SPAIN: Metro de Madrid has selected a consortium of ACS, Acciona and Rover as prefrerred bidder for a €550m contract to build the next phase of Line 11.
This will extend the line 7 km from Plaza Elíptica to Conde de Casal, with new stations at Comillas, Madrid Río, Palos de la Frontera (interchange with Line 3), Atocha (interchange with Line 1 and RENFE suburban rail services) and Conde de Casal (interchange with Line 6).
Line 11 is being built in five stages and will eventually reach 33·5 km.
SPAIN: Metro de Madrid has signed a contract for sole bidder CAF to supply 40 six-car trainsets to operate on large-profile lines 6 and 8. The €400m deal announced by CAF on June 17 includes a programme to optimise the fleet’s life cycle, and there is ...
SPAIN: The automation of Madrid metro lines 6 and 8 is planned, President of the Community of Madrid Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso has announced. Visiting construction works for the Line 3 extension from Villaverde Alto to El Casar on February 20, Díaz Ayuso said automation would ...
SPAIN: Madrid municipality has called tenders for construction of a 7 km extension of Metro de Madrid’s Line 11 from Plaza Elíptica, where it has an interchange with Line 6, to Conde de Casal, where it would again meet Line 6. There would be four intermediate ...
