ACCIONA won two awards at the latest Fundación Caminos de Madrid Awards.

The company won the “Carlos Fernández Casado” Award for Public Works Heritage for the project to refurbish the Canfranc International Railway Station in Huesca.
 
José Díaz-Caneja, ACCIONA’s CEO of Infrastructure, accepted the award and highlighted the technical, patrimonial, and management challenges of the project.

Additionally, as one of the main companies responsible for constructing the Pajares Bypass on the Madrid-Asturias high-speed railway line, ACCIONA received a diploma during the presentation of the Aqueduct of Segovia and Public Works and Environment Award. This award was given to ADIF as the project’s promoter.

Roberto Carballo, director of Construction Execution Support and Equipment Management area of ACCIONA’s Construction business, accepted the award on behalf of the company.

The awards gala, held at Madrid’s Royal Theatre (Teatro Real), was attended by officials such as the Senate President, Pedro Rollán; the Minister for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente; the President of La Rioja, Gonzalo Capellán; the Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility, José Antonio Santano and the Secretary General for Land Transport, Rocío Báguena, among others.

CANFRANC INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY STATION

Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2002, the Canfranc International Railway Station is a symbol of Spain and France’s railway history thanks to the international line that connected the two countries in the 20th century. It was inaugurated by Alfonso XIII in 1928 and remained in service until 1970.

The project was promoted by the Ministry of Land and Housing of Aragón and executed by the ACCIONA-Avintia joint venture. It included the construction of a new passenger building with over 950 m2 of usable area, the creation of a new 1.6-kilometer-long track bed, and the complete restoration of the old 1928 Canfranc railway station building into a five-star luxury hotel. The project also included urban development of the area. The project is part of the Government of Aragon’s plan to reopen the railway line to international traffic.

PAJARES BYPASS (MADRID-ASTURIAS HIGH SPEED LINE)

ACCIONA participated in executing five projects included in the “La Robla-Pola de Lena” section of the Pajares Bypass, on the Madrid-Asturias High Speed Line.

Notable projects included the construction, waterproofing, and track assembly of the Pajares tunnels; the construction of the Pontones tunnels and the construction of the railway platform in the Sotiello-Campomanes and Pajares-Sotiello sections.