This step is continuation of the modernisation of one of the country’s main freight corridors linking the southern Port of Algeciras with the national rail network.
Spain’s Council of Ministers has authorised
more than EUR 72.4m for new works on the Bobadilla–Algeciras conventional
railway line.
The package includes EUR 52.2m for
installation of the electrification system on the 106 km Ronda–Algeciras
section and EUR 20.2m for infrastructure and track upgrades between Bobadilla
and Ronda. The projects will be delivered through Adif.
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The Ronda–Algeciras contract covers
installation of a 2×25 kV AC 50 Hz overhead electrification system together
with associated power and telecommunications works. Adif said the project will
increase line capacity, improve operational reliability and prepare the route
for future integration into the Mediterranean Corridor.
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The Bobadilla–Ronda works include track
renewal, drainage upgrades, ballast retaining walls and adaptations to bridges
and overpasses required for future electrification. The contract covers works
between kilometre points 20 and 26.5 of the line and has a planned execution
period of 13 months.
Adif stated that more than EUR 514m has
already been mobilised for the overall modernisation of the 176 km
Bobadilla–Algeciras route. The programme includes full electrification, track
renewal, siding extensions, GSM-R deployment and gauge adaptation works in 21
tunnels to accommodate semi-trailers used by the Algeciras–Zaragoza semitrailers by rail service.
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Additional contracts linked to the corridor
include the construction and maintenance tender for the Marchenilla traction
substation and the award of design works for the Ronda traction substation
serving the Bobadilla–Ronda section.
The Bobadilla–Algeciras line forms part of
both the Atlantic and Mediterranean Corridors and provides rail access to the
Port of Algeciras Bay, Spain’s largest port.
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The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable
Mobility said investment in Atlantic Corridor railway infrastructure reached
EUR 3.123bn in tenders during 2025, with a further EUR 1bn launched in the
first five months of 2026. Railway tenders increased by 122% compared with
2024.
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Among the largest current Atlantic Corridor
projects is the future Burgos–Vitoria high-speed line, where EUR 789.2m of
tenders have already been launched this year covering three sections of the
route. Other schemes advancing include the Basque Y high-speed network,
high-speed rail projects in Extremadura, the Toledo–Talavera–Talayuela line and
the Seville–Huelva corridor.
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The Spanish government plans to invest EUR
12bn in the Atlantic Corridor over the next five years.
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