📋 Tender Overview
Adif will tackle renovation and improvement of trenches and slopes in the conventional network in the province of Seville. With an investment of 2.5 million euros, they will contribute to improving the safety and reliability of traffic on the conventional width Bifurcación de Utrera-Fuente de Piedra and Mérida-Los Rosales lines.
The treatment of the trench will be carried out on the right bank of the track of the Mérida-Los Rosales line, between the stations of Guadalcanal and Cazalla-Costantina.
The works will consist of the sanitation and clearing of the vegetation in the trench; the refinement of slopes and manual opening of ditches and the stabilization of slopes by means of metal mesh.
The protection of the slopes will be carried out on the Bifurcación de Utrera-Fuente de Piedra line against possible hydrological phenomena in the Arroyo Los Ojuelos basin and the construction of burrows.
The works will be developed between the stations of Marchena and Osuna and consist of the installation of rabbit mesh on a 2.6 km slope; the replacement of transverse drainage works; the execution of 1.1 km of concrete ditch, as well as a retaining wall.
In the surroundings of Vereda de Campillos, on the Utrera-Fuente de Piedra Bifurcation line, trench treatments will also be carried out, among them, retiluzado, wall execution in certain sections; water table depression; reconstruction of the ditch and the attachment to the abutment of an upper step.
Improvements in the conventional network of Andalucía
Adif carries out renovation and modernization projects on several lines of conventional width that run through Andalucía in order to increase the reliability of the installations and improve the performance of the infrastructure. In the period 2018-2023, the investment made in these actions has exceeded 418 million euros.
Among the actions, the renovation and implementation of advanced rail traffic control and regulation systems on the Bobadilla-Algeciras, Bifurcación de Utrera to Fuente de Piedra, Mérida-Los Rosales and Zafra-Huelva lines stands out. For the deployment of these new traffic control systems (Automatic Release Blocking in single lanes (BLAU), the commissioning of the new Center for Regulation and Control (CRC) in Seville Santa Justa, which controls and manages the rail traffic on these lines.
These actions contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) 9 (fostering reliable, sustainable and quality infrastructures), 8 (economic development and job creation), 7 (sustainability) and 11 (accessible and inclusive cities) .
European financing
This action may be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER).
