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An
extensive travel network
Nowadays
Spain has an extensive, efficient land, sea and air travel network.
It
has a road network of almost 320,000 kilometres, of which approximately
2,000 are motorways. The construction model is radial; in other words,
Madrid is the main travel network centre, from which the main roads that
lead to the other Spanish provinces extend. However, the criteria used in
the construction of the motorways has been to benefit the areas with
highest levels of traffic, such as the network on the Mediterranean coast
that connects the French border with Alicante and that which links the
Cantabrian coast with the autonomous community of Catalonia. In Spain,
toll fees are payable on the motorways, which are equipped with facilities
such as cafes, shopping areas, restaurants and numerous service stations.
With regard to sea transport, the Peninsula is connected to the Canary
Islands, the Balearic Islands and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and
Melilla from the most important ports in Spain. Postal communication via
post offices is also largely widespread. There are over 6,000 offices
located throughout the country. Telegrams, faxes, telexes and money orders
can be sent from any of these offices. There are airports in all the main
cities such as Barcelona, Bilbao, Corunna, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria,
Lanzarote, La Palma, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Sabadell, Santander,
Seville, Valencia, Alicante and Zaragoza, to name but some. The public
entity Aena is responsible for the management, maintenance and development
of the civil airports. The rail network is managed and organised by the
company RENFE, which has a total of 13,000 kilometres of tracks,
connecting the provinces of Spain. Amongst the various types, we should
point out the high speed train.
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