The president of CHA, Jorge Pueyo, has defended this Thursday in the plenary session of the Cortes of Aragon the need to put in motion a Pact for the Cercanías, the Tram, and the Railways of Aragon that would oblige all political formations to back, before the Government of Spain, the Congress, and the Senate, a package of eleven priority measures, regardless of who is elected in the general elections of November 29, 2026.
During the turn to explain the vote in the debate on the entirety of the draft law of the budgets of the Autonomous Community for 2027, the parliamentary spokesperson for CHA denounced that "Aragon is tired of railway promises that never arrive, of studies that end up in a drawer, and of investments that drag on."
In his intervention, he called for a stable and verifiable commitment: "We demand facts, deadlines, and a budget; we want a countrywide commitment, a pact that obliges everyone to defend Aragon, from Canfranc to Teruel, from the Cercanías to the tram, passing through the commuter rail and conventional rail."
The text of the pact proposes to complete the Cantabrian-Mediterranean Corridor with high performance and double electrified track for passengers and freight, to put out to tender the works for the sections Zaragoza-Teruel and Zaragoza-Castejón, and to replace the information study Teruel-Sagunto with a new one that guarantees an updated infrastructure.
Likewise, it proposes setting a schedule for the full reopening of the conventional line Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto, its electrification, the launch of two daily trains per direction between Teruel and Madrid, a freight rail variant connected with PLATEA and the airport, and an intermodal station in Teruel.
As for local mobility, CHA defends the extension of the Cercanías line C1 in Zaragoza, the improvement of stations, frequencies, timetables, and rolling stock, the creation of a Cercanías line to Huesca, and the approval of a Plan for Cercanías of Aragon that would coordinate the main population centers.
Public service obligations and tram
The document also calls for an agreement between the Ministry of Transport, Renfe, and the Government of Aragon to intervene in the management and decisions of the system, the incorporation of all Aragonese services into Public Service Obligations, the improvement of rail access to PLAZA, and the execution of the Zaragoza South Railway Bypass in mixed gauge.
Among the actions included are completing and making public the study of the railway tunnel in Goya and carrying out the alternative that allows increasing the capacity and the frequencies of high-speed, regional and suburban trains. In relation to the tram in Zaragoza, a minimum state co-financing of 30% is proposed for the new lines and the extension of line 1, including its extension to the airport, PLAZA and the new urban development projects.
International line of Canfranc and conventional train
The agreement also includes the reopening of the international line of Canfranc, with a clear commitment from the French Government, the indispensable investments, the implementation of the European gauge between Huesca and Canfranc, and the improvement of frequencies, timetables and trains on the Zaragoza-Huesca-Canfranc route.
In addition, it is required to maintain all the lines, stations and ticket offices in Aragon; to approve a Plan for the Modernization of the Conventional Train up to 2035 with multi-year financing; to recover and reinforce the services of all the conventional lines; to commission an independent and public audit on the status and maintenance of the network, and to roll out an investment plan for safety.
The text also includes an increase in railway employment distributed across Aragonian territory and free travel on public transport for residents in rural areas, from Monday to Friday, when they must go to hospitals, educational or administrative centers.
CHA wants this agreement to have practical effects: the political forces that sign it must defend the eleven points in the Cortes Generales and support with their vote the initiatives that develop them.
Likewise, it is proposed to establish, after 29 November, a permanent follow-up table made up of the Aragonese representatives in Madrid, with the obligation to give public account within one hundred days and, subsequently, once each year of the legislative term.