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 12/12/2009 Awarded High-speed Rail, Poceirao Caia (Portugal)

Iridium has been selected by the Portuguese government to construct and operate the High-speed Rail, Poceirao Caia Section, over a 40-year period. The project value is 1,651 million euros.

Iridium, the concessions company in the ACS Group, leads the consortium that has been selected by the Portuguese government to design, construct, finance, operate and perform maintenance on the High-speed rail concession, Poceirao-Caia Section (axis Madrid ? Lisbon), as well as the design, construction, financing and operation of a new station in Évora. Investment in the project is 1,651 million euros and the concession period is 40 years.

It is the first contract awarded for the development of the High-speed Rail of Portugal (Madrid - Lisbon - Porto - Vigo). High-speed line will connect Lisbon to Madrid in 2 h. 45min and Lisbon with Évora in 30min.

The length of the Poceirao - Caia section is 167 km. The line will have a double wide UIC and will be designed to a speed of 350 km/h. The construction of the work involves running 36 bridges and viaducts, with an approximate area of 16.6 km, including among the overpasses of the A12 and A6 auto-estradas.
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