Connecting Europe Facility -Pamplona-Zaragoza-Sagunto. Bilbao- TRANSPORT Vitoria HSRL section. Works on the platform

subsection Elorroio-, Atxondo- Member States involved: Abadino and services for follow-up works

Implementation schedule 2014-ES-TM-0440-W

Start date: December 2015 Atlantic Corridor End date: December 2018

Budget: Estimated total cost of the action: €90,379,470

Maximum EU contribution: €18,075,894

Percentage of EU support: 20%

Beneficiary & implementing body: ADIF Alta Velocidad www.adifaltavelocidad.es

Additional information: Coordinator’s Report on the Corridor http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/i nfrastructure/ten-t-guidelines/corridors

European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/transport The Action is located on the Bilbao-Vitoria High Speed Railway Line (HSRL) Innovation and Networks Executive section which is part of the pre-identified other sections of the Core Network Agency (INEA) "Bilbao-Pamplona-Zaragoza-Sagunto". http://ec.europa.eu/inea The Global Project is the Madrid-Basque Country-French border High-speed Line. The Action consists of a set of 4 activities related to the construction of two high-speed rail platform on the subsections -Atxondo and Atxondo -Abadiño, and to the associated health and safety and supervision contracts. It will be made up of two electric tracks with UIC gauge, with rails of 60 kg/m, on a 14 metres width platform.

This axis is set for a maximum design speed of 250 km/h. Three viaducts will be constructed in the Elorrio-Atxondo subsection and eight viaducts in the Atxondo-Abadino one.

The main objectives are the increase of capacity and improved regularity of the tracks circulation, reduced travel time, minimal environmental impact and territorial cohesion.

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Update: October 2015