(03/12/2019) 



The Grupo Vía Central consortium, made up of Sacyr Construcción Uruguay, Compañía Sudamericana de Empresas Eléctricas y Mecánicas y de Obras Públicas, NGE Contracting, and Berkes Construcción y Montajes, has awarded this contract which involves the design, production, installation, testing and commissioning of all the signalling and communications systems and control centre of the Ferrocarril Central project in Uruguay.

The scope of the project includes the implementation of electronic interlockings, a centralised traffic control system and ERTMS Level 1. The new systems will allow freight trains to run on the line and will enable mixed passenger traffic on a 36 km stretch in the Montevideo metropolitan area as well.