As part of the works for the installation of the third rail between Astigarraga and the aforementioned municipality of Gipuzkoa.
Adif has approved the award to the consortium formed by the companies Amurrio Ferrocarril y Equipos y Talleres Alegría, for the supply and transport of track equipment for the works to implement the standard gauge at Irun station. The contract amounts to 12,146,353 euros and has a completion period of twelve months.
The contract awarded refers to the manufacture, pre-assembly and workshop testing of the turnouts, their transport to the line and technical assistance during final assembly. It also includes the supply and transport of the most common replacement components for the turnouts.
Third rail installation project
The project for the installation of a third standard gauge rail on the Astigarraga-Irun route, which will give continuity to the Vitoria-Bilbao-San Sebastian high speed line and will allow its connection with the French border, involves a global investment of 165 million Euros, distributed in different contracts, already awarded, which include actions on the track, the overhead contact line, signaling and communications.
It also includes the adaptation of tunnels, metallic structures, stations and halts to mixed gauge, so that the infrastructure can cater for the new operation without affecting the activities currently being carried out.
The necessary modifications to the catenary will also be addressed, as well as the modification of the signaling and communications installations in the Hernani-Irun section of the conventional railway network -the Astigarraga junction and the San Sebastian station are excluded in these actions.
Previously, Adif carried out the track renewal work between San Sebastian and Irun, with an investment of 40 million euros, which focused on the installation of mixed gauge sleepers, rail renewal and ballast settlement.
This news was first published on 27/06/2018 in VíaLibre, the railroad magazine.
