Ferrovial, ACS, Acciona, Sacyr and OHLA are launching the new high-speed train base in Las Tablas
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, through Adif AV, is advancing its plans to develop a new technical facility for high-speed trains next to the Las Tablas neighborhood, north of the Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station. One semester after launching the tender to build the facility, The main references of Spanish infrastructure have responded to the call from the railway manager with fifteen proposals to participate in the works.
According to the documentation to which you have had access Economic Informationlarge construction groups such as Action, Ferrovial, ACS -through its subsidiary Dragados and in consortium with Tecsa- or Sacyr They have transferred their credentials to the entity that controls Transport to participate in the aforementioned procedure. Among the rest of the interested parties are Comsa, Contratas y Ventas, Vías y Construcciones and Copasa; in addition to UTEs (temporary business unions) formed by Aldesa-Coalvi, Asch-CHM, Azvi-Ispalvia, San José-Ortiz Construcciones, OHLA-GyO, Torrescamara-Cycasa and Vilor-Pavasal.
After the opening of technical and economic offers was held last December, the proposal best positioned to be awarded the works, following the criteria drawn up in the administration’s previous specifications, is the one led by Villager after obtaining the best technical score (44.84) and putting one of the most competitive prices on the table (38.95 million, 16% below the base budget). The Madrid-based consortium is closely followed by Contratas y Ventas, ACS, Ferrovial and Comsa.
To close the award of the tender, Adif confirms to this medium, the company begins to analyze the offers presented in order to prepare the pertinent reports, and classify them to reach the final award that will be approved by the board of directors of Adif AV. The same sources add that there is still no winner.
Up to 17 section lanes
The contract that has attracted the interest of the sector It is valued by the manager at around 56 million euros and is part of the expansion and modernization program of the railway corridor that connects with the Chamartín station. The new base will include two tracks beaches -with seventeen tracks of 405 useful meters each- equipped with technical platforms for the getting on and off of driving and maintenance personnel. The project also includes a technical building with differentiated areas for Adif and for the railway operators, as well as power, water and train toilet emptying systems, which will facilitate the support and maintenance tasks of the fleet.
Its location in the Las Tablas area will allow establishing a direct connection with the Madrid-Valladolid high-speed linewhich guarantees quick access to the Chamartín station, while facilitating long-term parking of trains. For the construction of the new Las Tablas technical station, it will be necessary to demolish the existing elements in the area (including several buildings), divert the affected services (telephone lines and fiber optic pipelines) and replace the railway drains.
The administration supports the investment in the need to increase the parking capacity and technical support of high-speed trains in the face of the growth in rail traffic. In addition, complementary actions, such as the opening of new accesses and connectivity improvements in Chamartín, aim to reinforce the capital’s position as a hub competitive intermodal rail in Europe. In this context, the station is in the process of expansion and remodeling. In the area of high speed, it will go from having six lanes to a total of twelve through lanes (from 14 to 25). Subsequently, and within the framework of its transformation through the Chamartín-Open Ecosystem project, it is planned that the station will add another six more high-speed tracks (from 26 to 31), bringing the total to 18.
