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12.5 million euros to boost high-speed rail at Alicante station

Yesterday, Tuesday 1st April, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility was given permission by the Council of Ministers to contract for €12.5 million (VAT excluded) to undertake extra work to improve high-speed rail at the Alicante station and solidify the province as a major hub in the Mediterranean Corridor. As part of the ongoing work to add six extra tracks to the current four, this contract will modify the control, command, and signalling systems at Alicante Terminal station to accommodate the future configuration of standard-gauge tracks.
The Alicante terminal will have ten standard-gauge tracks overall, making it one of the stations on the railway network with the most when the work is finished. The completion of the track expansion projects is made possible by the adaptation of these facilities, which are involved in rail traffic regulation. With a €20.2 million investment (VAT included), work recently started. The project’s current tasks include locating the points to be addressed (layout) on the track and platforms, along with topographical verifications of the track bed; laying out the pile foundations for the sound-absorbing screen on the station’s mountainside; identifying and inspecting the control, command, and signalling and telecommunications facilities; and renovating the auxiliary facilities area.
According to ministry sources in a statement, the goal is to expand the station’s ability to manage high-speed and standard-gauge traffic, both locally and over medium- and long-distance distances, solidifying the capital of Alicante as a key location in the Mediterranean Corridor. Given the Madrid-Alicante High-Speed Line’s (LAV) potential under rail liberalisation, which includes new operators and traffic, as well as the Valencia-Alicante section’s and the Encina Junction’s eventual conversion to standard gauge, it is imperative that the terminal have enough capacity to accommodate the anticipated rail services.
A new configuration for the track
The station will eventually have 10 standard-gauge tracks (by building 4 new ones and converting 2 to conventional gauge) with 5 platforms and 4 conventional-gauge tracks with 2 platforms, making use of the area between the long-distance and medium-distance/commuter tracks. Track work (new tracks, track gauge adaptation, route modification, switch installation), platforms (adaptation, remodelling, and new construction), and electrification (installation of 25 kV power lines on the new standard-gauge tracks, electrification for the high-speed network, complete electrification of the conventional-gauge tracks, and new energy remote control) are among the ongoing projects (the layout report was signed in February).
In addition, facilities for rail operators (such as new check-in counters and maintenance rooms) will be deployed, and the passenger building’s functionality will be enhanced to accommodate the increasing ridership. Along with rearranging and expanding access to the commuter rail area, acoustic barriers will be installed in both the north and south zones. Three railway lines currently meet at Alacant Terminal station: the conventional gauge Alicante-El Reguerón (connection to Murcia), La Encina-Alicante (connection to Albacete/València), and the Madrid-Alicante high-speed rail line, which connects to the Monforte del Cid-Murcia high-speed rail line. Three platforms serve two conventional gauge tracks and four standard gauge tracks for long-distance services. There are three stations and five Iberian gauge tracks for commuter and medium-distance rail services. The same sources suggest that the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) may co-finance these projects.
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Alleged murderer of his stepdaughter tells her mother: “Go up to the house, the girl is sleeping”

Jesús JG, also known as Suso, is suspected of killing Nadia, his ex-partner’s adopted 5-year-old daughter, in a Murcia home. He also called his ex-girlfriend and his own mother.
It was the mother of the suspect who found the dead body. Later, she said that her son had contacted her while she was out at a pub with two friends, asking her to come over to the apartment since the girl was “sleeping” and he needed to go so she wouldn’t be left alone. When his mum got home after listening to her son, she discovered the girl in the bedroom “foaming at the mouth,” albeit still alive. Then she dialled 911.
When paramedics arrived on the scene in a 061 ambulance, they made numerous unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate the girl. The young girl passed away in one of the house’s bedrooms. Her remains were left there until shortly after 9:30 p.m., at which point permission was granted to take them out and deliver them to the Murcia Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Suso posted pictures of himself putting the girl on his shoulders while they play or eat together on social media, giving the impression that they are father and daughter. Hours after the crime, the person was taken into custody in Torrevieja.
Drug-related issues
Police were also informed by the suspect’s mother that her son had struggled with drug addiction for many years.
Along with a dozen close friends, Suso’s ex-partner Ramona participated in the minute of silence outside Murcia City Hall in remembrance of Nadia, whom she had reared and had custody of. Isabel, Ramona’s cousin and the biological mother of tiny Nadia, was also outside the hall’s doors.
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16 arrested in Spain for paying for access to a website that featured child pornography

16 people have been arrested by Spain’s National Police for using cryptocurrency to buy access to a child pornography website on the dark web.
38 nations have participated in this global investigation, which is being directed by Germany and coordinated by Europol. As a result, 1,393 people have been identified, and 79 people have been arrested. Some of the individuals who were arrested also mistreated children. According to a statement from the National Police, the investigation is still ongoing.
Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Jaen, Las Palmas, La Rioja, Madrid, Malaga, Murcia, Orense, Seville, Tarragona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia, and Zaragoza are among the Spanish cities where arrests have been made.
By hiding users’ identities and functioning as a social network, the dark web—particularly the platform under investigation within the TOR network—made it possible to buy and share illegal content.
With 91,000 videos and almost two million members, it was expanding at a rate of three videos every hour. While full films had to be paid for with cryptocurrency, initial access was free. Additionally, there were rewards for rating already-existing content or creating original stuff.
Despite the anonymity of cryptocurrency, German authorities were able to identify the buyers by cracking into the server and tracking down the payments. One person in Spain uploaded a video, and 17 others had bought content.
The National Police claim that people who purchase the content have a higher level of criminal dedication and sophisticated search techniques for illicit materials.
One of those detained in Spain was a student of computer technology who served as a distributor and had access to other platforms of a similar nature.
A detained individual in Alicante was also discovered to be a drug trafficker in possession of 700 ecstasy pills and €42,000 in cash. Several people who were arrested in Barcelona and Madrid had evidence of payment and child pornography. A suspect in Malaga confessed to the crime. A dentist in Murcia used a USB flash drive to save files.
Devices holding illegal material and proof of purchase were discovered in Almería, Orense, Seville, Tarragona, Tenerife, and Zaragoza, leading to additional arrests. One suspect had left Valencia for Paris. Another suspect in Jaén was looked into but not taken into custody. 39 minors were granted protection, and almost 3,000 electronic devices were seized globally.
Europol’s largest anti-child sexual exploitation operation was called Operation Stream. Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States were among the thirty-eight participating nations. One of the world’s biggest networks for disseminating paedophile content was severely damaged by this operation.
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Before Easter, the new road through La Hoya should open

An extension of Avenida José Carreras the “winding road,” was dangerous and totally unconstitutional for urban planning, but it had a purpose. It linked the northeast of the city centre, the sports city, Víctimas del Terrorismo Avenue, the avenues of the Valencian Parliament, and La Mancha with the CV-905, one of the main entrance routes to Torrevieja with a daily traffic flow of 35,000 vehicles.
Since construction of the La Hoya residential complex started more than a year ago, this mode of transportation—which was intended to help people escape traffic bottlenecks in the Habaneras and Carrefour shopping areas—has been closed to the public. In addition, one of the Valencian Community’s primary markets is held in the same location on Fridays.
With two lanes in each direction, the road is one of the biggest in the entire complex, and the Torrevieja City Council has now announced that it will be ready for traffic by Easter 2025.
Completed
Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolón (PP) declared that the new Avenida José Carreras would be by Easter. The avenue has apparently been completed for several months. Videos of its completed appearance, complete with all necessary amenities and moving cars, have already been made public. It is now functioning at a high capacity for traffic. It’s not like the old road.
It contains two additional roundabouts and is more than a kilometre long. Additionally, the developer has been adamant about delivering it to the City Council for commissioning. He clarified, however, that months of verification work had been carried out by municipal technologists to include all of the standards outlined in the development plan, which must also include previously unincorporated speed-reduction and signage measures.
“This is a partial approval to resolve the opening of traffic during this Easter period, when the city expects record occupancy,” the mayor, who is also the Councillor for Urban Planning, said. It is not, however, conclusive. Additionally, before a bridge can be constructed across the N-332 to accommodate the capacity of these additional roads, it must wait for the development of new phases—1.8 million square meters and up to 7,400 homes—which have a four-year deadline to finish the basic infrastructure.
Only one lane is permitted in each direction of traffic under the existing configuration. By Easter, a new roundabout on the CV-905 will also be completed, albeit it won’t yet service the residential neighbourhood.
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