The French and Basque governments are looking into the possibility of extending the Atlantic rail ‘motorway’ to Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain).
The planned route will begin in the Pas-de-Calais department in north-east France and reach the French and Spanish border in the French Basque country.
Expanding the route to the Jundiz freight depot at Vitoria-Gasteiz is dependent on the completion of the Basque ‘Y’, which is a high-speed rail network connecting the three largest Basque cities of Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz.
The Basque country’s Deputy Minister for Transport, Antonio Aiz, claimed that the route would be a great benefit for sustainable freight in the EU during a visit to the city of Le Boulou in the Languedoc region.
