Construction starts on Barcelona airport rail link

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Construction of a new rail link between Barcelona-El Prat Airport and the city centre, which involves tunnelling beneath a live runway, has begun.

Delayed by several years, the 4.5-kilometre, double-track link – 2.8 kilometres of which will be excavated by TBM – will go beyond El Prat de Llobregat railway station, creating new stations at terminals T1 and T2.

“Today the beginning of the work is a reality,” said Spain’s Minister of Development, Ana Pastor.

The €268.4 million rail connection will put T1 within 19 minutes of Barcelona Sants station and help cater for the growing number of passengers using the airport each year.

The civils works, which were awarded to a Copcisa, Ferrovial-Agroman and Sacyr joint venture, should be completed in 2018. The Spanish government is yet to award the systems and operating contracts.

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