🚄 €6 billion Spain-Morocco rail plans revived

Building a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar is back on the cards!

Plans for 14-kilometre tunnel were shelved when a study concluded that the sea was too deep (1,000m) at certain points.

A 28 km route has now been proposed, with a maximum depth of 475 metres, which would make it by far the deepest undersea tunnel in the world. To put this in perspective, the Channel Tunnel is only 75 metres deep.

The €6 billion tunnel would facilitate the travel of 12.8 million passengers per year and 13 million tons of goods.

Provided that the seismic and tectonic challenges can be overcome, they are aiming for it to be operational by 2030, when Spain, Portugal & Morocco host the FIFA World Cup.

Imagine.

🇪🇸 Madrid to 🇲🇦 Casablanca in 5.5 hours.

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🇫🇷 €1 billion tax on flights

France are planning to raise the tax on flights departing from France. The tax was introduced in 2007, and the proposed changes would see €1 billion be paid by airlines every year.

No doubt this cost burden will be passed on the final customer, but the tax will be mostly target the upper classes, long-haul flights, business aviation and private jets.

Good thing France is so well connected by TGV.

😎 Travel Updates

Eurostar have unified their travel classes after the merger with Thalys in April.

• Paris-London OLD: Standard, Standard Premier, Business Premier

• Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam OLD: Standard, Comfort, Premium

• NEW: Standard, Plus, Premier

SNCF started their holiday season sale on Wednesday, which includes 30% discounts on railcards.

Trenitalia will extend their Paris-Lyon service to serve Marseille. The Paris-Milan route is still blocked due to a landslide in August 2023. Traffic expected to resume in March 2025.

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