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Venice-Mestre Station

Railway superstructure
Civil works
Electrification
Venice-Mestre Station

Venice-Mestre Station, Italy

In the period January 2006-April 2013, GCF - Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie carried out for client ITALFERR the executive design and implementation work for electric traction and superstructures, as well as P.R.G. civil works, for Venice-Mestre Station, including the ET cabin and lighting and drive power systems, performed in functional stages linked with the new A.C.S. system.

Electrification works

  • Electric traction in the scope of station gantries: new poles, crossbeams, anchors and insulators on poles, gantries and crossbeams, ET protection and return circuit, new 3 Kv and 10 Kv power catenary lines;
  • Construction of an ET cabin: supply and installation of cabin electrical equipment, supervision, control and diagnostics systems, ASDE servos and remote control;
  • Illumination and Drive Power: electrical cabins, plant, installation of power lines, ducts, connections and wiring, electrical control panels, transformers, lighting towers, floodlights, earth/ground and equipotential system.

Superstructure works

  • Demolitions, extensions and adaptations of railbeds, construction of new railway lines, line doubling, modification of station tracks and connection areas, communications projects.

Venezia Mestre Station GCF Electrification