circuit will create the first test of its kind in the town of Bobadilla, Málaga
Adif place in the province of Malaga a test track for trains at speeds exceeding 500 kilometers per hour, the first of its kind worldwide, in addition to the Railway Technology Centre located in the Andalusian capital. As part of an investment of 400 million euros, Adif received funding support by the EU and various private companies. By Pablo Javier Piacente.
The town of Bobadilla, in the province of Malaga, will host the first rail track global test for units that exceed 500 miles per hour speed. Be built by Adif , with the support of the European Union and private firms. The infrastructure work to complement the Centre Railway Technology located in the city of Malaga .
The development marks an important technological innovation for high-speed railways in Spain, and currently there are nine such centers in the world, but limited to test trains can reach speeds of up to 270 kilometers per hour. The railway project comprises three rings, with a total length of 80 kilometers.
The test circuit is designed to try and find solutions about the problems that can cause movement of ultra-fast rail services, at speeds exceeding 500 kilometers per hour. These new trains on very high speed "require changes in different segments of rail technology.
For example, it is necessary to evaluate a new generation of diversions, it is essential to reduce noise and vibration and there a major challenge in relation to technologies for the removal of the ballast, and the introduction of the slab track.
The development marks an important technological innovation for high-speed railways in Spain, and currently there are nine such centers in the world, but limited to test trains can reach speeds of up to 270 kilometers per hour. The railway project comprises three rings, with a total length of 80 kilometers.
The test circuit is designed to try and find solutions about the problems that can cause movement of ultra-fast rail services, at speeds exceeding 500 kilometers per hour. These new trains on very high speed "require changes in different segments of rail technology.
For example, it is necessary to evaluate a new generation of diversions, it is essential to reduce noise and vibration and there a major challenge in relation to technologies for the removal of the ballast, and the introduction of the slab track.
Three rings rail
The characteristics of the new infrastructure have been detailed in a recent Article Five Days, as well as in a press release Adif. According to experts of the public company that owns the rail network in Spain, this new circuit increases the positioning of the English railway industry as a leader in the area of \u200b\u200binnovation and development at high speed.
The project includes three rings rail in which testing may, approvals of new technologies and equipment optimization, both in terms of rolling stock and the tracks. We will work in real movement, but the rings will not be affected by the commercial network.
also the main ring 55 kilometers in length will be connected directly to the station in the town of Bobadilla, and it will pass near Antequera. The ring rail routes will be built in test gauge, being suitable for the evaluation of trains and equipment at speeds up to 520 kilometers per hour.
Meanwhile, a second ring will be 20 kilometers long, with designed to test for standard gauge trains and English but at speeds of 220 kilometers per hour. Finally, the third ring of 5 km long shall be specially designed for the evaluation of urban transportation railways. Tracks smaller ring width presented UIC, English and metric.
The characteristics of the new infrastructure have been detailed in a recent Article Five Days, as well as in a press release Adif. According to experts of the public company that owns the rail network in Spain, this new circuit increases the positioning of the English railway industry as a leader in the area of \u200b\u200binnovation and development at high speed.
The project includes three rings rail in which testing may, approvals of new technologies and equipment optimization, both in terms of rolling stock and the tracks. We will work in real movement, but the rings will not be affected by the commercial network.
also the main ring 55 kilometers in length will be connected directly to the station in the town of Bobadilla, and it will pass near Antequera. The ring rail routes will be built in test gauge, being suitable for the evaluation of trains and equipment at speeds up to 520 kilometers per hour.
Meanwhile, a second ring will be 20 kilometers long, with designed to test for standard gauge trains and English but at speeds of 220 kilometers per hour. Finally, the third ring of 5 km long shall be specially designed for the evaluation of urban transportation railways. Tracks smaller ring width presented UIC, English and metric.
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work currently handled in different stages of environmental impact assessment, and work with a construction period of 39 months. Therefore, should be completed in 2015. The choice of Bobadilla to its location has to do with the convergence at that point in the high-speed line from Cordoba to Malaga and conventional Bobadilla-Granada.
This will facilitate access of any train to the test circuit independently. On the other hand, a second plus is that is located 50 kilometers from the port of Malaga, a key condition for the transfer of equipment and technology required to develop the tests.
addition, the proximity Railway Technology Center of ADIF will complement the tests with all the necessary studies in the laboratory for such a center. On financing, Adif received EUR 344 million from technology funds of the European Union, with 60 million provided by 36 private companies.
Among the technological problems related to train the next generation of "high speed" to be worked on this track, can also emphasized the dysfunctions that are specified in units where the trains over 300 miles per hour or the drawbacks with the phenomenon of a crosswind, which requires high-speed trains to slow down when faced by such winds.
work currently handled in different stages of environmental impact assessment, and work with a construction period of 39 months. Therefore, should be completed in 2015. The choice of Bobadilla to its location has to do with the convergence at that point in the high-speed line from Cordoba to Malaga and conventional Bobadilla-Granada.
This will facilitate access of any train to the test circuit independently. On the other hand, a second plus is that is located 50 kilometers from the port of Malaga, a key condition for the transfer of equipment and technology required to develop the tests.
addition, the proximity Railway Technology Center of ADIF will complement the tests with all the necessary studies in the laboratory for such a center. On financing, Adif received EUR 344 million from technology funds of the European Union, with 60 million provided by 36 private companies.
Among the technological problems related to train the next generation of "high speed" to be worked on this track, can also emphasized the dysfunctions that are specified in units where the trains over 300 miles per hour or the drawbacks with the phenomenon of a crosswind, which requires high-speed trains to slow down when faced by such winds.
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