Summary - TST 35
TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES
Víctor Manuel HEREDIA FLORES
The engineer José Bores Romero and the railway question (1918-1922)
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SUMMARY TST 35
[ Abstract ]
With the end of the First World War, the so-called railway
problem was raised in Spain. The financial difficulties of the
companies gave rise to a wide debate. The private sector
demanded an increase of the tariffs, but a current favorable to
the intervention of the State took place. Different bills and
government measures were directed towards greater public
participation in the financing of the system, which had a
legislative milestone in the Rail Statute of 1924. The engineer
José Bores Romero participated in the debate with a set of
articles in the Revista de Obras Públicas in 1918-1922. He
proposed the statification of the lines, the creation of
organizations, the administrative decentralization, the
completion of the network, the electrification and the adoption
of the European gauge. Although his plan did not go beyond the
specialized press, his ideas advanced the process of
nationalization that led to the creation of RENFE.