..meanwhile TCV is a victim of its own success

The work, which will take eight months to complete, will connect the port to San Luis station from where an eventual standard gauge line will possibly link Valencia to Barcelona and the French border.

This prompted a recent boycott of the terminal by road haulage companies, forcing TCV to lengthen terminal working by six hours over the summer to clear the backlog. TCV now guarantees that at least 100 moves per hour will be undertaken in the yard.