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The arrival of the Madrid-Alicante railway

Sax, L'Alt Vinalopó, Alicante

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The arrival of the Madrid-Alicante railway

Historical milestone · Sax, L'Alt Vinalopó, Alicante

Image of Sax, not of the place itself.

The Madrid-Alicante line, completed in 1858, crossed the Vinalopó corridor and opened a station in the town. The train took wine, esparto and salt out towards the port, and brought the coal that set the first mechanised workshops going.

1858

Photo: Qoan (Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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