Construction of the civil works superstructure for the Haramain High Speed Line, between Meca and Medina. Including the maintenance of the civil works infrastructure for a period of 12 years.

Overview

 The consortium, known as Al Shoula Group, is made up of twelve Spanish companies: Imathia Construcción, Adif, Renfe, Talgo, Indra, Dimetronic, Cobra, Inabensa, Copasa, OHL, Consultrans, Ineco and two Saudi Arabian companies, Al Shoula and Al Rosan. This award is further demonstration that Spanish engineering is at the highest level in the world and that the Spanish high speed model is an example of excellence exportable to other countries. 

The project involves the construction of the high speed railway line between the cities of Mecca and Medina with a length of 450 km of double track for speeds of up to 320 km/hour. The line will have stations in Mecca, Jeddah, the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), the King Abdulaziz international airport and the city of Medina.

Imathia Construccion is a member of the Civil Works Subgroup, responsible for the construction of the 450 km of track (both in ballast and slab track and the construction of the workbases. Four work bases will be built in differnt points of the route for rail asembly and other track laying related activities.  Three of those bases will be left for maintenance  once operation of the line starts.

The civil works subgroup will also have to implement an effective sand mitigtion approach to keep the sand out the track.

After the construction period Imathia Construccion and Copasa will have to carry out the maintenace of infrastructure of the line for a period of 12 years.