📋 Tender Overview
Adif will invest more than 6.5 million euros in works to improve and extend the useful length of the tracks to accommodate trains of up to 608 meters in the logistics terminal of Muriedas, on the line of the conventional Palencia-Santander network.
These works will be carried out on the internal roads of the logistics facility and will be complemented by the track duplication works between Torrelavega and Guarnizo, which will act on the terminal's traffic routes. In this way, the facilities for the reception and dispatch of freight trains are set up with a more competitive useful length, improving the capacity and efficiency of the terminal's operation.
The action will boost the rail transport of goods on this line and traffic with the Port of Santander, taking advantage of the synergies between maritime and rail transport and favoring sustainable and competitive mobility in this area.
Details of the actions
The Muriedas terminal, located in Camargo, has a 12-lane beach (secondary traffic lanes linked to the main road, which is used for the crossing and parking of trains) and 3 mango lanes.
The widening work will focus on 9 of these roads, at both ends, on the Santander side and on the Palencia side. The works include all platform, track and electrification actions for the extension of the length of the tracks.
To adapt the electrification to the new layout, new foundations and posts will be executed to replace the funicular portals with rigid portals (non-deformable metal lintel to support the catenary) and provide two contact wires to the track platform.
The new laying of ground cable, anchors, and installation of new signage will also be carried out, among other actions, for the improvement and expansion of the current service roads.
The works are part of the agreement signed by Adif, Puertos del Estado and the Port Authority of Santander.
European Financing
The works to expand the sidings of the Muriedas logistics terminal will count on European financing through the "Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. Funded by the European Union NextGeneration EU.
