Infraestructures.cat has put out to tender the feasibility study to connect Girona with Banyoles by means of a tram system. The proposed route integrates the nuclei of Montilivi, Fontajau and Sarrià de Ter into a new public transport infrastructure.
The drafting of the technical work has a cost of 1.29 million euros financed from the budget of the public business entity. This assignment comes from the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, which formalized the resolution on April 22, 2026, after a prior justification report on April 27 and a resolution of initiation dated May 6.
The study analyzes technical alternatives and territorial fit
The informative study must analyze the different route alternatives, their territorial integration, and the technical constraints necessary to establish an effective rail connection between both towns. The administration linked this planning with the new Pla d'Infraestructures del Transport de Catalunya and with the current territorial planning to guarantee the reservation of land for future corridors.
This action is not isolated. It is based on a precedent from November 2022, when the department awarded FGC the analysis of a 144-kilometer tram-train on the Costa Brava. That initial project contemplated branches towards Girona-Costa Brava airport and towards Olot, expanding the scope of sustainable mobility in the demarcation.
"The Government is promoting a strategy to define the future network of collective passenger transport infrastructure in Catalonia, with tram-trains as a specific piece." - Sílvia Paneque, Minister of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition
The councilor Sílvia Paneque declared in Parliament in June 2025 that the Executive is working on this global strategy. The Government commissioned the informative studies of the urban tram system from Girona to Banyoles specifically for the Girona regions, thus consolidating a commitment to this transport model.
The investment is included in the Josep Trueta hospital agreement
The execution of this assignment is part of the investment package agreed between the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Ajuntament de Girona. Both institutions included this study within the framework agreement for the construction of the new Josep Trueta hospital, thus linking healthcare improvement with the modernization of the metropolitan mobility network.