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1. Offering an alternative to motorways and
to goods transport by road.
2. Complementing the coastal passes that are
becoming saturated.
3. Re-balancing the flow of exchanges in
favour of the Central regions and facilitating, therefore, the
distribution of the territory in Spain and France.
4. Re-balancing the economic development in
favour of the regions of southwest Europe.
5. A Zaragoza-Toulouse railway connection
would also permit the high-speed communication of passengers. (less than
three hours).
6. Ecological advantages; limitation of large-tonnage
lorries in mountain areas, (noise, atmospheric pollution, increase in
risks of collision on winding roads). |