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Metro Line 4

Isolux Corsan (Madrid) has been awarded the two contracts for the second phase of the construction of Metro Line 4 in Sao Paulo. The project has a total budget of EUR239 million. Line 4, or Yellow Line, connects downtown Sao Paulo to the southwest of the city. The first EUR70 million contract includes construction of new access and completion of civil works of the following stations: Sao Paulo-Morumbi, Fradique Coutinho, Oscar Freire and Higienopolis-Mackenzie, and construction of a city bus terminal-interchange. The second EUR169 million contract includes the underground construction of the Villa Sonia station, to be performed through the interconnection of different tunnels, most notably that of the interconnection and the body of the station, with cross-sections of 185 sq m and 156 sq m respectively. Train access to the new station will require NATM excavation of a 1.85 km-long tunnel comprising 1.35 km double track with a cross-section of 95 sq m and 0.5 km single track with a cross-section of 41 sq m. Visit http://www.isoluxcorsan.com/en/communication/press-releases/. 20/12.



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