- Transportes formalizes the contract for the feasibility study of the capacity increase between San Cristóbal Industrial and Aranjuez of the C-3 line
- The study seeks to select those actions that are ideal for the improvement of the global functionality of the Madrid-Aranjuez corridor.
- In this line, traffic from Neighbourhoods, medium distance and goods coexist, which entails a high level of saturation.
- The analysis of the possible implementation of a third and fourth track will be included in the whole or part of the section.
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has formalized, for an amount of 363,000 euros (VAT included), the contract to develop the “Feasibility Study for the functional optimization and capacity increase of the C-3 line of Neighbourhoods of Madrid. Stretch: San Cristóbal Industrial – Aranjuez”. The writing of the study has an initial period of 24 months.
Currently, in this line, traffic of Vicinity, medium distance and goods coexist, which entails a high level of saturation of the line in certain time slots of the day and a heterogeneity of speeds that hinders the reliability of the exploitation.
The section under study has nine stations or walkways: San Cristóbal Industrial, El Casar, Getafe Industrial, La Tenería (in execution), Pinto, Valdemoro, Ciempozuelos, Seseña (out of service) and Aranjuez.
The study, awarded last Mayit will analyse possible actions to increase the capacity and reliability of the railway operation. To this end, all kinds of action possibilities will be contemplated, from the implementation of improvements in signaling and security systems, including possible recantonings and optimization of signaling, to the implementation of a third and fourth track in the whole or part of the stretch.
The final objective will be to select those actions in the San Cristóbal Industrial-Aranjuez section that are ideal for the improvement of the global functionality of the Madrid-Aranjuez corridor. This, in addition, will have an impact on an improvement in travel times for other regional services.
Sustainable mobility
These works, which correspond to the objectives of the 2030 Strategy, will allow to enhance sustainable metropolitan mobility, through the Commuter service, and increase accessibility levels through a quality railway system. In addition, operational safety in rail transport will be enhanced through the implementation of measures aimed at improving operation.
In addition, in 2022 the Ministry approved the Indicative Strategy for the development, maintenance and renewal of the railway infrastructure, framed in the current legislation of the Railway Sector and whose main mission is to establish a financial framework and priorities of railway planning, establishing a set of basic guidelines aimed at satisfying the future needs of mobility and the financial sustainability of the railway system.