The COPISA-CRC-INFESA joint venture, which was awarded the contract to build the future Maintenance Base at the Ripoll station, has commissioned Inse Rail to draft the construction project for the new workshop.
The scope of the project, which will be developed using the BIM methodology, includes the design of the workshop’s north and south connections, the maintenance and repair workshop itself, as well as the track yard and peripheral / bypass track for parking trains.
This project, which is part of the Renfe Workshop Plan, will have an investment of 14.4 million euros and a completion time of 10 months. It is expected to be operational in the second half of 2024 to provide maintenance service to the units traveling on the R3 line of Rodalies de Catalunya.
The construction of the new Ripoll Maintenance Base will make it possible to carry out small-scope repairs and servicing on the trains without having to return to their main base, reducing service incidents for Rodalies de Catalunya and the time vehicles spend to and from the workshop.
Inse Rail adds another important reference to its extensive experience in workshops and railway maintenance bases. It is currently planning ADIF’s first workshop in the Madrid – Sur maintenance sub-base, and Alstom’s new maintenance base in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda for Alstom, and the overhaul of the Vilapicina workshop for TMB.
Inse Rail recently designed RENFE’s new Fuencarral II high-speed workshop and the expansions of the Self-propelled workshop and the Santa Catalina II maintenance base, and also provided Project Management for the construction and commissioning of the Medina maintenance workshop on the Haramain high-speed line in Saudi Arabia.
Source: Inse Rail
