SANJOSE will build the Madrid Through Station - Puerta de Atocha - Almudena Grandes
06/03/2024

ADIF - High-Speed has awarded SANJOSE Constructora, in collaboration with Dragados - Tecsa - Puentes y Calzadas, the construction works for the new Madrid Through Station - Puerta de Atocha - Almudena Grandes. This project is part of ADIF's ambitious plan to expand the capacity of the high-speed rail network and transform Madrid into a major railway station with two terminals (Atocha and Chamartín) connected by a high-speed tunnel that crosses Madrid from north to south, allowing trains to stop at both stations, thus completing the total connection of the northern and southern halves of Spain's high-speed rail network.

The pass-through station, which will be underground, will be located beneath the tracks of the current Puerta de Atocha station and Méndez Álvaro street. It will have four new tracks and two platforms, and its construction involves significant technical complexity, although it will not involve disruptions to train operations.

The new infrastructure takes advantage of the slope of its location to create various levels for different spaces, while connecting both to Puerta de Atocha in the north and to a new lobby at Méndez Álvaro in the southern end. Additionally, the northern part of Puerta de Atocha will be remodeled, expanding and improving the spaces and integrating it with the accesses to the underground station.

Finally, it should be noted that the new underground station will feature a large curtain wall on the Méndez Álvaro facade, a large central opening that will allow natural light to enter through a skylight, facilitating visual communication of the underground space with the above-ground elements, and that will be perfectly integrated into the rest of the high-speed installations to achieve maximum use and avoid duplication of spaces and equipment.