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Adif's experience in high-speed rail development and the management and moditidernisation of theconventionaall netktwork has made it a world leader in high speed infrastructures. Adif exports its railway experience and knowledge to countries such as the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,Turkeyand , among others.

On the international stage, Adif is highly active in developing and defending the interests of the Spanish rail sector in forums and organisations dealing with strategic subjects such as revision of the trans-European networks, coordination of the high speed connection with France, development of safety and interoperability regulations, advancement of freight transport and deployment of ERTMS on Corridor D, and promoting the two new European Corridors 4 (from Lisbon, Sines and Leixoes in Portugal to Algeciras, Bilbao, San Sebastián and Irún, and to northern and eastern France via Paris) and 6 (running through southern Europe fromMadridand Almeria to Záhony in Hungary, passing through France, Italy and Slovenia), etc.

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With regard to the ERTMS system, has become the world leader in implementation and interoperability. Spain is the country with the greatest length of line with ERTMS (over 1,700 km at the end of 2012, in both Level 1 and Level 2). Moreover, it sets itself apart by having implemented this in a multi- provider environment. Adif has succeeded in making all the manufacturers compatible and in getting their systems to work with those of other rail companies. Experience of implementing ERTMS outside the European Union has been gained through the work of Adif, as is the case of the suburban Mexico City line (between Cuautitlán and Buenavista) and the Turkish high speed line.

Another of Adif's key activities is the creation and support of consortia for the expansion of Spanish companies abroad, which has made its presence felt in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Morocco, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Poland. It is currently pursuing the possibility of expanding into countries such as Russia, the United States, India, Tunisia, Algeria and Brazil.

*Saudi Arabia Adif' s flagship international activity in 2011 is as part of the Spanish consortium awarded the project to construct, and operate for12years,theMecca-Medina High Speed Line in Saudi Arabia. The choice of the Spanish consortium to carry out this ambitious project shows that Spanish High Speed is a model that is exportable to other countries and markets and that, thanks to its investment effort, Spain has become a reference point for high speed, positioning its companies as world leaders in the various subsectors underlying this mode of transport.

Participating in the Spanish-Saudi Al Shoula Group consortium are the public companies of Adif, Renfe, Ineco (reporting to the Ministry of Public Works), Indra, OHL, Consultrans, Copasa, Imathia, Cobra, Dimetronic, Inabensa and TALGO, as well as the Saudi companies, Al Shoula and Al Rosan.

In January 2012, the contract was signed in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) for the high speed link between the cities of Mecca and Medina. In September 2012, the consortium received authorisation from the Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) to begin work in the country, fully consolidating the contract for Spanish industry. Important recent project news includes creation of the company responsible for project development in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Spain Train Project Company Limited (SSTPC).

Map of the Mecca-Medina high speed line, by permission of by the magazine Vía Libre

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Adif participates as an expert in the development and operation of railway infrastructures. Adif is responsible for managing and monitoring the design, project, construction and commissioning of the areas related to track and installations, traffic, stations, traffic safety, civil protection and security, as well their maintenance and operation. It also supervises and evaluates the quality of infrastructure works included in Phase 1 (developed by a consortium of Chinese, French and Saudi companies), in order to ensure that it meets the levels required in Phase 2.

The Mecca-Jeddah-Medina HighSpeed Line – 450 km of electrified double track – has an overall budget of €12,000 million, of which €6,736 million is earmarkedforthesecondphaseawardedtotheSpanish- Saudi Consortium. This second phase includes the design and construction of the superstructure and railway facilities (electrification, signalling, communications, etc.), the supply of 35 high-speed trains designed for speeds of over 300 km/h (with the option to purchase an additional 20 trains during the period of operation), maintenance of this rolling stock and operation and maintenance of the line for a period of 12 years.

The high-speed line plan used European high-speed parameters, with a design speed of 320 km/h and a journey time between the cities of Mecca and Medina of less than two hours.

The maximum operating speed will be 300 km/h, with UIC gauge double track, 25 kV 60 Hz electrification, and implementation of the European ERTMS system, level2,inwhichSpainisaworldleader.Thereisa very high estimated demand for the line, of around 160,000 passengers a day. In response to this demand, in addition to the main terminal stations of Mecca Central and Medina Central, three stops will be made on the route at the stations of Central Jeddah, Jeddah International Airport and King Abdullah Economic City.

*U.S.A. The interest shown by the United States is very significant, as shown by numerous visits to Spain made by official delegations (the Transport Secretariat, Congress and Senate, the Federal Railway Administration, and the different States and authorities on high-speedrail).

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An important visit was made in May 2011 by the Transport Secretary,Mr.Ray Lahood. After travelling on the AVE high-speed train to Cuenca to get first hand experience of our latest line to go into service, he publicly declared the Spanish High Speed system to be the finest in the world. The most recent visit was on October 20th 2011, by the Lieutenant Governor of Washington State, who visited Puerta de Atocha station and the Regulation and Control and 24H Incident Management centres – both at this station.

These visits follow on the meetings that took place in 2011 with the Governors of the States of Washington and Illinois, which have significant transport infrastructure ppjrojects underway.

.*Collaboration and technological transfer with the United States Adif offered permanent collaboration in 2011 on the development of High Speed in the U.S.A., not only making the Declaration of Interest to participate in the High Speed project between Los Angeles and San Francisco, in California – for which it made a detailed project orientation study that was provided to the CHSRA (California High Speed Rail Authority) –, but also by participating in various evaluations for the CHSRA and the Federal Railway Administrator (FRA) on environmental issues and High Speed operations, both for California and for projects in the Midwest around Chicago.

Adif presented its experience in the construction, development and management of High Speed lines to the Steering Committee of the CHSRA and in the framework of the Spain-California High Speed Conference, held in June 2011 in the city of San Francisco.

The conference, organised by the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade and the Spanish Foreign Trade Institute (ICEX), aimed to show Spain's experience in high-speed rail and attempted to answer some questions still under debaate in the project for a high speed railway corridor to be constructed in California. Spain has become a major point of reference for high-speed development in the United States, in the context of the decision taken by the White House, in the Economic Stimulus Plan launched by President Obama, to provide $8 billion of aid to promote various US high-speed corridors.

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In fact, in February 2010, Spain and the United Statesconcludedarailway collaboration memorandum in Washington, by which a Spanish expert is to collaborate directly with the FRA team on a variety of technological and environmental issues.

Adif also took part in 2010 in the Joint Rail Conference, held on the polytechnic campus of the University of Illinois, in the town of Urbana, in the State of Illinois, which discussed high-speed rail as a new mode of transport in the United States. The goal of the congress, promoted by important American engineering orgg,anisations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ((),IEEE), was to promote development of high speed rail in the United States, by disseminating best practices in research and development of new railway infrastructure technologies.

Adif's contribution took the form of two papers on R&D&i projects implemented in our country. The first was on monitoring railway infrastructures using fibre optic sensors, and the second on protecting high speed traffic from side winds. The congress was also attended by the Polytechnic University of Madrid, which presented two projects developed with Adif, focussing on the area of safety in high speed rail infrastructures.

In 2012, Adif participated in the World Congress on High Speed Rail, organised jointly by the UIC, APTA and FRAinPhiladelphiainJuly.Herewepresentedourexperience in the plenary and in specialised sessions, and maintained contacts with Congress in order to convey our confidence in the development of High Speed Rail.

Also, since July 2012, we have been collaborating actively with the American public operator, Amtrak, in its NEC Forum initiative. This aims to promote modernisation of the NEC Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York and Washington, with the gradual introduction of high speed services, offering higher performance levels than those currently available.

With regard to California, the first phase of its high speed project between Fresno and Madero has made progress and the tender has been announced for civil engineering works, with Spanish companies in three of the five prequalified groups.

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*Visits by other delegations: Other delegations wishing to learn about the Spanish system visited us from countries such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bosnia Herzegovina, Denmark, Norway, China, Chile, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Gulf countries, Israel, India, Indonesia, Tunisia, Algeria, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

*Adif and Spanish railways as world leaders

Adif's strengthened international presence also responds to the important role the Spanish railway sector is acquiring in the world context. Adif, as a railway infrastructure manager, is very active internationally, representing Spanish interests in various international institutions and collaborating in the processes of transferring Spanish technology, establishing broad agreements with the railways of countries such as Russia, Poland, Turkey, Morocco and Croatia.

As an example, a delegation from RZD (Russian Railwaays) visited Spain in 2012 as part of the collaboration agreement on high-speed technologies and R&D&i. The programme for the visit included several activities, such as taking the TALGO train to Malaga, a technical visit to Málaga María Zambrano station, where Vialia was shown as a model of public private partnership (PPP) in stations, and a visit to the Railway Technology Centre (CTF) in Malaga, as an example of business collaboration in technology development and rail innovation. During the visit to this facility, Adif's experience was demonstrated in traffic management systems – especially the Da Vinci system –, ICT laboratories, development of ERTMS detection systems, protection systems for level crossiings, innovation in energy management, and gauge change systems.

Also, during this visit,RZDand Adif held a meeting with the Spanish companies currently constituting a consortium to participate in bidding for the Moscow-St Petersburg high-speed line. Progress was also made in collaborative activities for 2012-13, within theAdif–RZD Collaboration Agreement.

The delegation from Russian Railways participates in the seminar on: “Adif's experience in the management of traffic on high speed lines in 2011”.

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In 2011, another Russian Railwaysdelegation, led by the vice-president of RZD, Georgy Kornilov, visited the facilities of the CASH24 National Safety Centre, the Regional Centre in Chamartín Station and the Protection and Safety Centre at Madrid's Puerta de Atocha Station. They also visited the 28 km Guadarrama tunnel on the Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid High Speed Line, as part of a technical seminar specialising in safety in the area of railways and Spain's experience in civil protection in railway infrastructures.

Also important in 2011 was the Adif CEO's participation in the 2nd Railway Congress, organised by RZD in Moscow in November of that yy,ear, in which our company was the only infrastructure manager invited and where references to our experience in High Speed served to support RZD's own projects in this field, with an eye to the 2018 World Football Championship.

These collaborative activities with Russia stem from the railway collaboration agreement, signed in 2007 in Moscow, between Adif and the Russian entity, RZD, the world's largest railway company. This agreement laid the foundations for cooperation between the two organisations on exchanging experience and innovation in railway technology, design, construction and development of High Speed Rail, and exchanging railway infrastructure technology (ERTMS, automatic gauge change, new gauges on existing lines).

In May 2010, within the framework of this agreement, Adif, RZD Russian Railways and the Spanish Talgo company signed a Joint Cooperation Declaration, in the Russian city of Sochi, to study the viability of the Spanish gauge changers as a solution for interoperability between the Russian network – with a 1,520 mm gauge – and the European rail systems – using international 1,435 mm gauge –, considering both the project's economic efficiency and the basic analysis oof the technical/operational conditions and the need for investment.

The Declaration was signed in the framework of the 5th International Business Forum on Railways “Strategic Cooperation 1520”. This brought together over 300 companies from 35 different countries and, as well as supporting Adif's collaboration in authorising the variable gauge Talgo train for use in Russia (satisfactory tests having been carried out to analyse their behaviour on the Moscow-St. Petersburg and Moscow-Brest high performance lines), had the tangible result of the contract signed in June 2011 by RZD andTalgo,forthesupplyof7Talgotrains,eachwith 20 carriages, for the services between Moscow and Kiev, and btbetween Moscow and W/BliWarsaw/Berlin.

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At the 6th edition of the Sochi forum, held in May 2011, our considerable operational, trade and business experience in stations came to bear in promoting collaboration in this area, with the signing of an agreement on a range of technical matters and the Twinning of Puerta de Atocha Station with Moscow's Kievski Station. In this context, in June 2012, the mayor of Moscow, Sergéi Sobianin, visited Madrid Puerta de Atocha Station.

A large group of Russian journalists, selected by RZD, visited in November 2012 to learn about our experience in HighSpeed lines and stations. This visit resulted in significant coverageinRussianpress and television media, showing Spain's experience and success as a world leader.

In addition, in order to include the training aspect of the Adif-RZD relationship, a collaboration agreement was signed in November 2008 with Moscow State Railways University. This relationship, begun in the year 2000, has included Seminars for RZD's managerial and specialist staff, on aspects such as economic- financial management, budgetary and accounting planning, internal auditing and management control, human resources management, strategic development of railway companies, modern management systems and operating high speed lines, traffic maanagement and infrastructure maintenance, ERTMS interoperability and solutions for integrating the HS network with the conventional network (gauge changers), and current problems in rail transport management: development, innovation and maintenance.

In the European sphere, we should also mention the collaboration framework agreement signed in April 2011 between Adif and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Railways Corporation (BHZJK) for the exchange of information and experience in railway matters, as well as for cooperation in various areas such as technology, operating, studies, management, constrruction and maintenance of the infrastructure and railway stations. This has resulted in the signing, in October, of a specific protocol for Adif, in conjunction with Spanish companies, to collaborate on projects involving signalling, electrification and protection of level crossings.

This agreement resulted in a visit, in April 2012, by a delegation of these railways, sponsored by the European Commission's TAIEX (Technical Assistance and Information Exchange), to learn about Spain's experience in implementing European Union railway leegislation.

The Mayor of Moscow visiting Madrid's Puerta de Atocha Station

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In November 2011, the CEO of Adif, Antonio GonzálezMarín,andthepresidentof the Croatian Railways Infrastructure (HZI), Branimir Jerneic, signed a framework collaboration agreement between the two institutions on matters of technology, operations, exchange of experience, studies, management, construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure and stations. This agreement, covering a period of three years, provides for the exchange of informationanddocumentationonissuesofcommoninterest relating to railway infrastructure management.

Adelegation from HZI, headed by the directors of Assets and European Funds, visited Adif on 22-23 October 2012 to learn about our experience in railway traffic facilities, planning and control methodologies, continuous improvement of level crossing protection systems, Assets management, development of projects through public private partnerships (PPP) and managing and auditing European funds. The programme included a visit to Malaga María Zambrano Station, where a detailed explanation of the Vialia business model was given

In Poland collaboration has continued, linked to the Contract signed in 2010 for a viability study of the Warsaw-Lodz-Poznan/Wroclaw high speed line, with tthe Polish infrastructure manager, PKP-PLK. The study is made by the Spanish engineering firm, IDOM Internacional, with a budget of 12 million euros. Backing was also given for contracts awarded to the Spanish company, SENER, to prepare technical specifications for interoperability and a viability study on the urban tunnel in Lodz.

In 2012, this partnership resulted in a delegation from the Polish Infrastructure Administrator (PKP PLP) visiting Spain, on 16-18 May, to learn about Adif's experience in developing rail infrastructures and equipment, employing capacity and private resources through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. The programme for the PKP PLK delegation included technical visits to the High Speed Traffic Regulation and Control Centre in Atocha Station and the 24H Network Management Centre.

On 26 November, another Polish delegation visited Adif offices and facilities, specifically the High Speed Regulation and Control Centre in Zaragoza and the Chamartín Control Post in Madrid.

The Croatian Railways delegation during its visit to Malaga María Zambrano Station

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They also had a meeting with the Capacity Planning and Management Division to learn at first hand about our systems of Traffic Planning and Management, track allocation, running plans, etc.

Another country interested in our railway experience is Brazil. In 2010 and 2011, this resulted in visits to Adif's installations by various delegations from the National Land Transport Agency of Brazil (ANTT) , attached to the country's Transport Ministry, to learn about the Spanish rail system's regulations and way of operating, with special attention to High Speed.

The ANTT is in charge of regulating and planning land transport in Brazil, particularly rail transport. Being in charge of Brazil's high speed project, between Rio and Sao Paolo, one of the main objectives of their visits to Adif was to gather Spanish experience in this field.

The Federal Government of Brazil approved a Growth Acceleration Plan indicating the importance of the railways, both for freight transport and connection to ports, and the development of a high speed railway. The Growth Acceleration Plan includes the Rio, Sao Paolo and Campinhas HSL, with an estimated budget of 15 billion euros and a new Statement of Specificationns (called “edital” in Brazil) making great reference to Spanish experience in the organisation of tendering into phases, the need for public financial contribution and limitation of risks for the private sector.

In December 2012, the final specifications were presented for the Tender for the High Speed connection between Rio and Sao Paulo, representing the Announcement of the tender, with the deadline for submission of bids set at July 2013. Phase 1, in which Adif has shown its interest, includes equipping the superstructure, supplying trains and operating the line for the concession period.

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Adif's international presence is also clearly seen in the implementation in railway infrastructures of innovative technological products developed in Spain (the Da Vinci system), as well as in the training of managers and specialists in key areas. These are examples of how Adif gives international exposure to our experience and capability in high speed rail, through transmitting abroad the technological innovations developed in our internal railway, exchanging experience and collaborating in training, research and the development of railway technology.

During 2012, several countries have shown interest intheSpanish network, with the intention of sigggning collaboration agreements for the exchange of knowledge and technology, especially in the area of high speed rail. This is the case with the West Japan Railway Company (JR-West), which signed a partnership agreement in September with Adif and Renfe to exchange knowledge and technology in the area of maintenance, management and technical development. As a result of this agreement, plans have been made for training sessions, seminars and specialised technical visits regarding operations and infrastructures, both in Spain and Japan. The agreement will last for three years.

JR-West is one of the companies incorporated in the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), the company that operates railway lines in Japan. Based in Osaka, JR-West manages 5,012 km of railway lines, 644 km of which are high speed, and more than 1,200 stations. The company operates daily more than 500 conventional trains and over 270 high speed trains on the line linking Osaka to Fukuoka (Sanyo Shinkansen).

Another delegation, from Israel Railways, visited Spain in July 2012 to learn about different aspects of our experience in electrification, signalling and the protection of tracks and infrastructure facilities. The Israeli delegation, wishing to give impetus to its railway, waas so satisfied with the visit that it expressed interest in the possibility of making a collaboration agreement between the two administrations. The Israeli government unanimously approved the proposed Tel Aviv-Eilat high speed rail project, which is to reduce the time of the 350 km journey between Tel Aviv and the southern port city of Eilat to 2 hours.

In September 2012, Adif, in conjunction with Renfe Operadora, Ineco and Expansión Exterior, took part in the technical mission to define the possibilities and scope of Spanish collaboration in the project, and designed the proposal to participate as a Development Partner, which the Spanish Minister of Public Works subtlbsequently subittdbmitted to her IliIsraeli counttterpart.

The Israeli delegation's visit to Zaragoza

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*The Da Vinci System, property of Adif The Da Vinci system, which manages the Spanish High Speed Lines, was developed by Indra in collaboration with Adif. Da Vinci is the result of a major R&D&i investment. In February 2009, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Spanish Adif-Indra consortium and Moroccan Railways (ONCF) to implement the Da Vinci system, with an awarded contract amount of 3.2 million euros.

Subsequently, Indra was awarded an international contract to implement the Da Vinci railway traffic management pp,latform, pppropert yof Adif, on Lithuania's railway, enabling it to modernise traffic management on its 1,700 km rail network.

This platform is also implemented in the United Kingddom, Morocco and Colombia (the Medellín Metro), and has been presented for various international tenders.

*Main aspects of Adif's activity in the international sceene

Adif has international agreements and collaborative experience in the following countries: Europe: Russia, Turkey, Bosnia Herzegovina, Poland andCroatia. America: Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Mexico, Brazil andtheU.S.A. Africa: Morocco, Tunisia, and in preparation, Algeria and Egypt. Asia: India and Japan.

*South America: In South America, the next objective for Spanish companies in conjunction with Adif is the future high speed line in Brazil between Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paolo-Campinhas, a project with a tender announcement date in the first quarter of 2012.

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Adif's presence in this zone has taken the form of various technical assistance projects. In Colombia Adif provides technical assistance to Fenoco (Northern Colombia Railways) for Track Maintenance and Operation (Traffic) on the mining line from La Loma to Santa Marta in the north, and in 2011 we were awarded the tender to develop and maintain the Greta rail traffic management tool on this Northern Colombia Railways line. The collaboration between Adif and Fenoco involves fields ranging from the training of personnel, support for exploitation and technical contracting, the drafting of rules and procedures for railway operation, assistance in the construction and maintenance of the infrastructure, to information systems for the management and regulation of railway traffic.

Specifically, Greta is the solution developed in the collaboration between Adif and Fenoco for the management of freight traffic on the 230 km of this line, specialised in mining transport, with traffic of over 26 million tonnes of coal a year demanding an increase in capacity.

Technical assistance is currently being given by Adif expert staff travelling to Colombia.Sinceitbeganin 2000, the work team has varied from two to five experts, depending on the project phase.

Adif has also signed collaboration agreements with the companies, Acciona and Assignia, to carry out railway projects in Colombia, with the aim of promoting the process of internationalising the Spanish railway sector.

Under these agreements, Adif will provide support to Acciona Infraestructuras and to Assignia Infraestructuras in order for them to bid for tenders for the development of new railway corridors in Colombia,aswellasforimprovingandrenovating of existing lines, in the context of the important modernisation plans being promoted by the Government of this country for the 2011-2014 period.

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In Mexico,Adif collaborated in the suburban Buenavista-Cuautitlán line (System 1), throughacontractof Technical Assistance (2006-2009) for its commissioninng and subsequent commercial operation. The project, led by CAF (Andean Development Corporation) saw the participation of other Spanish companies in the sector (OHL, Thales, Indra, Telvent, Abeinsa, Ineco and the former Constructora Hispánica, now Assignia).

Adif has also provided technical service assistance to Chile's State Railways Company (EFE) (2002-2010), for the computer service to regulate and managerailtraffic (the SITRA computer application), since 2002. On 10-12 September 2012, a delegation from EFE visited Adif to learn about the methods and technologies of track and catenary maintenance developed by Adif for the conventional network, based on the use of auscultation vehicles. During their stay, the Level Crossings Division explained to the EFE delegation the level crossing protection system developed by Adif. It is powered by solar panels and has radio communication with peripherals, which, while maintaining complete safety, provides a significant reduction in installation, operation and maintenance costs.

*Africa: Adif has collaboration agreements with Morocco,signed in February 2007, covering different areas of technology, operations, experience, studies, manageement, construction and maintenance of the railway infrastructure, and which have led to technical visits and seminars on areas such as high speed, traffic, ERTMS, certification of railway material and other subsystems, and to the arrangement of technical assistance in the area of stations, conceived as travel, business and leisure centres. With regard to this assistance, Adif's CEO visited Morocco in June 2012 with the aim of deepening collaboration between the two countries on railway stations. There he had a meeeting with Mohamed Rabie Khlie, the Director General of Morocco's railway management division – Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc (ONCF)–,to whom he delivered the final report of the first phase of Adif's technical assistance in adding value to station spaces in the Moroccan rail network. This action responds to the agreement signed in July 2011 in regarding technical assistance in adding value to station spaces in the Moroccan rail network.

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This technical assistance is based on Spanish experience in various similar projects that have been completed, or are in the execution phase, in the stations of Casa-Voyageurs, Rabat-Agdal, , and , although the agreement is open to more stations being included.

Aspects covered by this cooperation include the management of space assessment projects for railway stations, the design and sizing of a station taking into account its environmental characteristics, urban integration, intermodality, customer care, commercial and business development, spatial organisation and other aspects to enable Moroccan railway stations to provide advanced services to their users.

Another example of the intense collaboration with Morocco's railways was Adif's participation in the Seminar on High Speed Rail Safety, organised by the International Union of Railways (UIC) and Moroccan Railways (ONCF), which took place in Ifrane (Morocco) from the 20th to the 22nd of April 2011.

The aim of this seminar was to deal with technical and institutional aspects of railway safety and safety procedures in high speed systems, as well as serving as a meeting point to share experiences between companies and countries interested in the high speed sector.

In the course of the sessions, Adif presented the Da Vinci system – developed by Indra and the intellectual property of Adif –, considered the world's most advanced platform for the management of rail traffic, thanks to integration of the different systems to supervise and control traffic and railway facilities into a single environment. The Moroccan rail network will be wholly managed by Da Vinci, since the version acquired by ONCF for the management and control of traffic in the conventional network will be implementable on the Tangier-Rabat High Speed Line, currently under construction. In May 2011, the first phase of this system began. At present it is being usedd on the conventional network and will subsequently also be used on the high speed network. Precisely during theAdifCEO'svisitinJune2012,progresswas monitored in implementation of the DaVinci integrated rail traffic management system in ONCF.

Adif's CEO during his visit to Morocco in June 2012

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*Europe:

Along with the many activities already mentioned, it shouldbenotedthatTurkeyisthefirstcountrytouse Spanish technology to develop its High-Speed rail proogramme. Adif provides supports for the development and modernisation of Turkey's railway network, having extended, in December 2012, the scope of the Collaboration Agreement between Adif and TCDD (Turkish Railways), signed in October 2008.

Under this agg,reement, training courses and seminars have been given in the areas of traffic management and track maintenance on high-speed lines, traffic safety and enterprise resource management. In addition, in March 2009, a group of Adif specialists travelled to Ankara to support commissioning of the first high-speed section in Turkey, from Istanbul to Ankara. . Similar support was given in 2011, when a training seminar was given for maintenance and traffic staff responsible for the second High-Speed line between Ankara and Konya, while, in November 2012, a seminarwasgivenonhighspeedlineTrafficManagement.

In September 2011, an Adif delegation visited Turkey to promote collaboration between the two countries. The visit focussed on the second Turkish high speed line, between Ankara and Konya. The delegation learned about the main Turkish high speed projects, in which it is hoped to maintain the high level of involvement of Spanish companies already seen in the first phase of the high speed line from Ankara to Istanbul (also with Spanish high speed trains), and in the new line in service since August 2011, on which the ERTMS system was installed by Dimetronic. The Adif delegation also visited the works in the Marmaray project, which is to create a high-capacity railway line connecting Istanbul's European and Asian sides, including a tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait. In this ambitious project the Spanish consortium made up of OHL and Dimetronics was awarded the tender, allocated over 1 billion euros, for this tunnels's railway equipment and improvement of current local train lines (civil, mechanical and electrical engineering systems), as well as the addition of a third track for intercity trains.

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The relationship between Adif and the Polish infrastructures manager, PKP PLK, is underpinned by the collaboration agreement signed in October 2008 to facilitate the exchange of business experience and innovation in railway technology between the two organisations.

Adif's experience – in constructing, managing and maintaining high speed lines, developing the ERTMS system, constructing and managing railway stations andintheuseofpublic-privatepartnershipasa model for developing infrastructures – is of great value to PKP PLK, given its high speed line construction projects in Poland.

Specifically, the agreement provides for actions such as information exchange, staff training, study trips for experts, technical assistance, control and receipt of material related to railway infrastructure and its exploitation, as well as collaboration on technological matters.

In addition, in Europe Adif collaborates on the development of the trans-European rail network, fosters coordination of high speed connections with France, participates in the development of international safety and interoperability rules, and promotes the installation of ERTMS on Corridor D.

Adif took part in the Spain-Romania 2012 Railway Seminar, held from 17 to 19 October in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. During the seminar, the Romanian National Railway Company, CFR SA, showed interest in learning more about Adif's experience in various areas of railway infrastructure construction and management, CFR SA's CEO expressing his wish to establish an Adif-CFR SA Collaboration Agreement in order to provide a framework for exchanging experiences in areas of common interest.

Spain-France international gauge. In December 2010, the connection between Figueres-Vilafant and Perpignan was inaugurated with the new international gauge infrastructure connecting the two countries. Iberian and international gauge trains are used in conjunction, passengers transferring at Figueres- Vilafant and freight trains being able to continue to the Port of Barcelona. On 22 December 2010, the first cross-border, international gauge, freight corridor between Spain and France went into service. The new corridor is 168 km long, 92 km of which correspond with the conventional network, with a third track for international gauge.

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The commissioning of the high-speed Barcelona-Figueres connection in January 2013 makes passenger transport available between Spain and the rest of Europe, especially France. In fact, direct high-speed travel between Barcelona and Paris is expected to be operating by mid-2013.

*At European level, Adif participates in international organisation and forums in the sector that promote railway modernisation and cooperation on ppjrojects aimed at this modernisation:

•Association of European Rail Infrastructures Managers (EIM)

•Rail Net Europe (RNE)

•Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)

•International Union of Railways (UIC)

*Adif also participates in multi-sector European organisations such as:

• European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services (CEEP), recognised as a representative by the EU.

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• Adif also participates in work groups and meetings organised and supported by the European Commission, such as the ERTMS Corridors Group and the ERTMS Users Group.

*Major issues in the European sphere:

•Development of Corridors / Planning and financing of Trans-European Networks. •Regulations for the development of competitive freighht transport. •Revision of the First Railway Package (liberalisation) and design of actions for the modernisation of the European railway system. •Implementation of the European ERTMS rail traffic management system. •Development of Technical Specifications of Interoperability and Safety. •European R&D&i projects. •Collaboration on the development of High Speed rail in other countries (Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Croatia, Bosnia Herrzegovina, etc). Spain as the main reference point for HS in Europe. •Preparation of the 2010-2020 White Paper on Transport.

•Adif also participates in European Economic Interest Groups (EEIGs), which develop cross-border projects linked to international rail Corridors and Trans-European Transport Networks: (TEN-Ts)

•Vitoria Dax SEA (Southern European Atlantic)EEIG in collaboration with the French manager RFF, to promote the France-Spain connection on the Atlantic side. (10.05.2005)

•Corridor D ERTMS (Valencia-Lujbliana) EEIG. In this group Adif works in conjunction with the infrastructure managers of France (RFF), Italy (RFI) and Slovenia to promote implementation of the ERTMS system in the corridor and to create a competitive freight corridor. (29.08.07)

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•AVEP (Spain-Portugal) EEIG with Portugal, representedby RAVE (Portuguese High Speed Network) for high speed connection of the two countries.

•Pyrenees TGC EEIG (High-capacity rail across the Pyrenees). A direct relationship with the French manager (RFF) to carry out environmental, territorial, routing, socioeconomic profitability and financial viability studies for a new trans-Pyrenees hub from Zaragoza toFrance.

•ERTMS Users' Group EEIG.InthisgroupAdifworkswith its counterparts from France (RFF), Germany (DB), Italy (RFI), Holland (ProRail), the United Kingdom (NetworkRail), Sweden (Traficverket), Switzerland(SBB) and Denmark (BD) to collaborate with the European Railway Agency harmonising specifications and regulations for operating the ERTMS system.

•Signing and development of Collaboration AgreementsandProtocols:

•Russian Railways. Adif-RZD Rail Transport Cooperation Agreement (Moscow, 05.10.07).(RZD). Protocol for Cooperation between Adif-Renfe Operadora and RZD. (03.03.09) •Moscow University of Railway Engineering. (MIIT). Adif-MIIT Collaboration Agreement (Madrid, 11.11.08). •Croatian Railways (HZL) Collaboration agreement between Adif and HZL (23.11.11) •Turkish Railways (TCDD). Adif-TCDD Collaboration Agreement (Istanbul,15.10.08).Anagreement between Adif and TCDD to increase the level of collaboration. (02.12.11) •France, Coordination agreement for Spanish-French operation of the Barcelona/Figueres/Perpignan/Nimes Mediterranean hub. (03.03.09) •Polish Railway Infrastructures Manager PKP PLK. Adif-PKP PLK Collaboration Agreement (Cordoba, 08.10.08) Annex to the framework collaboration agreement (09.11.09) •Moroccan Railway Company (ONCF). Adif-ONCF Collaboration Agreement (Rabat, 05.02.07). Technical Assistance Agreement with ONCF by which Adif assesses ONCF “station” spaces (12.07.11) •Tunisian Railways, SNCFT, (Madrid, 22.06.2010).

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•Northern Colombia Railways, FENOCO (1999-2010). Technical assistance provided by Adif to FENOCO for constructing and operating the 230 km La Loma–Puerto de Santa María railway line. •Chilean Railway Company, EFE (2002-2010). Technical assistance provided by Adif to EFE for the computer service used to regulate and manage rail traffic (the SITRA computer application). •Mexico Valley Suburban Railway (2006-2009). Technical assistance given by Adif to commission and, subsequently, support commercial operation of the Buenavista-Cuautitlán (System 1) suburban line. Technical assistance provided by Adif to the concessionaire for renovating and running thelinethatithasoperated and maintained since 7 May 2008, and for which it has been entirely responsible since 5 January 2009, defining the Traffic Management Model, Staff Training, Rules and Specifications, Management Information and Train Regulation systems. •West Japan Railway,(JR-West),inSeptember 2012, to collaborate on technology development, railway maintenance and services management. •Indian Railways, in October 2012, the Spanish Minister of Public Works, representing Adif and Renfe Operadora, signed an agreement with Indian Railways.

*Participation Protocols in Organisations, the Ministry of Public Works and business organisations:

•CIDITRANS (Ibero-American Centre for Integrated Transport Development). Objective: To develop regional railways and integration programmes in Latin America. •AECID (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development) Objective: To pool efforts within the Public Administration in the area of International Cooperation, contributing specific experience in the field of railways of mutual interest and preferred studies and projects, co- developed technologies and technical assistannce in railway operations and management. •·CAF (Andean Development Corporation) Objective: To promote and complement financing of possible lines of collaboration that permit the spread of best experiences and practices in organising, planning and managing the sector of infrastructures in Latin America, based on Spanish experience. •CEOE. Business meetings linked to international activity •Madrid Chamber of Commerce. Business meetings linked to international activity •Casa de América. Meetings and public forums on Latin America.

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*Institutional support to the Spanish railway sector for international activities in:

•Brazil. Rio-Sao Paolo-Campinhas High Speed Line Prooject. •Colombia •Mexico •Venezuela •Chile •The United States. Visits from delegations ((pdevelopment of new HighSpeed Lines). Interest of Federal and State Governments in Spain's HS development as a model of excellence within a transport policy that strengthens the railway as the most sustainable mode of transport. Visits of delegations in 2010-2011: - Visit of the Federal Government Transport Secretary - Delegation from the Senate, Congress and the Department of Transport - Delegation from the Federal Accounting Office - Delegation from the Federal Railways Administration - Delegations from the States of California, Georgia annd Texas - Delegation from the Midwest High Speed Rail Association (Midwest States). •Saudi Arabia. Adif's participation, as part of the Spanish consortium, in the second phase of the Mecca- Medina HSL project, with responsibility for managing and monitoring the design, the project, construction and implementation in the areas related to tracks, installations, traffic, stations, traffic safety and security and civil protection, as well as maintenance and operation of all of the above. •India. Institutional support for Spanish companies on projects for the modernisation of Indian railways - Railway Ministry Plan for the construction of two new freight corridors - Development Project for the new station at New Delhhi. •Vietnam. •Slovenia. •As well as in the countries already mentioned in the list of signed Agreements.

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