«We're available to migrate [the gauge], we're talking about 100,000 euros per kilometer (km). [...] We'll do it when it's necessary and justified, when justified, when the Spanish side tells us they're going to migrate", said Carlos Fernandes, at the conference "High Speed Trains in Portugal: challenges and opportunities", promoted by the law firm SRS, in Lisbon.
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José Luís Moreira da Silva, Partner at SRS Legal, expressed his doubts about the feasibility of the the six-month deadline for companies to submit applications, although he believes that IP has prepared an extraordinarily simple". "I can see that some competitors are going to ask for an extension," he said.»