Transport in Spain

Motorways

Murcia has a good motorway system which links its major cities to the other areas of Spain. To the south it is connected to Andalucia by the A92 and E15 motorways, leading to Granada and Almería respectively. Albacete and Madrid can be reached via the A3-301 motorway. The connection with the Mediterranean seaboard through Alicante and Valencia can be made by an inland route using the E15 motorway, by the N-332 trunk road which follows the coast starting from Cartagena or via the Mediterranean toll motorway (AP7) which runs from Cartagena, branching into the main A-7 motorway to Catalonia near Elche.

Trains

Access by train from any part of Spain can be obtained through Madrid, with a daily train service, or from any part of Europe, via Barcelona. All trains arrive and depart from the "El Carmen" railway station, located in the city of Murcia. There is also a local train service (FEVE) which links Cartagena with Los Nietos, on the Mar Menor coast.

The railway network will shortly be expanded with the incorporation of the High Velocity Train (AVE) which will connect Murcia with Madrid and the Valencia region, a further step in the economic enhancement of the area, making for shorter journey times and increased conveyance of a greater number of passengers.

Flights

Murcia now has its own international airport (San Javier) and is within easy reach of El Altet airport at Alicante.  Low costs airlines fly into both airports from across the UK.  In addition there is a new international airport for Murcia currently under construction.

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