SPAIN: Alstom and Spanish infrastructure manager ADIF have signed an agreement to develop ‘an inexpensive and quick-to-implement signalling system’ for use on mixed-gauge railways.
According to Alstom there are around 170 km of dual standard and 1668 mm gauge line in Spain. The first implementation of the new signalling will be on the Mediterranean Corridor in 2015.
SPAIN: The cabinet has given its approval for the Ministry of Development to spend €15·86m on equipping the rail link to Barajas Airport in Madrid for dual-gauge operation, enabling high speed services to use the new €190m route from Chamartín. Following the completion of upgrading work on 4·1 km of ...
SPAIN: Infrastructure authority ADIF is testing the TCSR03 gauge-changer which has been built at Roda de Bará near Tarragona, using facilities made redundant by completion of the Madrid - Barcelona high speed line. Developed as part of the Unichanger research programme (RG 9.09 p55), the TCSR03 is designed to accept ...
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a joint venture of Alstom, Acciona and Comsa a €93·8m contract to upgrade the double-track 41 km Girona - Figueres route and convert one line to dual gauge. Alstom's €40·4m share of the 16 month contract includes supplying Atlas 1000 ETCS Level 1 ...
