Coslada ( Spanish pronunciation: [kosˈlaða] ) is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain .
5-745: The Dry Port of the Community of Madrid [ es ] is located in Coslada, which has become a major logistics hub in the country. Due to the area's close proximity to the Madrid–Barajas Airport and the Dry Port, the stretch of industrial cities from Madrid to Guadalajara along the A-2 freeway (known as the Corredor del Henares and more recently the "golden mile" of online sales) has, since
10-555: The 1990s, grown into a logistics hub, similar to East Midlands in England, with the entire area now boasting 5.7 million m of logistics space in total. With investment from foreign funds and socimis , the logistics sector has grown rapidly thanks to increases in internet shopping. As Coslada runs out of space, other logistics companies have started to move into nearby cities such as Marchamalo , San Fernando de Henares , and Torija . A large percentage of Coslada's population works at
15-476: The Spanish municipality of Coslada , near Madrid . The draft project for the dry port traces back to 1995. The start of operations took place in 2001, through the link to the ports of Algeciras , Valencia , Bilbao and Barcelona . The port of Valencia early consolidated as the main synergy hoarder vis-à-vis the activity of the Dry Port of Coslada, amounting for the 92% of the freight volume by 2016. After
20-545: The airport. Most Spanish transportation and shipping companies have branch offices in Coslada; the city is host to 706 logistics companies, the most in the country. El Corte Inglés operates a distribution center in the city, and delivery company Nacex opened a new distribution center in November 2018. As of 2019, the mayor of Coslada is Ángel Viveros [ es ] ( PSOE ). The Hospital Universitario del Henares , located in Coslada, provides medical attention to
25-481: The municipality as well as to San Fernando de Henares , Mejorada del Campo , Loeches and Velilla de San Antonio . This article about a location in the Community of Madrid, Spain is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dry Port of the Community of Madrid The Dry Port of Madrid , also known as the Dry Port of Coslada , is a logistics platform for the distribution of goods located in
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