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International Public Works Award 2021, awarded by the As- Among the projects in which Consultrans has participated, the
sociation of Engineers, Canals and Ports to the Mecca-Medina following stand out.
Consortium. CONSULTRANS was the promoter and coordi-
nator of the 12 Spanish companies and 2 Saudi companies Technical assistance for the control and supervision of the
that make up the Al-Shoula Consortium, responsible for the works of the rehabilitation project of line 116 los cotos - cer-
Haramain project, worth more than 7 billion dollars, the lar- cedilla. Section: cercedilla station - los cotos station. Infra- guía de empresas
gest project carried out by Spanish companies in history. structure, track, complete renovation of c.A.R. And elimina-
tion of telephone blockage.
Main services and products: The scope of these actions is part of the Comprehensive Im-
- Transportation consulting for mobility, traffic and demand provement Plan for Madrid‘s Cercanías Services 2018-2025,
studies, both for passengers and goods, logistics studies, with the aim of maintaining the quality of the service to ensure
strategic transportation studies for public and private insti- user satisfaction and loyalty, activating immediate measures
tutions, in all sectors: road, rail, ports and airports. for service reliability.
- Urban mass transit systems (metro, tram and BRT): techni- The works will be carried out on the Cercedilla-Los Cotos line,
cal and economic feasibility studies, preliminary and con- which corresponds to line C-9 within the Madrid Cercanías
struction projects, sustainable mobility. network and line 116 of the ADIF network. It is 18.1 kilo-
- Strategic maritime plans and port and coastal engineering. meters long and generally runs uphill from Cercedilla station
- Linear road and rail infrastructure design (high-speed and to Puerto de Cotos station. Particularly noteworthy is the tun-
conventional). nel that crosses the summit of Puerto de Navacerrada, with a
- Design and calculation of structures (viaducts, under- length of 670 meters
ground structures, special buildings...) and ground and The works include the correction of the deficiencies in the
tunnel engineering. superstructure, the installation of the track and the installation
- Technical assistance, inspection and management of major of new track equipment, as well as the improvement of the
infrastructure projects. existing functional characteristics with the renovation of the
- New technologies such as application design and develop- platforms in the stations and stops.
ment, system integration and consulting. As far as electrification is concerned, the 1.5 kV DC power sup-
- R+D consultancy and management. ply will be maintained and it is planned to install a new over-
- European funding consultancy. head contact line, dismantling the existing one and adapting it
to the pantographs of the new rolling stock that will be put into
Star products: ENGINEERING AND CONSULTANCY: 1. service. New electronic interlockings will be installed, depen-
Design of the platform for the high-speed line from Nogales ding on the ENCE (Electronic Interlocking Control Equipment)
to Pisuerga-Reinosa. Lot 1. Section: Alar del Rey-Aguilar de at Navacerrada, and the installations will be automatically con-
Campo. TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 2. Construction projects trolled by the CTC (Centralized Traffic Control) at Madrid - Cha-
network infrastructure to support 5G coverage of public mo- martín. In addition, an automatic release #blockade on a single
bile phone operators on Adif high-speed railways. track will be installed in accordance with the new block system.

Activity in the year: Technical assistance for the control and supervision of the
Spain works to remove the telephone blockage between zafra-huel-
In the last five years, the company has undergone a significant va freight and zafra-llano de la granja.
development in Spain, standing out in several key projects for The objective of this project is to progressively minimize the
the strengthening of the national railway network, including risks caused by the human factor in the railway traffic proces-
the company‘s participation in major projects such as the Me- ses. It is part of the plan to improve the safety equipment of the
diterranean Corridor and the high-speed line that will con- network, which includes the elimination of telephone blocka-
nect Madrid with Portugal, which has led to the growth of the des and the installation of minimum train protection systems.
Railway Infrastructure and Technical Assistance Departments. The works cover two conventional single track lines with la-
Furthermore, since the creation of the Telecommunications teral signaling and without conventional ASFA, with a total
and Signaling Department in 2023, contracts worth more than length of 219 km, where it will be necessary to replace the
7 million euros have been won, making Consultrans a leader current mechanical interlockings with new electronic inter-
in the sector. Consultrans has been the engineering compa- lockings, install new LED signals and axle counters for train
ny chosen by the main signaling companies (Siemens, Enyse, detection. The new interlocking functionalities will be inte-
CAF and Hitachi) to design their projects. grated into the Seville CTC.

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