Central Railway System — Earthworks and Civil Works, Puerto Cabello – La Encrucijada
Project sheet
- Sector
- Transportation
- Location
- Aragua – Carabobo States, Venezuela
- Company / Role
- Vialpa — Earthworks, railway civil works and structures
Project overview
Earthworks and civil works for the Central Railway System, the cornerstone of the National Railway Plan, enabling railway interconnection between regions as an alternative for interregional cargo and passenger transport within a multimodal system. The region served covers nearly 40% of the Venezuelan population (more than 11 million inhabitants), circulates about 45% of national cargo and holds 70% of the country's manufacturing capacity. Vialpa's scope corresponds to the earthworks and civil works of the Puerto Cabello – La Encrucijada section.
The Challenge
Deliver railway earthworks and civil works in an environment with significant interfaces with roads, urban infrastructure and utilities, coordinating work fronts and execution conditions within the contracted section.
Vialpa Scope
Earthworks and civil works of the railway alignment, including platform grading, drainage works, road structures and interconnection with the multimodal transport network.
Engineering / Construction Approach
Deployment of heavy earthmoving equipment along the railway corridor, with compaction and platform stability controls to meet the geometric requirements of the alignment.
Operational Constraints
Integration of the railway corridor in a high-density population and industrial region, with coordination of interference with existing road, urban and utility networks.
Technical Highlights
- Earthworks and railway civil works for the Puerto Cabello – La Encrucijada corridor
- Region concentrating ~40% of the population and ~70% of the country's industrial capacity
Key Quantities
Project gallery
Panoramic view of multimodal railway station under construction: reinforced concrete passenger platforms, ballasted track bed, passenger test train, tunnel portal and active heavy machinery earthmoving fronts
Railway alignment on elevated viaduct entering tunnel portal: ballasted track superstructure over reinforced concrete deck with monoblock sleepers along mountainous hillside
Major railway viaduct: cast-in-place reinforced concrete piers, cap beams, continuous structural steel box girders, and concrete deck across rugged terrain
Massive railway embankment grading and compaction: tandem Caterpillar 825 high-density tamping foot compactors and geotechnical platform quality control
Specialized technical crew performing precision assembly, fastening and alignment of railway turnout and switch mechanism over ties and ballast bed
