Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Oscar Puenteannounced on Monday that the worksE. Renewal of the high-speed line between Madrid and Barcelona, With the aim of adapting it so that trains move from a speed of 300 kilometers per hour to a speed of 300 kilometers per hour 350 km/hSo the trip between the two cities takes place in “less than two hours.”
Puente presented this new project during an informative breakfast in Madrid, where he indicated that it is “Go to attack” At a high speed, after it had been in recent years ‘On the defensive’ due to ‘railway accidents’ Absolutely painful.” This “step forward” will focus on the railway line between Madrid and Barcelona, which will be renovated so that it can travel at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, which is a speed, he said. They only arrive by train in China. In Spain, this is also being prepared on the Cartagena-Almería line, which is under construction.
As he explained, once ADEV had nearly completed the renovation of the oldest high-speed line, Which connects Madrid to Seville, The ministry is now preparing to do the same with the line linking Madrid and Barcelona, and will “take advantage” of the works to… Adapting the tracks to the movement of trains at a speed of 350 km/h, Something that Puente estimated could take time to complete About three yearsThis is the same time it took to renew the Madrid-Seville line.
“We must work within the time horizon”He said that the renewal of the Madrid-Seville line, which is being completed after three years of work, in which Puente confirmed that trading was not interrupted at any time, as a model of what will happen on the Madrid-Barcelona line. It is also true that the renovation of the first line of AVE has been completed Source of many accidents Which has seen service in recent years, especially in the field Holyin Toledo.
The minister did not want to commit more to the deadline in which it would be possible to travel by train from Madrid to Barcelona within two hours, but he confirmed this “Let’s start now” The tender for the first works will be issued on Monday or Tuesday. The renewal will take place in sections and will start with the part that generates the greatest “problem” to reach the greatest speed, which is the part that unifies Madrid with Calatayud.
Aerodynamic sleepers
Although it will also be necessary to renew signals and other elements of the track, Puente explained that the main key for trains to be able to run at 350 kilometers per hour is to replace the track. The current sleepers, who go to ballast, “Small stones” that come out at a speed of 320 km/h Shooting at the bottom of the trainfor others of the kind Aerodynamics Which will no longer produce this trend and will allow trains to run faster.
“With the same rolling stock we can provide services more quickly.”This is confirmed by Puente, who explained that a 350 km/h turn is the only realistic alternative to solve the “saturation” problem that the Madrid-Barcelona line suffers from. And also trains Oyego or Erio Railway sources explained that in Spain it can travel at this speed.
“We need capacity, and the network is saturated There are only two alternatives: build more lanes, which would triple or quadruple the line” with consequences in terms of “time, cost and environmental impact” or “increase speed”.“There is no other option but to have (trains) arrive earlier and make more space on the track.”He said.
New and arriving stations in Madrid and Barcelona
It also includes a project to renew the line New entrances and stations High-speed rail in both Madrid and Barcelona.
in MadridThe big news is the construction of a new high-speed station in Barlawhich will allow you to border Madrid and not have to pass through Atocha or Chamartín on the trains connecting Seville to Barcelona.
Likewise, the high-speed link between Barajas Airport and Chamartín Station, Which Puente confirmed will be fully completed in the “spring.” In this case, work has already begun and it is currently a question of adapting suburban train routes to high-speed trains.
In Barcelona Connection between Sants station and El Prat Airport High-speed trains will connect to La Sagrera station, freeing up the existing route that runs along the entire coast from Tarragona to Sants to connect directly to La Sagrera station. Lleida with Barcelona via La Sagrera, without having to go down to Tarragona. “We need a new arrival, which is what we thought about with La Sagrera, not with Saints,” Puente said.
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