Santander-Bilbao “Snail Train” Opens a Fight Between Cantabria and the Ministry of Transport

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They call it the “snail train” because it circulates in slow motion. It takes a little more than three hours to make the journey of 118 kilometers by narrow route between Santander and Bilbao, a route that is usually done in just over an hour by car or by bus line. It is a railway service that makes 31 stops (18 of these in small towns of the interior of Cantabria) and all agree that it is far from competitive. “It is our main railway connection…