The current rail situation at the border is such that from 240 million tons of goods that crossed the Pyrenees in
recent years by all modes (including maritime), the railway and combined mode (rail-road) involved only 2%. If the
distribution of such traffics is observed, it is confirmed that 87% of the traffic goes through the coastal highway and
the rest is distributed by other channels, and only 4% flows via the inland roads. This results in the channels of the
Atlantic and Mediterranean corridors being saturated comparatively speaking with other existing in the Pyrenees,
and due to the difficult terrain, they do not accommodate high freight traffic through the area.
Among the top priority objectives of the EU with respect to in commitment to the railway mode, it should be
noted: to clear the railway cross-border channels, especially in the East and West, which are running out of
possibilities; and optimize an existing railway corridor and passenger released by the implementation of high-speed
lines, both in Spain and in France.