 million passengers use the line annually, but ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191],"tags":[625,624,623,228,231,226],"class_list":["post-10185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-malaga-en","tag-algeciras-en","tag-campamento-benitez-en","tag-cercanias-train","tag-fuengirola-en","tag-malaga-en","tag-nerja-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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