ADIF has awarded Inse Rail, as part of a joint venture, the contract to draft the Study of Alternatives, the Basic Project and the Construction Project for the accessible connection between platforms, adaptation and return to service of the old Almodóvar del Río Station (Cordoba), currently not in use, so that it can provide service to passengers on the Valle del Guadalquivir commuter trains.

The project includes the remodeling and adaptation of the facilities and the refurbishment of the accesses, as well work in the track yard to put it into service.

The terminal consists of two general tracks and two narrow platforms, separated from the high-speed tracks by a concrete block wall. There is an underpass under the tracks that connects the northern part, where the old passenger building is located, and the southern part, which is further away from the town.

A study of alternatives will be carried out and the project that is developed will guarantee the safe pedestrian connection and accessibility of passengers to the station.

The contract completion deadline is 18 months for the drafting of the project for the connection of the platforms, adaptation and return to service of the station, with 12 months (Stage 2) of support for the project during the works phase.

Source: Inse Rail

TMB’s (Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona) plans to expand its fleet of trains will also require the upgrading and expansion of the workshop areas for the maintenance and infrastructure of trains, equipment and components, and the adaptation of the areas to work safely in order to achieve this increase.

Inse Rail will draft the construction project to upgrade the workshop for the expanded fleet, to meet the specific needs of the rolling stock and meet the challenges involved in the expansion and maintenance of equipment and trains.

Some of the actions planned in the project include feasibility studies and the study of alternatives (to optimize non-railway facilities and existing infrastructure), structural calculations, and the impact on the workshop’s different installations. The project includes the work to design the architecture and civil works, foundations and earthworks, structures, enclosures, pavements, surfacing, drainage installations, low-voltage, ventilation, heating and cooling, high-voltage and medium-voltage installations and track. It also includes the work verify the current conditions, such as surveying and detecting the services that will be affected in the project area.

With this project, 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-South maintenance sub-base, and Alstom’s new maintenance base in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda. Inse Rail recently designed RENFE’s new Fuencarral II high-speed workshop and the expansions of the workshop for self-propelled trains 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

The Railway Infrastructure Administrator (ADIF) has been awarded the contract for the consulting and technical assistance services for the drafting of the construction projects of the traction electrical substation, and associated self-transformation centers, and the energy remote control of the Ronda-Algeciras section of the Bobadilla-Algeciras line.

The selected company is Inse Rail SL, and the contract has already been formalized for a total of 207,856.62 euros (including taxes). The completion time for the works is eight months from the date of the formalization of the contract.

This construction project is part of the Strategic Infrastructure and Transport plan, with the Bobadilla-Algeciras Railway as one of the elements to be upgraded to adapt it to high speed. The entire line will be electrified at 25 kV AC, compatible with AVE trains, which means that the line will be able to be used by AVE, Avant, conventional diesel and freight trains.

The project requires the installation of 2 x 25 kV systems with all of the necessary traction elements in the electrification installations, consisting of two 400/ 2 x 27.5 kV and 30 MVA traction substations, 9 intermediate self-transformation centers (ATI) and 2 final self-transformation centers (ATF), as well as the design of the energy telecontrol on the Bobadilla-Algeciras line.
The project is funded by the European Union through the ERDF funds.

Source: Andalucía Información

Inse Rail, in a joint venture, has been awarded the contract by ADIF to draft the construction project for the new railway access to the Alicante airport, which includes the infrastructure, track, platforms and the new passenger station. The expected completion time for the drafting of the project is 24 months. 

The railway access to El Altet Airport involves the construction of a bypass on the conventional, non-electrified line between Murcia and Alicante, with a platform equipped with multi-purpose sleepers for a final configuration of 2 UIC tracks. The access to be designed will connect to the Murcia-Alicante line near the Torrellano Station after the line enters the municipality of Alicante, with an approximate length of 4.75 Km.

The most important part of the project is the new station at the airport. Its underground design includes both the civil works of the cavern as well as its architecture, in addition to all of the non-railway facilities, on the land that is currently owned by AENA.

An important aspect to be taken into account is that the access point for travelers coming from the new station has already been defined in the airport’s new terminal.

Before and after the station, the route also runs underground between retaining walls, to eliminate the impact on the N-338 highway and the entrance road to the airport that would be generated by the construction of a rail access on the surface.

The section of underground tunnel between the retaining walls to the west of the station will be approximately 825 m long and the one located to the east, 333 m.

Source: Inse Rail