On December 16, 2006, the President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, headed the official ceremony opening to revenue service the High Speed Line section between Córdoba and Antequera in the HSL linking Córdoba with Málaga.
The commissioned section stretches over some 100 km within the total 155 linking the two Southern cities. The line follows the valley of the Guadalquivir river from Almodóvar del Rio until the automatic gauge-changing device of Antequera, where the trains shift from the standard 1,435 mm gauge of the HSL to the conventional lines heading to Málaga, Granada and Algeciras through the Iberian 1,668 mm gauge.
When fully operating to Málaga, journey times between Madrid and Málaga will shrink to two and a half hours from the current four hours and 20 minutes.
In November 2004, the Consortium Dimetronic-Alcatel was awarded a 210 million euro contract for the “Project, works and maintenance of the interlocking, train protection systems, telecommunications, GSM-R moving radio system and associated elements for the High Speed Line (HSL) Córdoba-Málaga. Phase 1: Córdoba-Bobadilla. Phase 2: Bobadilla-Los Prados. Phase 3: Los Prados-Málaga”. This 155 Km length project is the extension to Málaga of the existing Madrid – Sevilla High Speed Line.
Within the total contract, Dimetronic is responsible for the design, installation, tests and commissioning of the systems below:
Dimetronic’s scope above includes day-night functionality for the wayside signals and full compatibility of the JTCs with the 25 KV overhead electrification system.
The ERTMS train protection system includes Level 2 through the installation of 4 Radio Block Centres RBCs, Level 1 with centralised Line Equipment Units LEUs plus Dimetronic’s traditional ASFA train stop system. 4 on board equipment are also included, along with the Central Control Post for ERTMS, where command operations take place and real time Temporary Speed Restrictions may be established in the line.
Also within Dimetronic’s scope is the Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) system, that can be established either at the existing CTC at Atocha’s station in Madrid or at the new CRC at Córdoba.
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