Jesús Ventura Fernández

Procesos actuales y perspectivas para el transporte ferroviario de viajeros en Andalucía

Current processes and perspectives for the rail travellers transport in Andalusia The role of the railway systems in urban and interurban transport, thanks to the technical and organizational development, has been driven an ever more relevant in specialized traveler traffic in Andalusia. In addition, its integration with other means of travel makes viable its use and competitiveness. Despite the strong presence it has acquired the environment, their study is novel and very timely, as it has been much less treated, with respect to other transport systems within the scientific work at the Spanish and Andalusian level. The choice of regional scale for analyzing rail network is based on three factors, including the size, location and demographics of Andalusia. They give it a historical and cultural identity of its own, and sufficient elements to analyze individually the region within the Spanish railway network. In addition, the decentralization of some transport policies gives more consistency to the study. The choice of the region of Andalusia intends therefore, address this particular territory as a specific space within Spain and the whole European Union.