Adif Awards €31.5 Million For New High-speed Rail Section Between Vera And Almeria

Spain’s high-speed web takes different awesome measurement guardant arsenic Adif Alta Velocidad signs a €31.5 cardinal statement to instal way connected nan Vera-Almeria agelong of nan Murcia-Almeria high-speed line, advancing nan Mediterranean Corridor’s confederate link. 

Another milestone for nan Mediterranean Corridor

Adif Alta Velocidad has awarded €31.5 cardinal statement for track installation connected nan 68-kilometre Vera-Almeria conception of Spain’s long-awaited Murcia-Almeria high-speed obstruction statement (Línea de Alta Velocidad, LAV). 

The useful will link nan municipality of Vera pinch Almeria metropolis via a way that includes immoderate of nan line’s astir analyzable engineering feats – notably nan Sorbas twin-bore tunnel, stretching 7.5 kilometres and opinionated arsenic nan longest successful Andalucia, alongside nan Almendral (1.1km) and Viator (878m) tunnels. 

A full of 36 viaducts are included successful this section, on pinch nan Nijar emergency siding (PAET) and links to nan El Puche assembly guidelines adjacent Almeria. Around 10,7 kilometres of slab (in-concrete) way will beryllium laid successful cardinal passageway and viaduct sections to amended stableness and trim maintenance. 

63 per cent of way installation now nether contract

This latest grant follows nan €38 cardinal statement for nan Murcia-Lorca San Diego agelong granted earlier this year. Together, some packages screen 125 kilometres of way – astir 63 per cent of nan 200-kilometre way betwixt Murcia and Almeria. 

The last gap, betwixt Lorca and Vera, is expected to beryllium tendered soon, completing nan main civilian useful model for nan high-speed link. The task forms portion of nan wider EU-backed Mediterranean Corridor, which will yet link confederate Spain to France and nan remainder of Europe.  

Power, signalling and information systems connected nan way

In parallel, Adif is advancing complementary projects worthy tens of millions of euros. These see “electrification” – installing nan powerfulness lines and substations that proviso nan trains’ overhead cables – and nan GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway) and ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) signalling upgrades that alteration drivers and power centres to pass securely and forestall collisions.

At nan aforesaid time, activity continues connected nan El Puche assembly guidelines successful Almeria, which functions arsenic nan logistical bosom of nan task — a tract wherever way components, actual slabs and rails are delivered, stored, and prepared earlier installation.

Although nan Vera–Almeria statement speeds up progress, nan wide task still faces tight timelines. Electrification schedules widen into 2031, and Lorca’s ongoing underground useful are expected to proceed done 2027, suggesting gradual alternatively than contiguous completion.

Funded by Europe and built for nan future

The Murcia-Almeria statement has already racked-up €411 cardinal successful European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) support, pinch further financing from nan EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). 

Designed for speeds of up to 300km/h, nan statement will transportation some rider and freight trains connected nan aforesaid standard-gauge track, transforming Almeria’s links to nan remainder of Spain and Europe. 

For nan province, nan task besides brings municipality renewal – from caller intermodal position entree to biodiversity measures, including a typical nesting building for section swifts affected by construction. 

Once completed, nan caller statement will slash travel times, fortify nan section economy, and link Almeria to nan European high-speed network – a extremity that’s yet coming into position aft years of anticipation and dependable advancement on nan tracks.