Spain’s Administrator of Railway Infrastructure for high-speed, ADIF Alta Velocidad awarded Thales and Bombardier consortium will deliver the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 1 for the 210 km Valencia to Vandellós section of the Mediterranean Corridor. The value of the contract is EUR 9,6 million.
Thales will install its European Rail Traffic management System (ERTMS) Level 1 solution AlTrac on the 150 km Villareal to Vandellós section of the line, and its ERTMS Central Post solution on the whole section.
Thales and Bombardier’s contribution to the overall project on the Mediterranean Corridor will advance the modernisation of the line’s different high-speed, conventional, and freight railway applications as well as other lines running parallel to the coast. This will improve existing infrastructures and support Spain’s economic development. The importance of the Mediterranean arc in economic development is crucial given that 50% of Spain’s industrial production, 60% of exports to Europe and 65% of port throughput is concentrated in the coastal strip between Catalonia and Algeciras.
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