It has been reported that Madrid has promised that the section which runs between Cordoba and Bobadilla will be finished by that date, reducing the current four-and-a-quarter-hour journey time by cutting three quarters of an hour.

The Rail Infrastructure Authority has agreed to the construction of a large junction in the sparsely populated village of Bobadilla in Antequera, which will be completed within 14 months, according to the local press.