Hi Keith,
I see that Bryan has answered your question about the concrete twinblock sleepers.
I believe that the HS line between Figueres and Barcelona was originally planned to open in December 2012 but according to a news item in the latest "Today's Railways Europe" there is still quite a bit of work to be done. A 10 month contract for a new station in Girona was only awarded in August and work on a 7 month contract to lay 12.7 km of track in the Barcelona suburbs has only just started.
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