PROINVERSIÓN: THREE BIDDERS WILL COMPETE TO MODERNIZE THE HUANCAYO - HUANCAVELICA RAILWAY
Lima, April 12, 2024.- Three bidders prequalified to submit their technical and economic offers to the international public tender that will allow the financing, construction, acquisition of rolling stock, operation and maintenance of the Huancayo – Huancavelica Railway (FHH), reported the Private Investment Promotion Agency (PROINVERSIÓN).
The prequalified bidders for the railway project known as 'Tren Macho' are Consorcio Ferrocarril HH (Sociedad Anónima de Obras y Servicios, COPASA Sucursal del Perú and Ferrocarril Wanka S.A.C), Consorcio Concesionaria Ferroviaria del Centro (Construcción y Administración S.A. and Hidalgo e Hidalgo S.A) and the company Mota-Engil Perú S.A, as they have the technical experience in construction and operation of railway projects and financial solvency required in the bidding terms.
The award of the project, scheduled for the second quarter of 2024, requires an estimated investment of US$ 394 million to modernize 128.7 kilometers of the Huancayo – Huancavelica Railway.
The work will provide a safe, efficient and reliable transport service for the benefit of 1.2 million inhabitants of Junín and Huancavelica. In other words, it will become a driving force of socioeconomic development because it will boost the tourism and agricultural potential in both regions and facilitate the population's access to health, education, labor and commercial centers.
The project will be concessioned for 30 years (5 years for design and construction, 25 for operation and maintenance) and includes the improvement of the existing railway superstructure, raising the maximum speed capacity to 96 kilometers per hour for passenger transport and 64 kilometers per hour for passengers and goods.
It also includes the reconditioning of the seven (7) stations and 20 stops and will have seven (7) daily circulations: six (6) daily circulations in each direction exclusively for passengers and one daily circulation in each direction, mixed transport of passengers and goods.
It also includes the installation of new rails on the main track, the replacement of the existing wooden railway sleepers with concrete ones, actions on the drainage system (longitudinal and transversal) along the entire line, renovation of the 15 railway bridges, remodeling of yards and construction of the new repair and maintenance workshop, among other interventions.
To ensure that the current social tariffs are maintained, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (grantor sector of the project) will be responsible for fixing them, allowing more users to benefit from modern transport.
Source: Press Release – PROINVERSIÓN