New contract for the electrical infrastructure project of the Algeciras-Ronda section

The Railway Infrastructure Administrator (ADIF) has been awarded the contract for the consulting and technical assistance services for the drafting of the construction projects of the traction electrical substation, and associated self-transformation centers, and the energy remote control of the Ronda-Algeciras section of the Bobadilla-Algeciras line.

The selected company is Inse Rail SL, and the contract has already been formalized for a total of 207,856.62 euros (including taxes). The completion time for the works is eight months from the date of the formalization of the contract.

This construction project is part of the Strategic Infrastructure and Transport plan, with the Bobadilla-Algeciras Railway as one of the elements to be upgraded to adapt it to high speed. The entire line will be electrified at 25 kV AC, compatible with AVE trains, which means that the line will be able to be used by AVE, Avant, conventional diesel and freight trains.

The project requires the installation of 2 x 25 kV systems with all of the necessary traction elements in the electrification installations, consisting of two 400/ 2 x 27.5 kV and 30 MVA traction substations, 9 intermediate self-transformation centers (ATI) and 2 final self-transformation centers (ATF), as well as the design of the energy telecontrol on the Bobadilla-Algeciras line.
The project is funded by the European Union through the ERDF funds.

 

Source: Andalucía Información

Inse Rail, awarded the contract to supervise of the works for the replacement telephone blocking on the Bobadilla-Ronda line

Adif is moving forward with the project to eliminate telephone blocking on the Bobadilla-Ronda section -70.5 km between the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz- of the Bobadilla-Algeciras line, which will be replaced with an advanced signaling and telecommunications system, an Automatic Single-Track Blocking (BAU), which will work with Centralized Traffic Control (CTC). 

The project, with an investment of 27.9 million euros, will improve the reliability of the facilities and the quality of the service. With this project, the system will be implemented along the full length of the railway line, because it is already installed between Ronda and Algeciras (105.5 km).

The works, which involve modifications to the signaling, energy and telecommunications facilities and the installation of new state-of-the-art electronic interlockings, will be supervised by the Inse Rail-Meta Engineering joint venture, with a completion time of 26 months.

The main actions to be carried out are the following:

  • Replacement of the electrical interlocking in Bobadilla and the Bouré interlockings in Campillos, Almargen/Cañete La Real and Setenil, with new electronic interlockings.
  • Installation of Automatic Single-Track Blocking (BAU) throughout the section.
  • Integration of new electronic interlockings in the CTCs in Ronda and Córdoba.
  • New technical buildings for signaling and telecommunications facilities in the Bobadilla, Campillos, Almargen/Cañete La Real and Setenil stations, as well as at the intermediate posts in Teba, Atalaya and Parchite.
  • In Bobadilla, Campillos and Almargen/Cañete La Real stations, traffic offices will also be built.

 

Source: Inse Rail

Inse Rail, defending real equality

Inse Rail adheres to the Code of Best Practices for Talent Management and Improving Company Competitiveness in Defense of Real Equality.

Nearly 40 public and private organizations in the mobility sector have signed the Manifesto and have adopted its commitments regarding equality.

This Manifesto is part of the ‘Millas de Igualdad’ initiative of the Spanish Association of Executives and Board Members (EJE&CON), which promotes best professional practices for gender equality.

The mobility sector is characterized by the limited presence of women, who account for approximately 22%, which leads to a loss of talent and business opportunities. For this reason, the EJE&CON Mobility Forum launched the ‘Millas de Igualdad’ initiative, which is part of the Manifesto and will promote the development of best practices in this sector.

The presentation ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Professional Association of Civil Engineers of Madrid and was attended by Raquel Sánchez Jiménez, Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, and Cristina Sancho, President of EJE&CON.

 

Source: Inse Rail

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Inse Rail and Bews to design the project to extend the Diagonal – Baix Llobregat tram to the center of Sant Feliu de Llobregat

The Autoritat del Transport Metropolitá de Barcelona (ATM) has awarded the joint venture Inse Rail – Bews the contract to draft the informational study and the final project design of the alternative chosen to extend the Diagonal – Baix Llobregat tram to the center of Sant Feliu de Llobregat.

The informational study will define two alternatives based on preliminary studies, which will incorporate the results of the compatibility studies of the tram alternatives with the most recent project to move the railway line underground and the movement of the terminal stop, updating the route characteristics.

The guidelines from the international call for ideas carried out by the City Council that affect the definition of the alternatives will also be incorporated and must be consistent in the indications of the master urban development plan that will include the changes in the urban planning of the city after moving the line underground.

The alternatives will analyze the new points of view of traffic and mobility, functionality, urban compatibility, tramway operation, existing and affected services, energy supply, environmental compatibility and economy, with sufficient precision to be able to submit the study for public consultation.

At the request of the City Council, a third alternative or variant of the previous two will be considered to include the possibility of a third additional stop closer to the El Pla industrial park.

After the most favorable alternative in terms of sustainability and the objectives of the action has been selected and approved by the ATM, the Inse Rail – Bews joint venture will draft the construction project, including the tramway installation and the urban development of the surrounding area.

Both the planning phase (informational study) and the design phase (construction project) will be developed with BIM methodology.

 

Source: Inse Rail

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Inse Rail participates in the opening of the extension of the Malaga metro to the historic city center

On Tuesday, March 27, 2023, a large delegation headed by the president of the Regional Government, Juanma Moreno; the Councilor of Development, Marifrán Carazo and the mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, among others, officially opened the route between the stations of Alameda Principal (Atarazanas) and El Corte Inglés (Guadalmedina), kicking off commercial operation of the metro in the center of Málaga.

In addition to political representatives, the event was also attended by citizens, merchants and residents in the area, representatives of the concessionaire company, Metro de Málaga and the companies that participated in the project, including Inse Rail.

Inse Rail’s President, Cesar Cañedo-Argüelles and the Director of the Industrial Division, Oscar Domingo, who oversaw the contract executed by Inse Rail for the Regional Government of Andalusia since March 2022, in consortium with the company Betancourt, were in attendance to represent the company. The purpose of the consortium was to coordinate the most recent works and facilities of the Málaga Metro and to supervise the commissioning before handover to the concessionaire.

The new extension section of the Málaga Metro to the historic city center is one kilometer long, although, since both lines merge between El Perchel and Guadalmedina, the actual infrastructure built is 1.7 kilometers long, with two new underground stations: Guagalmedina and Atarazanas. With this new route, user demand is expected to double from approximately 7 million  to 14 million passengers per year, and continue to offer improvements that strengthen this comfortable, safe and environmentally friendly means of metropolitan transport.

 
 
 
 

Source: Inse Rail

Inse Rail to supervise the works to replace telephone blocking between Aranda de Duero and the Aranda fork

ADIF has awarded Inse Rail the supervision of the works to modernize the signaling, energy and communications installations in a 96-kilometer stretch, from the Madrid-Burgos line to the Prado Marina de Aranda de Duero industrial park, with an expected completion period of 18 months.

This action will improve the connection of freight train traffic in this section and, will also incorporate advances in railway operation, increasing the capacity and reliability of the line and improving the regularity of train traffic.

The main actions that will be carried out include:

  • Replacement of the electrical interlocking of Aranda de Duero with an electronic one.
  • Upgrading the Burgos interlocking.
  • Replacement of the signals installed on the track with LED signals with their respective ASFA Digital beacons.
  • Installation of new train detection equipment (axle counters) and new turnout motors.
  • Establishment of a Single-Track Automatic Release Block throughout the project section.
  • Integration of the new interlocking functions in the Miranda de Ebro Centralized Traffic Control (CTC).
  • Installation of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) in the interlocking signaling equipment.
  • Laying of fiber optic cable.

The enabling of Single-Track Automatic Blocking in all sections and the installation of electronic interlocks in the entire section will increase the adaptability in the case of future modifications.

 

Source: Inse Rail

Inse Rail to draft the project for the railway station of the Alicante airport

Inse Rail, in a joint venture, has been awarded the contract by ADIF to draft the construction project for the new railway access to the Alicante airport, which includes the infrastructure, track, platforms and the new passenger station. The expected completion time for the drafting of the project is 24 months. 

The railway access to El Altet Airport involves the construction of a bypass on the conventional, non-electrified line between Murcia and Alicante, with a platform equipped with multi-purpose sleepers for a final configuration of 2 UIC tracks. The access to be designed will connect to the Murcia-Alicante line near the Torrellano Station after the line enters the municipality of Alicante, with an approximate length of 4.75 Km.

The most important part of the project is the new station at the airport. Its underground design includes both the civil works of the cavern as well as its architecture, in addition to all of the non-railway facilities, on the land that is currently owned by AENA.

An important aspect to be taken into account is that the access point for travelers coming from the new station has already been defined in the airport’s new terminal.

Before and after the station, the route also runs underground between retaining walls, to eliminate the impact on the N-338 highway and the entrance road to the airport that would be generated by the construction of a rail access on the surface.

The section of underground tunnel between the retaining walls to the west of the station will be approximately 825 m long and the one located to the east, 333 m.

 

Source: Inse Rail

Inse Rail, awarded the supervision of the works to improve the signaling in the Castelló-L’Ametlla de Mar and Tortosa-L’Aldea-Amposta sections

The contract has been awarded to Inse Rail in a joint venture with Meta Engineering, and has a completion time of 27 months.

The main objectives of the project, which complements the projects to change the catenary and track gage, include enabling the implementation of standard gage for passenger and freight trains, overhauling the existing facilities to increase their availability and reliability, and increasing the capacity and regularity of rail traffic, which will help optimize and rationalize the railway operation in accordance with future scenarios.

The project also aims to improve the reliability of the signaling installations by incorporating new interlockings in the eleven stations of the sections, cable networks with a reduction factor, state-of-the-art track circuits (audio-frequency on the main line and general track and axle counters on siding tracks), civil works, new energy service connections and the interfaces between the interlockings and the ERTMS equipment.

Some of the operations to be carried out include the works for signaling, communications, traffic control, state-of-the-art interlockings, signals with LED technology, digital ASFA (Announcement of Signals and Automatic Braking) installation as a train protection system and integration into the Centralized Traffic Control (CTC).

This will also increase the durability of these systems by reducing the likelihood of incidents that affect service and streamlining maintenance needs.

The project will also include actions on the new track configuration in different stations in the section, as well as on the energy supply systems, technical buildings, conduits and auxiliary civil works, and on operations to carry out testing and commissioning.  

 

Source: Inse Rail

January 28, 2023

The Ponferrada City Council awards Inse Rail the project for a railway siding for 740/750-meter trains

The contract, with a completion period of 12 months, includes the demand study, study and cataloging of the existing buildings in the scope of action, functional study, basic project and final project design, as well as the environmental studies required by ADIF to authorize the connection of the railway siding to the General Interest Railway Network (RFIG), in addition to the subsequent execution.

The project will develop a railway siding in a strategic location, improving an existing unused railway facility, which will serve the future Ponferrada Intermodal Logistics Platform, linked to the CyLoG installation, as a tool for the economic recovery and reindustrialization of the El Bierzo District. It will also facilitate the ecological transition by promoting more sustainable transport of goods, shifting cargo from the road to rail and contribute to the decarbonization of transport, in line with the strategies and objectives of the European Union.

The works to be developed in the project will be located in the La Placa area, in the municipality of Ponferrada (León), next to the ADIF Logistics Facility in Ponferrada and ADIF’s railway line 800, León – A Coruña.  

Source: Inse Rail

Inse Rail to carry out the asbestos census of the municipal buildings of the Seville City Council

The Seville City Council has contracted Inse Rail to carry out the analysis and preparation of a census on the location, economic valuation, definition of the procedure and calendar programming for the removal of fiber cement and construction components associated with asbestos in municipal buildings.

The contract includes the drafting of individualized reports for each property, the test holes required to view hidden elements in the buildings, the planning of the asbestos removal according to the applicable regulations, the cataloging of the hazard levels, as well as the publication of the results.

A management plan will be drawn up to specify the treatment, estimated cost to dismantle and remove the asbestos in each of the public municipal buildings, which will be prioritized based on level of danger and exposure to the most vulnerable population. This calendar planning for the asbestos removal will be prepared annually, with the process completed no later than 2028, prioritizing the risk levels involved.

This action was promoted in compliance with the recent approval of Law 7/2022 of the Government of Spain which defines the regulatory framework for the preparation of these censuses by municipalities.

With this contract, Inse Rail continues to strengthen its position as a leading company in the provision of services to identify asbestos, a service that it has already provided for Metro de Madrid, Metro de Valencia, Metro de Barcelona, the Ministry of Culture, the Getafe City Council and the Barcelona City Council.  

 

Source: Inse Rail

December 24, 2022

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