• 17 sideways will be built in the Madrid neighborhood of Las Tablas aimed at parking high-speed trains, as well as small support and maintenance tasks.
• The facility, with direct connection to the Madrid-Valladolid High-Speed Line, will have an office building and warehouse.
• The performance will result in the improvement of the capacity and operation of the Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station.

On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers authorized the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility to tender, through Adif Alta Tiempo, the contract for the construction of a high-speed technical installation in the Madrid neighborhood of Las Tablas, north of the Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station, with an estimated value of 54.56 million euros.

This action will facilitate new parking spaces for high-speed trains, which will result in the improvement of the capacity and operation of the Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station.

The new facilities will have two beaches of roads (sector A and sector B), with ten and seven roads, respectively, of 405 meters of useful length and international width. The tracks will be equipped with technical platforms for the ascent and descent to the trains of the driving and conservation staff.

Additionally, the first bundle of tracks will be equipped with installations of force, water and toilet emptying to be able to perform small support and maintenance tasks. It will also have a technical building with two different sectors: one for Adif, with offices, warehouses and facilities, and another for railway operators.

The new facility will be built in the Las Tablas area, from which a direct connection can be established with the Madrid-Valladolid High-Speed Line, which guarantees quick access to the Chamartín station, while facilitating the long-term parking of trains.

The Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor station is in the process of expansion and remodeling. In the field of high speed, it will go from having 6 tracks to a total of 12 passing tracks (from 14 to 25). Later, and as part of its transformation through the Chamartín Open Ecosystem project, it is planned that the station will add another 6 high-speed lanes (from 26 to 31), up to a total of 18.

The transformation of Chamartín is progressing with an investment that exceeds 540 million euros, consolidating it as a key railway node in Spain. Despite the work in progress, the station has maintained its operation and has experienced a notable increase in the number of travelers. In 2024, it managed 44.4 million passengers, compared to 36.2 million the previous year.

Main performances

For the construction of the new technical station of Las Tablas it will be necessary to demolish the existing elements in the area (including several buildings), the diversion of the affected services (telephone lines and fiber optic pipelines) and the replacement of the railway drains (two collectors of the LAV will be replaced).

In addition, in order to access from the LAV Madrid-Valladolid it will be necessary to modify and expand the existing pile wall. On the new track beaches, a plaque track will be mounted in sector A and on ballast in sector B. The contract includes the electrification actions of all the tracks.

For the communication between platforms, two steps will be available at the level of three meters wide, in addition to a lower step in sector A. Likewise, and in order to facilitate the movements inside the installation, a perimeter vial has been designed that gives access to loading and unloading areas and parking.

This action contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), which has among its goals the development of reliable, sustainable, resilient and quality infrastructures. It may also be co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).