Renfe is expanding its Madrid high-speed train workshop to serve the incoming fleet. The works will start in June and account for 12.5 million euros out of a tendering budget of 16.5 million euros. The contract was awarded to the Seranco-Pasaval joint venture, with a completion time of nine months.
The Santa Catalina workshop, in the area of Entrevías and Puente de Vallecas, with a total of four tracks, began operating in 2010 with the opening of the Madrid-Valencia high-speed line. This number will now be doubled to serve a fleet with an additional 24 high-speed trains.
The project, which was drafted by Inse Rail, in consortium with Ofitep, provides the complete technical definition of all the works necessary for the commissioning of the new level-one workshop, and includes the railway infrastructure elements (track, electrification and safety and signaling installations), building elements and urban development elements (drainage, roads, connections, etc.), and all of the installations necessary for the complete operation of a maintenance complex of this type.
The expansion of the existing building, with four additional 200-meter tracks, will make it possible to service 48 vehicles at its eight maintenance stations. Renfe’s workshops are currently at 100% capacity, so the goal of the project is to increase the capacity of this facility, where the maintenance companies Actren and Nertus also work.
