Improvement of the Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel station for public information

The Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga has opened the public information period for the project to improve functionality at the Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel station, according to the announcement published on October 8, 2026, in section 4, labeled Miscellaneous, with the reference Edict 3805/2026. The process is promoted by an entity listed in the gazette under the heading Madrid (Madrid), meaning the action is not being processed through the Benalmádena City Council. The affected station serves the center of Arroyo de la Miel, within the municipality of Benalmádena.

The announcement occupies section 4 of the October 8, 2026 issue, a residual section that in this edition contains a single announcement: precisely the one regarding the station. The rest of the gazette is divided between section 1 (City Council), with twenty announcements from various municipalities in the province; section 2 (Municipal Urban Planning Management), with three; and section 3 (Consortia), with one. Public information is the procedure by which the promoter of an action submits the project for examination by interested parties before its final approval, so that they may file objections and provide any documentation they deem appropriate.

The declared objective is an intervention on a transport infrastructure already in service: a new route is not being announced, but rather the improvement of the functionality of an existing station. This type of action is aimed at correcting deficiencies in capacity, accessibility, and passenger circulation in facilities that already support intensive use.

What the announcement publishes

The text disseminated in the summary of the gazette is limited to identifying the object of the file and its administrative reference. It does not specify the public exhibition period, the body before which objections must be presented, nor the amount of the planned investment. Nor does it detail the technical scope of the works or the execution schedule.

The data that do appear in the publication are as follows:

• Object: improvement of functionality at the Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel station.
• Procedure: public information prior to the resolution of the file.
• Official reference: Edict 3805/2026.
• Publication: Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga, October 8, 2026, section 4 (Miscellaneous).
• Promoter: entity with an address in Madrid, according to the heading Madrid (Madrid).

A promoter outside the municipal scope

The location of the announcement under the heading Madrid (Madrid) is the detail that best defines the nature of the file: the entity promoting the station’s improvement is not the Benalmádena city council, but an entity based in Spain’s capital. This circumstance aligns with the supramunicipal character of railway infrastructures, whose ownership and management do not belong to the town halls through which they run.

In the same edition of October 8, 2026, the Benalmádena City Council does not appear with any announcement, while other municipalities in the province do publish personnel, budgetary, or urban planning agreements. The Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel station thus appears as the only matter in that issue related to rail transport.

Allegations and next steps

With the publication of the announcement, file 3805/2026 is open for consultation by interested parties. Any person or entity that considers itself affected may examine the project and present the allegations they deem appropriate within the timeframe set by the call, a detail that the disseminated announcement does not specify.

Once the public information period is closed, the promoter must evaluate the allegations received and incorporate, if applicable, the corresponding modifications to the project before its final approval. Only then can the execution of the works be tendered.

The improvement of the Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel station affects a point in the public transport network used by the residents of Benalmádena and the western coast of Málaga. The public information process is the first opportunity for users to voice their opinion on a project that will condition the accessibility and quality of service at that station for the coming years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga, October 8, 2026, section 4 (Miscellaneous) (official reference: Edict 3805/2026).