The Ministry of Transport approved yesterday the tendering for the construction of the substructure of the line Toril- Río Tiétar, which is part of the High Speed Line between Madrid - Extremadura - Portuguese border. The section has a length of 10.7 kilometers and is budgetted 1.1 million euros with a 12 month term, according to the Ministry. Other sections of the line are currently under construction, and with 76.7 km of works is currently valued 188 million euros, for Cáceres-Aldea del Cano, Aldea del Cano-Mérida, Mérida-Montijo y Montijo-Badajoz.
The entire corridor is scheduled to be in service in 2016 and has ASFA-200 and ERTMS as protection systems.
Source: Hoy
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