Renovation work on the Algarve’s railway track is due to be completed in April 2011, according to the national rail company REFER.
Work on the third and final phase of the improvements, which started in September and will cost around €7.9 million includes the replacement of wooden railway sleepers for concrete ones, as well as the installation of new longer length track sections to reduce the number of rail joints and the reinforcement of the ballast along a 90 kilometre stretch.
The entire three phase project, of which the first two phases have been completed, began in 2008 and represents a total investment of €25 million.
In a statement, REFER said the investment will increase “the reliability and use, increase passenger comfort and make maintenance easier.”
The company added that the entire renovation project is based on “regular and systematic inspections” carried out by the company, which showed that parts of the track needed renewing.
A section between Tunes and Faro has not been included in the renovation works because according to REFER it was modernised in 2004.
source: The Portugal News
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