Transversal Railway Axis Study
Environmental Impact Study of the Catalan Transversal Railway Axis in the stretch of Igualada-Manresa-Castellbisbal (Barcelona, Spain)
The Transversal Railway Axis Project (TRA) is conceived to create a railway line that would meet the needs of a high volume transport of passengers and goods in the central region of Catalonia, at northeast Spain, and that would act as a relief for the tensest itineraries of the routes that cross densely populated areas.
Originally, the line was planned to link the cities between Lerida and Gerona with an envisaged total length of nearly 240 km.
The awarding of AudingIntraesa consists of the elaboration of the Environmental Impact Study for the central stretch of this great infrastructure and of the branch-line that links to Barcelona. In all, 180 km from the itinerary have been environmentally analyzed including the alternative routes suggested for the different areas.
A high difficulty has characterized the study due to the large length axis on analyze and that crosses very different landscapes, from wide dray farming plains to mountainous territories of dense natural vegetation. Likewise, the changing social aspects along the itinerary have entailed very different approaching and analyses, in order to adapt them to the need and particularities of each region.
