The third track will come into service at the end of 2010 for freight trains.
High-speed passenger trains shall not pass through the Petrús Tunnel until 2012. The Director of ADIF Infrastructures for the High-Speed Railway line Madrid-Barcelona-French Border, Rafael Rodríguez, assured yesterday that the third track that is being built in the district, parallel to the conventional train line, will come into service at the end of 2010 between the Catalonian capital and the French border for freight trains, although the railway infrastructure is prepared for passenger trains.
The passenger convoys will not run on the high-speed stretch until 2012 “when the high-speed line is finished”, clarified Rodríguez. Currently, the progress of the works in the province, between Girona and Figueres, is between 25 and 35% of its total, informs Europa Press.
VIADUCT
Yesterday Adif completed the installation of the deck on the Ruidellots de la Selva Viaduct which crosses the AP-7 motorway. The viaduct is 106m long and weighs 1,500 tonnes and is considered to be a singular structure, because, as stated by Rodriguez, the width of its spans and its alignment form a 34.3 degree curve between the axes of the stretch of the line and the AP-7 motorway.
To install the deck, a complex technical operation was employed which required the moving of the structure via positioning rods which were driven by hydraulic jacks which had a working force of 80 tonnes. This process took two days to execute, though it did not affect the rolling traffic on the AP-7.
Adif also announced the track assembly completion of the 26Km stretch between La Roca del Vallès and Riudellots. This means that a double track has been installed between both towns, with the placement of 1,300 cable posts and 306.7Km of electricity cabling as well as more than 86,000 sleepers. The Barcelona-Figueres stretch on the High-Speed Madrid-Barcelona-French border Railway Line has an investment of approximately €4,200 million.
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