The Diplomat
The Spanish public company Ineco (Transport Engineering and Economics), dependent on the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, has announced its participation in an ambitious high-speed project in Australia, which will link the cities of Sydney and Newcastle.
As the main subcontractor of the consortium in charge of the study, formed by ARCADIS and WSP, Ineco will provide advice on railway systems, including telecommunications, signaling, energy and rolling stock; parking and railway maintenance and operation facilities.
This is the main lot of the eight that the Australian High Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) launched to tender in March of this year to develop the preliminary studies that will allow it to advance its future high-speed network.
This new contract reinforces Ineco’s presence in Australia, a country where it is already carrying out the modernization of the Sydney commuter rail network. As Systems Integrator, the Spanish company is responsible for supporting the national authority in the definition, integration and implementation of new railway systems for the network.
“The new contract promotes the presence and representativeness of Spanish engineering in the international framework, reinforcing its role as a driving agent of the Spanish sector, where it currently collaborates with more than 20 Spanish companies in the development of a hundred projects on the five continents” , the company highlighted in a press release. Ineco, around the world, has nearly 6,000 professionals who cover more than 250 technical disciplines.
The Australian Government has allocated $78.8 million to implement these studies between Sydney and Newcastle as part of the $500 million announced for planning the progress of the future high-speed network.
The country aims to boost its new high-speed network as a more effective way to connect regional and urban communities, boost economic growth and provide sustainable travel alternatives to reduce transport emissions and road congestion, according to highlighted the Spain-Australia Council Foundation in a press release.
