Development of the project in general
Excavation on the Galdakao tunnel, on the Lemoa - Galdakao stretch, completed
07/25/2012
Adif (company depending on the Ministry of Public Works) has completed the excavation of the Galdakao tunnel, included in the Lemoa - Galdakao stretch of the Vitoria-Gasteiz - Bilbao - Donostia-San Sebastian High Speed Line (HSL). The tunnel is 1,830 metres long with a cross section of 85 square metres and is designed for a double international gauge track.
It has been excavated with the new Austrian method. This construction procedure includes a first excavation phase on the upper section, a second phase on the lower section and the phases of the support tasks and executing the inverted vault.
Tramo Lemoa - Galdakao
The Lemoa - Galdakao stretch, which is 5.4 kilometres long, includes the construction of the Bistibieta (180 metres), Ibaizabal (450 metres) and Galdakao (230 metres) viaducts, all under execution. It also includes the construction of three tunnels: Galdakao, the artificial Galdakao tunnel and Bekea; therefore a total of 2,401 metres of the route, 44.4%, runs underground. The stretch is completed with the construction of the Amorebieta-Etxano Train Overtaking and Parking Post (PAET).
- 06/05/2013: Oregi announces that in June the Spanish Ministry of Public Works and Transport will begin designing the points of access connecting the TAV (High-Speed Train) with the Basque Country's capital cities
- 04/24/2013: The Basque Country and Navarre ask the Spanish Ministry of Development to review their rail connection
- 04/17/2013: Ministry of Public Works and Transport to seek private financing to build the tracks and electrify the Basque Y network
- 04/12/2013: Two tunnels on the Basque Y are drilled at Hernani and Urnieta
- 03/22/2013: The Basque Parliament requests the speed-up of the Basque Y in Álava and Bizkaia