Railway platform and track connection between Atocha and Chamartín stations
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Madrid
This project involves the construction of the railroad subgrade and standard gauge track connection between Atocha and Chamartín stations. To this end, a tunnel with an excavation diameter of 11.495 m and a length of 7,300 m has been built. The tunnel runs south-north from Atocha station through Alfonso XII Street, Serrano Street, and the El Viso residential area to Chamartín.
The landscape is mainly urban, going under a monument of great architectural value, the Puerta de Alcalá, at a depth of 31 m.
Solution adopted: Double-track tunnel with an internal diameter of 10.40 m and emergency exits every 775 m, which are also used for ventilation and pumping in the tunnel.
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