A consortium led by Alstom has secured a €410m contract from Spanish railway infrastructure manager ADIF to supply the European railways traffic management system (ERTMS) level 2 signalling system, Atlas 200, for a high-speed line in the country.
Alstom has a share of around €220m in the contract, with Bombardier and Indra completing the consortium.
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The contract covers the design, procurement, installation, commissioning and maintenance of the signalling, the fixed telecommunication and the automatic train protection systems on the 310km high-speed line connecting Valladolid to León and Venta de Baños to Burgos.
Alstom Spain country president Antonio Moreno said: "This will be the second ERTMS level 2 signalling system commissioned in Spain without ETCS (European train control system) level 1 backup support, after the one installed by Alstom on the Albacete-Alicante new high-speed line.
"This configuration, made possible thanks to Alstom’s technological expertise, allowed a significant reduction of the initial cost of civil works."
The consortium will also equip the line with centralised traffic control, security equipment, mobile GSM-R communications equipment and infrastructure for trains and mobile phone operators.
The scope of the contract also includes maintenance of the north-west high-speed line over the next 20 years.
Alstom had also supplied Atlas 200 technology to the Rome to Naples line in Italy, a cross-border high-speed line from Liege in Belgium to the German border, the Mattstetten-Rothrist line in Switzerland and the Betuwe Route in the Netherlands.
Image: Alstom-led consortium to supply its ERTMS level 2 signalling system for Spain’s new north-west high-speed line. Photo: courtesy of Alstom.
