Spain and Morocco agree Europe-Africa rail tunnel

Some nice positive news on the development front. :slight_smile:

Spain and Morocco say they have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and Africa. The Spanish Development Ministry said two adjacent tunnels will run beneath the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco. They are planned to run between Punta Palomas, 40 km west of Gibraltar and Punta Malabata near Tangiers. The ministry said the route had been chosen because the Mediterranean at that point is just 300 metres deep. The ministry said that a joint Spanish and Moroccan committee of officials had already agreed a preliminary three-year plan of works to start as early as next year, with an estimated initial cost of $30m.

Fascinating! Could this potentially even lay the groundworks for closer customs and economic ties between Europe and Arab North Africa?

Cool!

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And we can take a train from London Waterloo to Marakesh? :)