Link Securities| Alstom, Siemens and CAF (CAF) are preparing to bid for the extension of the Spanish high-speed train (AVE) network, according to Expansión newspaper. The newspaper points out that on this occasion it will be key to have trains with variable gauge (they will have to be able to run on UIC and Iberian track) to reach, for example, from Madrid to the main destinations in Galicia and Asturias.
MADRID | By Carlos Díaz Guell | Analysts in Madrid expect that the investigation over the causes of the Santiago accident will have made public its conclusions before the Brazilian government awards the project.
MADRID | Ferrovial Agroman, a construction subsidiary of Ferrovial, was awarded a contract to build the Padornelo Tunnel-Lubián section of the Madrid-Galicia high-speed railway line, for €108.8 million. The section of line, which is 7.6 kilometers long and will have a single-track 8.5-meter wide bed, crosses the Requejo and Lubián municipalities, in Zamora province. The project includes the construction of the right gallery of the Pardonelo Tunnel (6,407 meters long) and galleries…
From El País, details on the largest Spanish overseas contract so far after a Spanish consortium, in which Saudi companies are also involved, has been awarded the project of building a high-speed line (High-Speed Railway) that will connect the cities of Medina, Jeddah and Mecca in Saudi Arabia, “with a budget of 6.736 million of euros, as reported by the Saudi Railways Organization on its website. ” The Ministry of Public Works…