SYSTRA Ardanuy has announced the receipt of a set of two contracts for the future Camp de Tarragona tramway in Catalonia.
Both contracts will see SYSTRA support the delivery and commissioning of the first phase of the new network, which will be operated by Catalan railway operator Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
The future tramway seeks to improve connections between a set of key local hubs, as well as provide a new, sustainable mobility solution.
Its initial phase, approximately 14km long, will connect Cambrils Centre to Vila-seca Estació, via Salou, reusing part of the former coastal railway corridor in the process.
The first contract, which will be carried out in consortium with TYPSA, will cover construction management, with SYSTRA set to contribute to supervising the proper execution of the works, monitoring the schedule, coordinating with ADIF, municipalities and utility companies, and overseeing civil, railway and tramway works through testing and final validation.
Following this, the second contract, arried out in consortium with META, part of Quadrante, concerns Systems Integration Technical Assistance, will see SYSTRA ensure that all tramway subsystems, including infrastructure, power, signalling, telecommunications, passenger equipment, safety and operations, work together coherently ahead of commercial service.
Joan Serrano, Vice-President of SYSTRA Ibérica, said:The Camp de Tarragona tramway is a structuring project for mobility in southern Catalonia. Its success will rely on the ability to coordinate complex works, sensitive railway interfaces and the integration of all systems required for operation.
These two contracts illustrate SYSTRA’s added value on tramway projects where an end-to-end vision, from works through to commissioning.
All works will be delivered in a constrained environment, with major utility diversions, interventions beneath the AP-7 motorway and existing railway lines, and the implementation of a full tramway system: slab track, electrification, overhead contact line, signalling, supervision, passenger information and communications.
SYSTRA Ardanuy previously carried out preliminary studies for the project between 2016 and 2018, when the scheme was still being developed as a tram-train before evolving into a full tramway system.
