Adif, the railway infrastructure administrator, has awarded the contract to draft the construction projects to extend the sidings in different stations of the General Interest Railway Network to 750 meters.. According to the agency, this “will increase the operability of the railway infrastructure for freight traffic”. The total amount of the contract, which has been divided into three lots, is more than 8.8 million euros, with a completion time of 24 months. The public company highlighted that the contract “was defined based on Adif’s inventory work, different studies and functional analysis of the different needs of the lines in terms of the installation of this type of sidings”.
The infrastructure manager has awarded the contract to draft the construction projects in three lots, which correspond to the north, south and center-northwest zones. The lot for the south zone was awarded to the joint venture formed by Peyco Proyectos, Estudios y Construcciones and Inse Rail, for more than 2.7 million euros.
Adif has indicated that these actions are aimed at “providing the General Interest Railway Network with the optimal conditions to meet the needs of rail freight transport at the national and international levels and to take another step towards the interoperability of the railway network”. It also pointed out that the extension of the sidings “will allow the parking and siding of trains with the standard interoperable length, with the same quality and reliability of the existing service”. Since this is an open order, the agency has indicated that “the final number and types of projects will be determined by Adif over the course of the contract term”.
