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Mollerussa Demands FGC Correct Spelling of its Station Name

Mollerussa City Council urges Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat to restore the missing 's' on the station sign, taking advantage of the change in railway management.

Image of a train station sign in Mollerussa with a misspelled name.
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Image of a train station sign in Mollerussa with a misspelled name.

The Mollerussa City Council has asked Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) to correct a spelling error on its train station sign, where an 's' is missing from the city's name, coinciding with the transfer of railway management.

Passengers arriving at Mollerussa station are met with a building that has been closed for years and, on its facades, a spelling error that mutilates the city's name. Instead of reading "Mollerussa", the signs display "Mollerusa", with a single 's'. This historical error on the signs identifying the property is a classic feature of the railway landscape that the city council is now pushing to correct.
The demand has intensified now that Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) will take over the management of the stations. Mayor Marc Solsona confirmed yesterday that he has already conveyed this request to the operator, with the intention that the correction be included in the new phase opening for these facilities.
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"It cannot be that we have a sign that does not correspond to the identity of the municipality."

Marc Solsona · Mayor of Mollerussa
This request coincides with the change in railway management. The Government announced on February 24 that FGC will take charge of 14 stations on the line up to Anoia, including Mollerussa, the capital of Pla d'Urgell. The plan foresees the progressive reopening of facilities that have been closed for a long time and their adaptation to a model similar to that of the Lleida-Pobla de Segur line.
The process will include various interventions such as the adaptation of closed facilities, safety improvements, the incorporation of real-time information systems for travelers, ticket vending machines, and renovation works on the buildings and their surroundings. In this context, the city council believes that correcting the municipality's name on the signs should be a basic and almost immediate action.
The station building has been closed to the public for years, and the city council had previously attempted to obtain its transfer for municipal use. That operation did not succeed due to the complexity of the property's ownership, divided among different operators and spaces with diverse competencies, which hindered any action.
Mayor Solsona framed this initiative within a broader scenario of changes around the railway line, with projects such as the elimination of level crossings and the provision of an underground passage for vehicles in front of the regional council, in addition to a pedestrian and bicycle path along La Salle promenade.

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