Welcome to Gran Canarias Train service

As a commuter from London who never owned a car I have some experience of travelling by train and so it is with rising blood pressure and some frustration that we would like to announce

"The next train is slightly delayed and will be arriving at Las Palmas station in just under 5 years, in the meantime please use the bus service"

In all fairness the bus services are good here in Gran Canaria, however 5 years is one hell of a wait!

2016
Any comments about the Las Palmas bid to be the city of culture in 2016 are best left for another day, I will say I hope they do a better job than however is the title holder in 2015.

The benefits to the Islands economy of the new train line should not be under estimated, though hard to appreciate today with hand to mouth living for so many unemployed and many businesses closing the project must succeed and come in under budget and ahead of schedule

We´ll all see a big change.
Once the track is laid, stations built and trains operational we can expect the benefits to those areas where the stations are located to come first, but shortly behind that property prices and the general economy will benefit

Construction and Demolition
Without any direct knowledge of the construction other than that in the Christmas edition of the Canary News we wait with some interest to see how the loosers are treated in the hope that the disruption will be well managed

Pictures from the exhibition in 2009 of the train planned to run the when the project is finished"
Proposed Train service for Gran Canaria.
The Train service for Gran Canaria will probably be a 24 hour service with 8 train stations planed for the trip from las palmas the capital to the southern most tip in playa del ingles Gran Canaria is hoping to complete the service in plenty of time before it's hope for 2016 when it is one of the contendors for European cities of culture.
The train service will dramatically change the options for tourist arriving at Las Palmas Airport, not longer need to pay for expensive taxi journeys to their hotels in Playa del Ingles, they will be able to board a train and arrive at a station no where the price will be around 3 euos and not 50 euros as some taxi journeys cost

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