Lines C-3 and C-4 of the Madrid Tcercañas network will see a change in their service from Saturday and for six weekends, until December 21, due to a new phase of works to expand the capacity of Atocha that will require… Seoul Tunnel will be closed until 10:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
Specifically, this new phase of Adif’s work on the Sol Tunnel, which aims to expand the capacity of the Atocha Cercanías station, will result in the closure of the Sol Tunnel between Nuevos Ministerios and Atocha until 10:00 a.m. during the next six weekends, Including Monday, December 8, which is a holiday.
Specifically, the Seoul Tunnel will remain inactive due to the above-mentioned cuts until 10:00 a.m. daily November 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 and December 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 20 and 21. In this way, during the first five hours of service (from 5:00 to 10:00 a.m.) of the days affected by the cuts, trains on the C-3 and C-4 lines of Cercañas Madrid coming from Aranjuez and Parla, respectively, will terminate and begin their journey in Atocha Charcañas.
As well as trains of lines C-4a and C-4b coming from Alcobendas.San Sebastian de los Reyes and Colmenar Viejo, Respectively, they will end and start the journey at Nuevos Ministerios Station.
Travelers wishing to go from Chamartin or New Ministries Renfe indicated in a statement that the trains of the lines that make this journey through the Recoletos Tunnel (C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10) will be at their disposal to Atocha and vice versa.
According to Renfe, these works will expand the capacity of Atocha Cercanias, which will directly benefit the C-3 and C-4 lines, as they will facilitate incident management and this “It will result in greater safety and less impact on traffic.”
In this first stage, Adif will carry out drilling and cutting works in the walls to pass through the beams and place the beam extensions. This project is part of the DRC’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan EU Next Generation.
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