THE PRINCE OF ASTURIAS OPENS THE AVE MADRID-ALICANTE

On Monday July 17, 2013, the Prince of Asturias, accompanied by the President of the Government and the Minister of Public Works, has made the first voyage of the new high speed line Madrid-Cuenca-Albacete-Alicante.

The new line will reduce the current travel time between Madrid and Alicante in over fifty minutes, maintaining a travel time of two hours and twenty minutes.

The Madrid-Cuenca-Albacete is in service since 2010. The line is now complete with the journey Albacete-Alicante, and GINPROSA has participation on the section of La Encina Junction.

La Encina Junction, in the vicinity of the town of La Encina, is the point of intersection of the Madrid to Alicante, Madrid to Valencia, and the Mediterranean Corridor railway lines in the section between Valencia and Alicante. It is triangular-shaped, with sides that are defined by the new Albacete-Alicante, Alicante-Valencia and Albacete-Valencia axis lines.

It is currently completed Albacete to Alicante inaugurated section, and the rest of the branches are at work, but the jobs are very advanced.

GINPROSA Ingeniería drafted the abovementioned Construction Project and is carrying out the works supervision and surveillance.

Project size

 

High-Speed line substructure. Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (Standard gauge). Total: 8,907 miles of substructure for double track and 13,956 miles of substructure for single track.

•    Albacete – Alicante axis:              5.87 miles of double track. Vmax: 217 miles/h.

•    Valencia – Alicante axis:              3.03 miles of double track. Vmax: 137 miles/h.

•    Valencia – Alicante spur:             3.14 miles of single track. Vmax: 137 miles/h.

•    Alicante – Valencia spur:             2.91 miles of single track. Vmax: 137 miles/h.

•    Valencia – Albacete spur:            3.33 miles of single track. Vmax: 137 miles/h.

•    Albacete – Valencia spur:            4.57 miles of single track. Vmax: 137 miles/h.

Ground clearance:

•    Excavations:      10.26 million yd3

•    Fillers:               7.52 million yd3

Structures:

•    8 high-speed railway viaducts

•    2 Iberian gauge railway viaducts.

•    12 overpasses (four of them are caissons driven under existing railway lines).

•    4 flyovers on the high-speed lines

•    10 underpasses.

•    2 rockfill retaining walls