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Adif AV awarded the contract for drafting the initial track laying works on the 60 km Gipuzkoa rail branch part of the Basque Y high-speed rail project. The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Türkiye, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, announced that the construction has been almost completed for a new suburban line connecting Yenikent city with Sincan (Organized Industrial Zone), and Kazan Soda facilities. The line has been created by extending Baskentray to Yenikent being connected with Sincan – Yenikent – Kazan Soda rail. The minister examined the ongoing works on the Sincan (OSB) – Yenikent – Kazan Soda railway project on site which, when completed, “will open the door to a major transformation in both passenger transport and freight services in Ankara.” The construction company has built 16 km of tracks in total by now, as the project includes a 12 km long Baskentray suburban line starting from Sincan and extending to Yenikent, and the 4 km connection line from Yenikent to Kazan Soda facilities. Türkiye has built a new double-track railway between Sincan and Yenikent, including three new stations and stops (OSB, Yenikent-1 and Yenikent-2 stations). Through this link, the Baskentray suburban line to Yenikent has been extended meaning that will integrate the Baskentray suburban line to the 1st Organized Industrial Zone and Yenikent via Sincan station. 85% progress has been made in the infrastructure work of the project and 44% in the superstructure works, while 99% of work has been completed for 11cut-and-cover tunnels with a length of 2.2 km. In addition, 88% of the construction for four new bridges totalling 408 metres has been completed. Türkiye shipped 3,467 tonnes of the 3,560 tonnes of rail needed for the infrastructure. “We will connect Yenikent’s population exceeding 600,000 to the metropolitan system with fast, safe, comfortable and economical public transport services. At the same time, we will carry 4.4 million tonnes of cargo per year thanks to the connecting line towards Kazan Soda facilities. The constructor made approximately 90 percent physical progress in the project and that aims to complete the infrastructure and superstructure works in the 3rd quarter of this year,” the Minister of Transport said. To accelerate the project’s implementation, a tender for signalling and telecommunications systems will be launched in the 3rd quarter of this year. It is expected that the new suburban line will become operational for both passenger and freight traffic at the beginning of 2027. The EUR 603,519 contract represents a phase prior to the tendering process for the track laying works which will be contracted once the construction of the track-bed for the Gipuzkoa rail branch has been completed. Adif AV is making progress on the track laying projects for the entire Basque Y high-speed rail line, both the Gipuzkoa and Biscay branches, as it has been entrusted with their implementation, as well as that of the remaining railway equipment and systems including electrification, signalling, and telecommunications. In the case of the Biscay section, the 90.8 km Vitoria – Bergara Junction – Bilbao, Adif, in addition to promoting the work to complete the construction of its platform, is currently putting out to tender the drafting of the base project from which the track will be laid for this section. With the awarded contract for Gipuzkoa rail branch, Adif AV is thus moving toward a new phase in the ongoing development of the Vitoria/Gasteiz – Bilbao – Donostia/San Sebastián – French border high-speed rail line, a strategic axis of the Atlantic Corridor, promoting various projects in different areas. Adif AV is currently completing the Vitoria – Bilbao branch line platform for which 14 sections have already been completed and five are under construction, including three of the six sections that make up the Bergara Junction. It is also working on projects for access to the capital of Biscay and the remodeling of the Bilbao Abando station. It is also making progress on the deployment of the third rail on the 19 km Astigarraga – Irun section, to adapt it for Iberian gauge and standard gauge traffic up to the border, and on the transformation and expansion of the latter station. The company has also authorised the agreement with the Basque Government to build the new Astigarraga station and the corresponding agreement to build the Arkaute railway interchange, for integration into Vitoria-Gasteiz. It has also put out to tender the construction of the first section of the Burgos – Vitoria high-speed rail line, the axis that connects the “Y” to the rest of the 4,000 km high-speed network, and then to the French border at Irún. |
