Júndiz terminal venture plans 60,000 units a year, up from 4,723 in 2025

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On 25 October 2026 in Spain, Adif has awarded the lease and operating contract for the Júndiz intermodal rail terminal in Vitoria-Gasteiz to a joint venture named Terminal Intermodal Júndiz. The initial contract term is six years with potential extensions up to a total of 20 years under conditions set out in Adif’s model tender contract. A date for signing the contract and for the start of operations has not been announced.

Verified facts

Adif put the lease out to tender on 30 March 2026 with a minimum amount of €1,354,770. The joint venture Terminal Intermodal Júndiz will operate the leased terminal area, which covers about 55,000 square meters. Site-specific infrastructure includes a 36,000-square-meter concrete slab, three dead-end loading tracks (electrified at their ends) occupying about 7,000 square meters, 10,515 square meters of internal roads, a 455-square-meter administration and services building, and parking areas of 530 square meters for heavy vehicles and 360 square meters for light vehicles.

The venture’s traffic plan disclosed in the report is to handle 15,000 intermodal transport units (ITUs) in year one, 45,000 in year two, and 60,000 per year from year three onward; volumes are reported to hold at 60,000 a year through year six, amounting to roughly 300,000 ITUs over the six-year initial term. Adif has said mobile container cranes will work the intermodal zone at first with capacity of up to 50,000 ITUs a year. Adif also reported that once gantry cranes are required, the terminal capacity would be 170,000 ITUs a year, equivalent to an average of seven trains per day.

Organizations and responsibilities

- Adif: owner and manager of Spain’s rail infrastructure; issued the tender on 30 March 2026; defined the lease minimum amount (€1,354,770) and the model contract terms including extension conditions; reported site technical capacities and the equipment staging (mobile cranes initially; gantry cranes as a later phase); reported that it spent more than €37 million on the first phase of works within a project estimated at €95 million.

- Terminal Intermodal Júndiz (the joint venture): awarded the contract by Adif to run the freight terminal in Vitoria-Gasteiz; the venture presented the staged ITU traffic plan (15,000; 45,000; 60,000) and ownership shares among partners as set out below. Exact operational start date is not publicly disclosed by the venture in the report.

- Medlog Spain Logistic (an MSC Group company): largest shareholder in the joint venture with 40% ownership according to the report.

- Bilbao Port Authority: holds 25% of the joint venture and, according to the report, will use the terminal to strengthen rail links and expand its hinterland.

- CTV (Vitoria-Gasteiz Intermodal Transport Centre) and the Álava Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services: each hold 15% of the joint venture.

- Pasaia Port Authority and Servicios Intermodales Bilbaoport (Sibport): each hold 2.5% of the joint venture.

Operational and commercial context

The site lies on the Trans-European Transport Network and is the starting point of the cross-border Vitoria–San Sebastián–Bayonne–Bordeaux section; the partners say they aim to boost rail freight, help businesses compete and establish Álava as a logistics hub for the north of the Iberian Peninsula and the Atlantic Corridor. Adif’s staging of equipment indicates a two-phase handling model: initial operation with mobile container cranes (capacity up to 50,000 ITUs a year) and later installation of gantry cranes to reach a reported 170,000 ITUs a year. The venture’s plan of 60,000 ITUs a year from year three is above Adif’s stated mobile-crane capacity and below the gantry-crane capacity; the report does not disclose any confirmed timetable or trigger points for installing gantry cranes. Adif’s model contract ties the first three-year extension to handling at least 125,000 ITUs in the first five years; later extensions are tied to investments the operator has carried out. The report does not disclose the exact financial structuring of the joint venture, operator investment commitments, or the contract signature and operational start dates.

Sources

https://www.railway.supply/jundiz-terminal-venture-plans-60000-units-a-year-up-from-4723-in-2025/ - Railway Supply

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