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Saturday 21st January 2023 The primary aim for today was to cover the branch line from Xàtiva to Alcoi, west of València, which only has 3 or 4 trains per day each way; then ending the day in Murcia to be in position for the next day's travels. The València to Alcoi train is advertised as a through service but was an EMU to the junction station at Xàtiva for a DMU forward. I could have stayed on train MD18523 all the way from Xàtiva to Murcia, but I found out that the InterCity service between Barcelona and Murcia, which is top-n-tailed between Alacant and Murcia by two Class 334 diesel locomotives, was running very late and behind the MD instead of in front of it; so I transferred to it Alcant Terminal.
See trip report for the full itinerary, traction details and notes.