Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC) has put out to tender this Thursday the drafting of the analysis to evaluate the viability of the railway extension of line S2 from the Sabadell Parc del Nord station to Castellar del Vallès. The document will also consider lengthening alternatives with a tram system and based on the solutions of the bus project that the Department of Territory is promoting in this corridor. It will also include alternatives at the level of prior study of the connection of the B-124 until connecting with the C-58c that allow avoiding traffic passing through the Castellar corridor through Sabadell, and the compatibility of these options with the rest will be evaluated. of alternatives and proposed railway scenarios.
For each option analyzed, the document will make a service proposal based on the different supply and demand scenarios. It will also analyze in detail the volume of greenhouse gases emitted or saved by the execution of each alternative, taking into account the construction of the work, the maintenance of the infrastructure, the operation of the services and the impact due to changes in the mobility of the users.
The analysis has a writing period of 13 months and has been put out to tender for an amount of 92,000 euros without VAT. The resulting proposal must include the characterization of mobility in the Sabadell-Castellar del Vallès area, a summary of the different mobility studies carried out so far, the identification of alternative scenarios, the fit proposals and the impact on demand.
The railway extension to Castellar del Vallès is a work historically claimed to improve mobility in the region. In fact, in 2010, the Generalitat already started working on it, with a proposal that included two stops, one in the industrial area and the other near the center.
Specifically, on March 16, 2010, the Department of Territorial Policy and Public Works began the public information process of the informative study of the extension of the Vallès line, an action that envisaged building a new 4.5 kilometer section from the tail of maneuvers located in the Ca n'Oriac neighborhood of Sabadell. This involved creating about 700 meters of underground route, with three viaducts and open-air sections to cross the Ripoll River, and with a planned investment of 320 million euros.
Recently, at the end of 2022, the plenary session of the Sabadell City Council approved an initiative to demand that the Generalitat extend the line, thus responding to the mobility needs of the citizens of Castellar, but also implying a reduction in the passage of vehicles. private by the urban fabric of the regional capital.
