Thales was awarded by Adif the new project of Valladolid East Bypass.
This project will provide the 17.5 kilometers of the new bypass with the availability and reliability required for its operation.
The contract has a budget of more than 17.8 million euros financed by the European Union's Next Generation funds.
Valladolid, June 20, 2022.
After being awarded the contract by Adif last January, Thales has begun drafting the construction project, after which work will start on the signaling and telecommunications installations for the Eastern Bypass. This section will cover 17.5 kilometers in this direction, including a 1,130.5-meter viaduct (Viaducto de los Tramposos) and a 2,192-meter tunnel, thus avoiding crossing urban areas. The purpose of the project is to provide the bypass with the railway availabilty and reliability required for its operation.
Financed by the European Union's Next Generation Funds to the tune of 17.8 million euros, the Eastern Bypass is designed so that trains can run at a speed of up to 160 km/h, which will boost rail freight traffic, a milestone in terms of decarbonization and reduction of the carbon footprint, a crucial point in the ESG (environmental, social and economic sustainability) strategy of Thales.
The new Bypass will also allow access to the new Valladolid railway complex, where most of the railway activities currently carried out in other centers in the province will be located; and it will provide double-track continuity to the Madrid-Hendaye line, which will be used for freight traffic. Thus, when it enters into service, the Eastern Bypass will accommodate the passage of all freight trains, which represents 25% of the current rail traffic of the Valladolid-Campo Grande station.
The drafting of the construction project and subsequent execution of the works will include the provision of signalling installations (latest generation Thales L905E electronic interlocking, Thales TTC audio-frequency track circuits, LED signals and electro-hydraulic switch actuators also of Thales technology) that will allow operation with Automatic Banalized Blocking and the use of the ASFA Digital system as a train protection system. On the other hand, the new installations will be integrated for remote control in the CTC of the Miranda Command Post.
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