The Community of Madrid is investing EUR 187 million in the installation of platform doors and new signalling for Metro Line 6. These works are part of the process of comprehensive renovation of the so-called Circular Line to convert this public transport into the first automated route on the network.
Specifically, the regional government will allocate EUR 104.1 million to the supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of platform doors at the 28 stations that make up L6. The start of the works, which will be carried out in different phases, is scheduled for next summer, coinciding with the rest of the work included in this project that will improve the frequency of passage and the transport capacity of this infrastructure, the most used in the Madrid underground with an average of 400,000 passengers per day.
The contract will last for five years, as it includes a two-year maintenance period once the entire system has been assembled. In total, work will be carried out on 70 platforms, totalling 6.4 kilometres, with the aim of separating the waiting area for users and the area where trains circulate, guaranteeing safe and orderly entry for vehicles.
The structures, built with vandal-proof components, will be transparent to provide a greater feeling of spaciousness, will allow each entrance to be identified through different colours and will have silkscreens, safety bars and anti-entrapment elements. Their placement provides other benefits, as they include LED screens on the top that will reflect useful information.
New signalling for Madrid Metro Line 6
Over the next few years, the Madrid Metro will coordinate key projects leading to the automation of Line 6: the refurbishment of the track bed, the installation of platform doors, the updating of signalling and the arrival of the 40 new trains recently acquired.
In this regard, the regional government will invest EUR 83.5 million in the technological renovation of the L6 indicators to ensure their suitability and compatibility with the new rolling stock. This contract, divided into three phases, includes the engineering design, provision of equipment, reception and commissioning of the new system.
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