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company guide Implementation of standard gauge on the Mediterranean renewal project (Phase 1 & 2) on the Madrid-Seville high-

Corridor. Section: Valencia Nord-Valencia Joaquín Sorolla.
speed line. Spain.
The works include the necessary works for the replacement of
Spain.
a total of 112 track devices on the Madrid-Seville High Speed
The project includes the necessary works to allow standard
gauge trains to enter both Joaquín Sorolla Station and Valen-
Line.
cia Nord Station, which currently only accommodate Iberian
Phase 2 of the sleeper and ballast removal project on the
gauge trains.
Madrid-Seville high-speed line. Renewal of sleepers and bal-
The section to be worked on is about 2 km long, and the works
to be carried out include the implementation of mixed gauge
and conversion to standard gauge, the lifting of track and track
425+100 of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line.
devices that are no longer in use and the installation of new
Complete track renovation on the Gijón-Laviana section of
ones, the construction of a new section of railway platform, last stripping on the section between kilometers 360+000 and
and the construction of a section of slab track. the metric gauge network in Asturias. Spain.
Complete renewal of the current track superstructure on a
Implementation of standard gauge on the Mediterranean 45.6 km section. Works will be carried out on the platform,
Corridor. Castellbisbal-Murcia Section. Castellón-Vinaroz trenches, embankments and track superstructure including the
Subsection. Spain. renewal of ballast, construction of walls, construction of pro-
Implementation of standard gauge on the general tracks of the tective breakwaters, replacement of rails, sleepers and track
77.5 km of the section, as well as on storage sidings of the devices.
stations, extending some of them extending some of them to
adapt the parking lengths to 750 m, according to the interope- Track renewal on line 810 on the Ourense-Monforte de Le-
rable standard train. mos section. Spain.
Track renewal (ballast, rail, sleepers and switches and track
Conditioning of the Roda de Bará Tunnel for the implemen- devices, not including electrification) to be done after the
tation of standard gauge on the Mediterranean Corridor. Ad- previous works of the infrastructure projects, including the
aptation of the Roda de Bará tunnel section for the implemen- dismantling and assembly of the safety and signalling instal-
tation of standard gauge. This includes the readjustment of the lations affected.
section for the new gauges and the implementation of slab
track, the structural repair of the tunnel due to the significant Works for the execution of new track configuration as a re-
problems of leaks, damp and existing surges, and the installa- sult of the elimination of the telephonic blocks on the me-
tion of an efficient drainage system. tric gauge lines between Ferrol-Ortigueira and La Asunción-
Guardo. Spain.
Duplication of the North-Northwest High Speed Corridor, The main objective of this contract is to adapt the rail yard of
RAF Palencia - Vilecha High Speed Junction section and 7 stations located on the Ferrol-Ortigueira section of line 740
electrification of the Palencia - León line in new duplication and 8 stations on line 790 of the metric gauge network. The
sections. Assembly of the second track on the Las Arenas - works include the renewal and reconfiguration of tracks and
Vilecha Junction section to complete the double track on the track devices, the execution of new drainage systems, slope
Palencia - León line. It includes the electrification of the du- improvement and the remodelling and construction of new
plicated sections and the transformation of the current Villada platforms.
AV Unit into a Train Overtaking and Parking Post (PAET).
Execution works of the project to extend the gauge at over-
Integral improvement of the infrastructure of the Madrid- passes on the conventional railway line between Ourense-
Seville high-speed railway line. Section C: Guadalmez-Cór- Monforte-Lugo. Spain.
doba. Spain. Adaptation of the gauge of 9 overpasses for the implementati-
The works include actions to improve the Madrid-Sevilla High on of the new electrification in the conventional line section
Speed Line corridor in an 80 km section between Guadalmez between Ourense-Monforte-Lugo, making a lowering of plat-
and Cordoba, including the conditioning and improvement of form and track. In addition, tracks will be extended at one sta-
the drainage system, cuttings, embankments, tunnels, enclos- tion in order to achieve a useful length of 750 meters, and all
ures and service roads. the safety and communications installations affected by these
works will be replaced.
Execution of the works corresponding to the track devices

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