Local authorities urge checking charismatic train schedules earlier travelling | Credit: Luis Echeverri Urrea/Shutterstock
On Monday, August 18th, Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca ( SFM ) will resume nan train timetable for nan remaining days of nan period and until September 1, erstwhile nan schedule goes backmost to its regular schedule, according to nan Balearic Islands’ Ministry of Housing, Territory, and Mobility.
The schedule is being changed pinch less train frequencies connected each routes owed to nan remodelling useful of nan overpass connected Greco Street, adjacent nan Verge de Lluc station, which affects postulation connected nan full railway network, nan ministry said, according to Ultima Hora.
Thus, starting this Monday, train frequencies successful Mallorca will beryllium accrued compared to nan past 2 weeks, erstwhile they had to beryllium reduced owed to building work. The play schedule has been implemented connected weekdays pinch an further 3 trains.
This month, SFM began nan basal renewal of nan Greco Street overpass to switch it pinch a caller building that addresses nan bridge’s deterioration problems. The astir captious shape takes spot successful nan pursuing days, which coincides pinch nan play of lowest demand. This twelvemonth marks nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth that SFM has constricted its summertime schedule successful August, dissimilar erstwhile years erstwhile work was besides reduced successful nan 2nd half of July.
Works impact nan full network
The renewal useful to remodel nan Greco Street overpass mean postulation will beryllium utilized connected a azygous track—instead of nan accustomed two—between Son Fuster and Verge de Lluc stations successful some directions, affecting postulation travel crossed nan full network.
From this Monday, August 18th, until Sunday, August 31st, arsenic planned, each postulation and stops astatine stations connected this conception will beryllium connected Track 1, whereas until now this period they had been connected Track 2. Initially, postulation was to beryllium connected a azygous way connected a longer section, betwixt Son Fuster and nan Marratxí business estate.
Thus, starting this Monday and continuing done nan remainder of August, each departures and arrivals will beryllium from nan aforesaid level astatine nan Son Fuster, Son Cladera/es Viver, and Verge de Lluc stations.
During this period, less stations are affected than initially thought, fixed that successful caller weeks nan Pont d’Inca, Pont d’Inca Nou, and nan Marratxí business property were besides affected.
Palma-Marratxí, cancelled some ways
On nan 1 hand, compared to nan August 2024 timetables, weekday services betwixt Palma and Marratxí person had to beryllium cancelled successful some directions this year. To compensate for this disruption, each trains to and from Manacor will make each stops betwixt Marratxí position and Palma Intermodal Station.
On nan different hand, each weekday Palma-Manacor trains (this guidance only) make a 7-minute extremity astatine Inca position earlier continuing to Manacor. This extremity does not require passengers to transportation to different train.
Regarding play services, nan departure times of each Palma-Manacor trains (in this guidance only) person been modified, moving them guardant by 4 minutes. These trains besides make a seven-minute extremity astatine Inca position (without transfers) earlier continuing connected to Manacor.
Weekend trains from Palma to Sa Pobla (this guidance only) will besides person their departure times modified, moving guardant by 10 minutes. In this case, they will not make immoderate intermediate waiting stops.