Mafex members with projects in Chile.

ALSTOM SPAIN

Alstom Spain has supplied the Chilean public company, Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE), with 24 Xtrapolis suburban trains, which are based on the Civia train platform.

The trains form a part of the project for improving the connections between Santiago de Chile and the cities of Nos and Rancagua. Of the 24 trains, 16 will be assigned to the Rancagua Xpress project and the other 8 are for bolstering the fleet of Metro de Valparaíso. The trains were manufactured at Alstom’s facilities in Santa Perpètua (Barcelona).

Alstom’s Xtrapolis trains are modular and capable of reaching 120 kilometres per hour. The units ordered by EFE are composed of two coaches, and they combine capacity (376 passengers in the two coaches) with comfort and accessibility. Their articulated architecture –which reduces the train’s weight– and the use of electric brakes will also allow it to reduce energy consumption by 30%. Its environmental commitment is completed by the train’s high recyclability: 95%.

Modernisation of Santiago de Chile’s metro trains

The Alstom Group has been selected by the Chilean metropolitan operator, Metro SA, to completely modernise the thirty-five NS-74 trains that are running in the suburban area of Santiago de Chile. This project is being directed from the railway services unit of Alstom Spain, with the participation of the engineering and innovation centre of the Santa Perpètua factory (Barcelona). Alstom Spain is also in charge of centralising the entire purchasing process and of developing the industrialisation project of new maintenance shops in Chile, where the modernisation work will be performed.

Innovation and the use of new technologies and simulators will be key for managing the project. The engineering team of the Santa Perpètua industrial centre will use 3D imaging systems and computer animation to create virtual models, which will replace the traditional scale prototypes.

 AMURRIO

Amurrio Ferrocarril y Equipos S.A. supplies turnout components as a subcontractor for the Santiago Metro Line 1 of Chile.

Line 1 is the oldest of the 5 of this metropolitan railway, and has the particularity that it is a subway line on tires. This leads to a very special manufacturing of the turnouts, which are made up of large pieces of manganese steel, involving high complexity in its shape and construction tolerances.

Amurrio Ferrocarril is a specialist in this kind of pieces.

In rubber-tyred metro systems, trains roll on concrete or steel tracks and rest on rubber tires. In parallel to these tracks, train tracks serving for the correct guiding trains are placed. This type of subway can also be found in the cities of Montreal, Toulouse or Mexico City.

Among the advantages of this technology are the faster output and faster acceleration, shorter braking distances and ability to go up and down steep grades of up to 13%.

 AQUAFRISCH

Aquafrisch is finalizing the design for two new Train Wash Plants for Metro de Santiago, the first of them is scheduled to be installed throughout 2017.

The new facilities incorporate the industry’s leading technologies guaranteeing greater performance and better results. A powerful software has being designed to allow the control of the whole installation and communications with the control system CBTC and the centralized maintenance management system MMS.

Connected to each of the washing plants there is water recycling system that allows the reuse of the water, meeting the most demanding environmental standards.

 ASSIGNIA

Assignia Infraestructuras is developing in Chile, for award of the Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE), a project that consists in the renovation of tracks and catenary in Alameda Station. Also is executing the construction and assembly railways system and catenary in orher to improve the railway infrastructure in the section between Alameda and Rancagua. The budget of these two contracts is up to EUR 20 million. The estimated duration of the project is ten months.

The works to be performed in the Alameda Station by Assignia includes: renovation, rehabilitation and displacement of existing roads; reconfiguration of connectivity, construction of new roads, assembly and transportation of diverters, as well as the renovation and installation of the system traction railways in the catenary. In addition, the catenaries of the existing roads will be reinstalled. The project includes works in the accesses railroads to the maintenance garages and all track of tests and catenary defined in the Technical Specifications.

Besides, the works considers the execution of a duct (pipeline) of about 2.7 Km. On the other side, the plan of improvement between Santiago and Rancagua involves the construction of two additional rail lines among these cities. Assignia is going to construct new stations and rehabilitate existing stations. The company is going to build maintenance workshops and the rolling stock fleet, improving systems of track and catenary, power, signaling and communications systems.

The realization of this works will involve the construction of 32.6 kilometers of railways and the rehabilitation of 900 meters. Also, Assignia is going to relocated fourteen pre-existing detours and is going to build eleven new detours, which will involve the deviation of 13.6 kilometers of tracks.

 BOMBARDIER

Bombardier is implementing the first ERTMS project in Santiago, Chile

The scope of the railway infrastructure improvement project comprises the signalling of 22 km of multi-direction, line between Alameda station in central Santiago and Nos in the city’s outskirts. On the two tracks in the East, called the Nos Xpress, Bombardier is implementing an INTERFLO 250 European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 1 solution. The two tracks in the West, called the Rancagua Xpress, will be equipped with the INTERFLO 200 conventional signalling solution. The BOMBARDIER EBI Screen Central Traffic Control (CTC) system will integrate the existing system to Chillán, which will allow the entire line to operate as a single integrated system. In addition, Bombardier is also equipping 16 trains with the EBI Cab ERTMS onboard automatic train protection system, for operation on the Nos Express, and interoperable with all of the upgraded tracks. With the new system designed to enable minimum headways of a mere four minutes, it is expected to increase annual passenger numbers from 6 to 18 million and cut travel times for commuters. It is the first ERTMS project in Chile and only the second in Latin America (also being delivered by Bombardier in Brazil). This project is part of Bombardier’s overall rail control presence in South America, including projects on the Lima Metro in Peru and on the São Paulo Metro in Brazil. Spanning all rail operations, the INTERFLO 150 industrial application has also been delivered at Chile’s El Teniente Mine.

 CAF

CAF is one of the main suppliers of urban mobility solutions in Chile

In its firm commitment to sustainable mobility in cities, CAF has a wide range of environmentally-friendly products and services that enable people to commute safely and in competitive times. A clear example is Santiago de Chile metro.

Santiago de Chile has a metro system with more than 40 years of history and currently transports more than 2 million passengers per day, being the backbone of the city´s public transport system.

Metro de Santiago has selected CAF for the renewal of its fleet. In 2007, CAF won its first contract in Chile to supply 20 rubber-tyred metro units. This technology allows circulation in sections with high slope and higher performance speed and acceleration. Later, Metro de Santiago has purchased additional trains of the same features that are currently running on line 1At present, CAF is manufacturing and supplying the new fully automated metro units for lines 3 & 6 of Santiago Metro network. The trains have been designed for operation in the maximum existing grade of automation GoA 4. This allows cab-less units for totally automatic operation. The system is prepared such that the rolling stock stops precisely positioned at the platform screen doors without the need for a driver on board.

This contract for the supply and maintenance of trains and automatic driving system is being developed under a consortium between CAF and Thales.

The project for these new lines is the most relevant in the history of the Metro and one of the greatest national infrastructure milestones to date, integrating over one million potential network users, via 28 new stations.

 CETEST

CETEST se encuentra actualmente realizando los ensayos de homologación de los nuevos coches del Metro Santiago de Chile. Durante los próximos meses se llevarán a cabo los ensayos en vía, dinámica, confort, EMC… Se trata de un proyecto de 37 unidades Metro UTO construidos por CAF para las dos nuevas líneas de metro que están en construcción, Líneas 3 y 6. La campaña de ensayos en factoría, desarrollada a lo largo del último ejercicio, incluía ensayos estructurales estáticos y de fatiga, wheel equalization, X factor y lean testing. CETEST afianza así su posicionamiento en el mercado chileno, donde también realizó las pruebas de homologación del Metro de Chile, en la extensión de la línea 1 a Los Domínicos y la línea 5 a Maipu en 2010.

 FAIVELEY

Before 2018 Santiago will count on two new Metro lines, L6 and L3, that will improve citizen available transport means on a city of over 6 millions inhabitants.

Faiveley Transport is playing an important role on such a big Project. On one hand as the supplier of air conditioning equipments for the trains that Spanish CAF supplies for the two lines, on the other hand as responsible for designing, manufacturing, installing and maintaining during 20 years the Platform Screen Dorr that will equip the 28 (soon 31) stations of lines 6 and 3.

It is important to highlight the improvement in terms of security and service quality that PSDs will represent on the new stations, also the high structural requirements that Faiveley PSD have had to comply with in a country where seisms are frequent.

Currently, once the design and product validation phases concluded successfully, project has entered on installation process that it is been done on 9th station.

 GETINSA

Getinsa-Payma develops 8 contracts into the railway sector in Chile.

Currently Getinsa Payma counts with 8 projects in Chile related to railway sector. Among them we would like to highlight the contract “Technical Inspection Services of the construction works of the Civil Infrastructure and Metro Systems of Metro Santiago S.A” during the upgrading works of metro lines 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Metro of Santiago de Chile. The scope of works includes both civil works and metro systems. The duration of the contract is of 2 years. The other 7 contracts are related to design verification, auscultation, and modeling, design of structural rehabilitation and construction supervision of rehabilitation of railway bridges (over 200 railway bridges). Among these contracts: “Detailed engineering study of Biobío Bridge” and “Technical Inspection Services during the rehabilitation works od Maipo Bridge” are singular considering the complexity and the total length of the structures.

 IDOM.

At present, some of the biggest projects include:

-Assessment to the Management of Project Tren Santiago-Batuco. The Chilean State Railways Company (EFE) is carrying out an ambitious investment plan, which includes the Santiago-Baruco project. The project completes the works carried out to improve the connection with the south area

-The Rancagua Express Railway, which is about to be commissioned and the Poniente area-the Alameda-Melipilla Railway, currently in the final phase of the engineering project and the resolution of environmental permits. IDOM is responsible for managing the various contracts, commencing with basic and detailed engineering, managing the tendering of works, procurement and expropriation and replacement of affected services, a basic element of ensuring the success of the project.

-Technical inspection for the assembly, testing and commissioning of the systems and equipment of the Santiago Metro Lines 3 and 6. With the support of more than 100 people, IDOM is responsible for the technical inspection of the assembly, testing and commissioning of the two new lines, 6 and 3, reviewing among other aspects the systems and of tracks and catenaries, electrical system, CBTC, communications, centralized command, forced ventilation, pumps, and inspection of the rolling stock.

Detailed engineering of the civil works of the Line 6 stations. IDOM is developing the detailed engineering of 10 new stations of Line 6 of the Santiago Metro. This integral project aims to define a new image for the stations. The work commenced with the civil works of the tunnels and previous galleries. The scope of the project has also included various architectural designs, structures and installations of the stations, as well as all the associated ground level works: access squares, shelters, passenger services, etc. In addition, the extension works have been developed, improving connections with the 3 existing stations introducing combinations, with solutions that allow uninterrupted service of the metro and surface.

-Design for the Construction of the New Valencia station of Valparaíso Metro. IDOM is developing the basic engineering project with the objective of determining and sizing all the requirements of the associated designs, with the same functional performance as the existing stations on the Valparaíso-Limache line. The detailed engineering design will permit Metro Valparaiso to begin the bidding, adjudication and construction works.

– Urban design of the Alameda-Providencia artery. IDOM, together with Lyon Bosh Architects, was the winner of the International Ideas Competition. Our firm developed an integral project that, in addition to increasing the efficiency of ground-level transport, intermodality, and passenger transfer, places importance on the patrimonial aspects and uses of public space; thereby improving user quality of the artery.

 INDRA

Indra provides support for the virtual communications network of the Chilean railroads.  The Chilean railroad company, Grupo EFE, has entrusted Indra a 10-year contract for the supply, installation, configuration, testing and maintenance of a multiservice IP/MPLS communications network for the Santiago-Concepción area, covering over 550 km of railways and their surroundings.

The project includes the installation of the MPLS network equipment, that transfers critical corporate services, such as security systems, traffic control, remote control of overhead power cables, and telephone and video surveillance systems. Furthermore, Indra works on installing and repairing the fiber optic network and it will also install, configure, and test the MPLS network’s management and monitoring systems. These systems allow for implementing proactive actions in response to situations that may affect the network, reducing the possibility of failures and achieving service availability of close to 100%.

Technology provider for the Santiago Subway for ten years Indra has been a provider for the Santiago Subway for nearly ten years. The multinational has supported the development of the Santiago Subway successful Multivía contactless card and the implementation of all the sales and access control systems for the 2, 5, 2 North, 4 and 4A lines. Additionally, it has developed and implemented throughout the entire Santiago Subway network the systems for point of sale (POS), Mobile POS, and automatic topping up of contactless cards (TOTEM), among other projects

Transantiago, the Chilean capital’s integrated public transport system that includes buses and suburban trains, entrusted Indra a contract to provide support services for the Santiago Subway until 2019. This involves the maintenance of the integrated payment platform of Transantiago, that manages Santiago Subway. The project includes support for the applications of the subway’s electronic access system throughout the city that was also rolled out by Indra, upgrade maintenance for these applications, and technological services for other system vendors as required.

Leadership in ticketing

Indra is the leader in Chile for ticketing and access control systems, with projects for the Santiago Subway, the Valparaiso Subway (Merval), the Suburban Railways of Concepción (Fesub) and a number of commuter lines in the country.

 SENER

The engineering and construction company SENER has developed several projects for the Santiago Metro, in Chile. These have helped to modernize this important metro network and reduce the operational intervals, in order to satisfy the growing network demand. Several projects have been developed with this aim, such as the basic engineering for the extension of line 5, from the Quinta Normal station to Plaza Maipú. SENER also provided consultancy for the Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) for line 1 and the basic engineering for lines 3 and 6. In addition to this, it developed the basic system engineering for some of the sections that make up the railway network for the Chilean State Railway Company (EFE).

The Maipú project was carried out between 2006-2007 and the new section, stretching 14.2 km, incorporated ten new stations and a 3.5-km viaduct. It involved the complete definition of the extension, the civil and underground work, the architecture of stations and electrical substations, the ventilation shafts, the rubber-tire track system, the electric traction energy system, signaling systems for Automated Train Operation (ATO), the communications and the expansion of the Neptuno depot. To do this, functional definition and operational studies were conducted for the entire project in order to appraise the line and its components.

Thanks to SENER’s experience in designing underground systems, the company proposed some automated technological innovations, such as the implementation of a multi-service network based on a Gigabit Ethernet network and IP communication technologies, which in turn support all the communications, signaling, driving and remote control systems.