{"id":14187,"date":"2026-10-16T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betar.pt\/?p=14187"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:36:33","slug":"betar-joins-partners-to-celebrate-start-of-high-speed-rail-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betar.pt\/en\/betar-joins-partners-to-celebrate-start-of-high-speed-rail-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Betar Joins Partners to Celebrate Start of High-Speed Rail Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction has begun on the first section of the High-Speed \u200b\u200bLine, connecting Campanh\u00e3 (Porto) and Oi\u00e3 (Aveiro), which is the initial phase of the future line that will link Porto and Lisbon in one hour and fifteen minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Betar attended the ceremony held on October 12, which was also attended by Miguel Pinto Luz, Minister of Infrastructure and Housing; Philippe Chantraine, Head of Unit MOVE.B.2 at the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport; Paulo Carmona, Chairman of the Executive Board of Infraestruturas de Portugal; and Carlos Mota Santos, representing the AVAN High-Speed \u200b\u200bConcessions consortium.<\/p>\n<p>BETAR is part of the design team contracted by AVACE Norte ACE, a consortium that brings together the construction companies Mota-Engil, Teixeira Duarte, Casais, Alves Ribeiro, Conduril, and Gabriel Couto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction has begun on the first section of the High-Speed \u200b\u200bLine, connecting Campanh\u00e3 (Porto) and Oi\u00e3 (Aveiro), which is the initial phase of the future line that will link Porto and Lisbon in one hour and fifteen minutes. 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