Enabling Reliable High-Speed Rail Infrastructure with Rapid Track Installation in Madrid

Customer challenge

Spain has the second largest high speed rail network in the world after China. The Madrid–Galicia high speed rail line connects the city of Madrid with the region of Galicia including A Coruña, a port city in the northwest. The line also provides a link between the Atlantic Axis high speed rail line and the rest of the Spanish AVE high speed network. Designed for trains running at speeds up to 350 kilometers per hour, the Madrid–Galicia high speed rail line has cut down journeys for locals dramatically.

The journey from Madrid to the historic northwestern area of Galicia used to take five hours by car. Now, with the high-speed rail line, the journey takes just two hours and 15 minutes.

In 2020, our customer, Azvi, required a ballastless fastening solution to be installed on a long viaduct on the Madrid– Galicia high speed rail line. This was an added challenge due to the viaduct needing to support train speeds of up to 350 kilometers per hour.
With speed the name of the game, rapid execution was also a key requirement for the implementation of this project. Azvi needed a solution that could be installed in a very short time so as not to delay the project timeline, and with a high regulation capacity.