On October 10, 2007, ADIF (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) awarded Dimetronic Signals with the contract for the Upgrading of the Safety installations (Automatic Block, Interlocking and CTC) of the section Miranda de Ebro-Orduña in the Castejón-Bilbao line. Contract value was €19,4m for a total length of 50 Km of single line and the project is expected to last 24 months.
The scope of supply includes 8 new Westrace electronic interlockings, upgrading of the Miranda and Orduña interlockings, FS 3000 type audio-frequency Jointless Track Circuits, the remote control of Miranda’s CTC and the visualization of the line’s section at Bilbao’s CTC.
The main aim of the investment was to eliminate the telephone block – a major item within ADIF’s general Plan for the Network’s Safety and Functionality Improvement.