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Inse Rail to design and supervise the works of Alstom’s new maintenance workshop in Santa Perpetua de Mogada

Alstom will build its first railway maintenance workshop at the factory in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda (Barcelona), which is approaching saturation and needs to be expanded and transformed.

Inse Rail will be responsible for preparing the construction design and later supervision of the works of the second large-scale project since the factory first opened in 1993.

The new maintenance workshop will measure 21 meters wide by 115 meters long and will be arranged on a single level. The plant has 3 corridors created by installing 2 tracks on support pillars. It also includes a building that abuts the facade of the building, divided into two floors, measuring 65.7 m long and 8 m wide, and a one-story wing measuring 10.60 m. The ground floor will be used for the reception area and workshops and the spaces for offices and worker services (changing rooms, restrooms, etc.) will be located on the upper floor.

Inse Rail is a leading company in the design of railway workshops and maintenance bases. Some of its more important projects include the design of ADIF’s first workshop in the Madrid-Sur maintenance sub-base and the design for RENFE’s new Fuencarral II high-speed workshop and the expansions of the Self-propelled workshop and the Santa Catalina II maintenance base. It also provided Project Management for the construction and commissioning of the Medina maintenance workshop on the Haramain high-speed line in Saudi Arabia.

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Inse Rail to supervise the comprehensive remodeling works of the Grisén railway station

Adif has awarded Inse Rail the contract to provide technical assistance in the supervision of the works to remodel and modernize the Grisén railway station on the Madrid-Zaragoza conventional-gage line, located in the Ribera Alta del Ebro region (Zaragoza).

The construction project for the remodel was designed by Inse Rail to expand the functionality and operation of the station’s layout to improve traffic performance and improve operating efficiency.

The comprehensive remodeling of the station, which has several siding tracks and an industrial siding for the Opel automobile factory, includes the overhaul of the track yard configuration and layout to increase the travel speed of passenger trains between Madrid and Navarra/Basque Country/La Rioja, and the reorganization of the tracks in the siding to extend the useful length of two of them (3A and 3B) to 750 m.  The platform will also be expanded to respond to the needs of the new track configuration and the structure over the Canal Imperial de Aragón will be prepared.

The work includes the installation of new elements (rails, sleepers and ballast) and trackside devices, the comprehensive modernization of the electrification system, and the relocation of the lighting installations. The platforms will also be raised, a new central platform will be created, the main platform next to the passenger building will be reconstructed, and a new underpass equipped with stairs and ramps will be built under the platforms.

Source: Inse Rail

Metro de Madrid awards Inse Rail supervision of the works to renovate signaling on Line 7A

To improve the quality, maintainability and operational safety of Metro de Madrid’s operating network, an Action Plan has been established for the technological renovation of obsolescent signaling systems that contain contaminating substances, replacing them with state-of-the-art electronic interlockings.

As part of this plan, METRO has planned the execution of the comprehensive renovation works of the signaling system on line 7A, between the Estadio Metropolitano and Pitis stations, to provide the line with a high-performance, high-availability Target Distance signaling system that will make it possible to remove obsolescent equipment. The actions affect 20 kilometers of tunnel and 27 stations.

Inse Rail will supervise the execution of the installations works that will be carried out at night without interrupting service, and five periods of service interruption of approximately 92 hours each planned during 2024/2025. This means that the coordination of the works, both during the periods with service and during the planned closings, will be critical for the execution of the work.

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Inse Rail, awarded the contract to supervise the works of the Atocha transit station, in consortium with three other engineering firms

Adif Alta Velocidad has awarded the engineering consortium made up of Inse Rail, Grusamar, Eptisa and GOC the contract to supervise the works of the future Atocha transit station that will allow trains that leave from Chamartín Station to stop at Madrid’s southern terminal, and will also expand the terminal’s capacity.

The supervision contract has a budget of 17.7 million euros and a completion time of 7.5 years.

This is the final action in the railway manager’s ambitious plan to expand the capacity of the high-speed network, and will turn Madrid “into one large train station with two terminals, Atocha and Chamartín”. It will connect the high-speed tunnel that passes through Madrid from north to south with the route used by trains from Barcelona and Andalusia, enabling them to continue to destinations in the north of the Peninsula.

The transit station will be located underground beneath the existing Puerta de Atocha station and Calle Méndez Álvaro. It will have four new tracks and two platforms, and although the execution involves a “high degree of technical complexity”, train traffic will not have to be cut off. It will have two entrances: one, to the north, from the existing terminal and another to the south, to give access to the Méndez Álvaro area, where an intermode platform for taxis, VTCs and private vehicles will be installed. The northern part of Puerta de Atocha will also be remodeled.

The project will be carried out on several levels: the platforms will be located at an elevation of 600 meters; above that, at 607 meters, there will be two boarding halls to the north and south, as well as the connecting walkways. The southern lobby of Méndez Álvaro will be located on an upper floor, at 611 meters and will include the taxi stand; and at 624 meters it will connect with the first floor of the Puerta de Atocha departure lobby. The underground station will also include a central skylight and a curtain wall.

 

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Inse Rail awarded the contract to supervise the control, command and signaling works of the high-speed access channel to Valencia

The works will adapt these facilities to the new road configuration associated with the Access Channel.

This contract includes the adaptation of the management system for the Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla traffic and the Regulation and Control Center for the high-speed line, among other facilities; as well as the procedure for trains to enter and exit on the connection between Joaquín Sorolla and Valencia-Nord.

New signaling and other field elements of the safety and communications equipment will also be installed, including track circuits, axle counters, balises and fallen-object detectors, in addition to technical verifications and testing.

The Valencia Access Channel project and the remodeling of the Valencia-Joaquín Sorolla station are key operations to integrate the railway into Valencia.

The tunneling of the access roads to the two stations in Valencia will free up land for city development. The Joaquín Sorolla station will also be transformed – including the expansion of its parking – to handle the increased demand as a result of the from the deregulation of rail services and the development of the Mediterranean Corridor. 

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Inse Rail to supervise the track overhaul and gage adaptation works in the Bobadilla – Ronda section

Inse Rail has been awarded the contract to supervise the works to renovate the 43 km of track in the Bobadilla-Ronda. This investment is an important step forward in the renovation and modernization of the conventional railway line between Bobadilla-Algeciras (176 km), between the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz.

The action, which is being executed through Adif, will replace all of the track elements (ballast, sleepers and rail) in the section with new and improved elements.

The dimensions of the overpasses will also be adapted to accommodate the poles and equipment for the future electrification of the line, and infrastructure, different points on the route and the drainage system will be reinforced.

This action moves forward with the comprehensive renovation plan of the Bobadilla-Algeciras line, which also includes the installation and electrification of a third rail, and the expansion of sidings.

Source: Inse Rail

Inse Rail to supervise the works for the reorganization of the new track arrangement in Atocha station

Inse Rail, in a joint venture with the company Grusamar, will supervise the works promoted by Adif to reorganize the tracks of the Atocha Cercanías station with the implementation of a new arrangement (4+4+2) that will improve the management of the railway traffic of the station. 

The action is part of the Madrid Cercanías Plan and will increase the capacity of the C-3 and C-4 lines that run through the Sol tunnel. It will also expand platform 5 that serves passengers on line C-5.

New 4+4+2 track arrangement
The changing of the tracks to a 4+4+2 arrangement in the northern header station will assign tracks 1 to 4 to the Recoletos tunnel, tracks 5 to 8 to the Sol tunnel and tracks 9 and 10 to the Embajadores tunnel. It will also allow track 8 to be used as a siding track for line C-5 in the event of an incident. 

Likewise, platform 5, which serves tracks 9 and 10, will be extended and widened to increase its capacity and use it for passengers to get on and off line C-5 in both traffic directions. 

The Atocha Cercanías station currently has ten tracks with platforms in a 4+3+3 configuration, so this remodeling represents a significant change that will improve the movement of the most heavily used lines. 

The Cercanías commuter trains are the ones that travel through Atocha the most, but the movement of Medium and Long Distance trains may also be affected in the future.

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Inse Rail to supervise the adaptation works of the facilities at the Montcada Bifurcación, Montcada Bifurcación Aigües and Montcada i Reixac stations

Inse Rail, in a joint venture with the companies GPO and Airtren, has been awarded the ADIF contract to supervise the works on the installations of the ERTMS train protection systems and fixed telecommunications, GSM-R mobile telecommunications, ground train and control and signaling control safety installations in the provisional phase, in the Montcada Bifurcación, Montcada Bifurcación Aigües  and Montcada i Reixac stations (including adjacent stations and their routes) to adapt them to the new track configuration, in accordance with the remodeling and tunneling works that will be carried out with the execution of the infrastructure and catenary construction projects.

The actions are divided into three main projects:

  • Construction project Safety Installations impact of the remodeling of Montcada Bifurcación.
  • Construction project for the execution of the Control, Command and Signaling provisional phases in Bifurcación Aigües.
  • Construction project for the execution of the Control, Command and Signaling provisional phases of the Montcada i Reixac tuneling.

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Inse Rail starts a new contract with ADIF to monitor the overhaul of the installations in the new La Sagrera station

The contract awarded to Inse Rail, as part of a joint venture with Ayesa, covers the outfitting, modification and overhaul of the safety and communications installations to migrate the L050 high-speed line that is currently in service to the new route that runs through the future Sagrera station on its second railway level. The contract also includes the commissioning and integration into the systems managed from Madrid, Zaragoza and Barcelona (CRC, PRO, CTC, BSC, …) and its impact on the Barcelona-Sants and Bifurcación Mollet stations, and connections with other lines.

The upgrading of existing facilities and the installation of new is part of a large-scale change reported to the AESF. It includes contracts for the infrastructure, energy, control, command and signaling subsystems, ERTMS train protection systems and fixed telecommunications, with the different works executed interdependently and in parallel.

The La Sagrera station is the largest infrastructure currently under construction in Catalonia and one of the most ambitious and complex projects in recent years in Spain. The project is being carried out in Barcelona’s large multimodal transport hub, which will host high-speed and long-distance, medium-distance and commuter services -Rodalies-, metro and urban and intercity buses.

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Inse Rail is awarded the contract for the control and monitoring of the works to extend the Salteras siding to 750 meters

ADIF has awarded INSE RAIL, as part of a joint venture, the contract to provide technical assistance for the control and monitoring of the works to extend the Salteras siding (Seville) to a length of 750m, which includes actions on infrastructure, track, electrification, signalling and communications.

One of the priority actions in upgrade of the Seville-Huelva line is the adaptation of the existing Salteras station to handle 750 m trains by extending the parking and siding tracks.

This station is part of Seville’s Commuter Rail Network, on line C-5 at KM 12/881.

Siding Track 2 will be extended at both ends, constructing the corresponding track platform and superstructure, in addition to installing the necessary electrification and signalling. This expansion will involve the construction of several walls and the expansion of the affected ODT. Both connections of track 2 to track 1 will be equipped with safety handles.

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