Adif is developing a new investment, for more than 22.3 million euros, to advance the modernization of the infrastructure and railway facilities of the Barcelona-Girona-Portbou conventional gage line.
This investment will be used to install a new security and communications system on the Figueres-Portbou section, which is one of the actions in the Rodalies Plan.
Specifically, the system known as the Automatic Two-Way Track Block System (BAB) will be installed on this route. This state-of-the-art equipment allows trains to travel equally in both directions on either trac.
In addition to increasing the capacity conditions of railway operation, it also improves operation and flexibility in train movements, increasing the reliability of the installations and the regularity of traffic. It also increases the commercial speed and decreases the impact in case of incidents.
Inse Rail, in consortium with Airtren, will be in charge of executing the technical assistance services during the execution of the works.
The estimated completion time is 25 months, with 6 months corresponding to the drafting and approval of the project and the other 19 to the execution of the works.
Some of the most important operations include new installations for computer systems to manage and regulate traffic, as well as for train detection equipment, digital ASFA (Automatic Braking and Signal Announcement), fixed LED signaling lights, and the integration of the facilities into Barcelona’s Centralized Traffic Control (CTC).
It also includes actions in the energy supply system for future installations and additional works on conduits and auxiliary civil works.
