High Speed Rail Line Madrid – Barcelona – French Border

Barcelona, Spain

Service: Construction Supervision
Client: Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (GIF)
Period: 2005 – 2011

HSR Line Madrid – Barcelona – French Border, 804 km long, is one of the main transportation axes connecting Spain and Europe. Five years after the beginning of its operation, the line has been used by more than 27 million of passengers, 16 million of which correspond to Barcelona – Madrid connections. GPO provided Construction Supervision services for the high speed railway segment Sant Joan Despí – Sant Boi de Llobregat in the Delta del Llobregat area. It has a composite bridge, which goes over the transportation infrastructures in the area of Sant Boi de Llobregat, and a cut and cover tunnel which runs through the agricultural environmentally protected area of the Delta del Llobregat Agricultural Park.