Mafex corporate magazine Spanish Railway Association Issue 7. May 2016

EUROPEAN SMEs They are the basic structure of productive activity and, Spanish SMEs in particular, play a decisive role in the value chain of the rail industry worldwide

Middle East and Oman Fair , AUSTRALIA AND MALAYSIA Interview: Philippe Citröen Active participation of Mafex and its Three destinations with a strong rail The General Director of UNIFE analyses members during March investment for the coming years the European railway situation MAFEX ◗ Table of Contents

PHILIPPE CITRÖEN / EDITORIAL The General Director of UNIFE 05 (European Railway Association) analyses the railway situation in 06 / MAFEX INFORMS Europe. XV EXPORAIL MEXICO 2016 The association was present in the most important railway 22 / DESTINATON event in Mexico, which was SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA Y AUSTRALIA attended by a large group of Spanish The three countries are investing companies. heavily in rail to significantly improve BUY AMERICA their network.

MIDDLE EAST RAIL FAIR 2016 AND VISIT TO OMAN MTC The association addressed the IN DEPTH Spain Spanish railway sector relations with 44/ the Middle East during March. EUROPEAN SMEs MTC Promoters of international business, USA MTC ASIA PACIFIC RAIL FAIR 2016 AND small and medium-sized enterprises China VISIT TO TAIWAN require assistance to address During the first half of the year, competitiveness and development. Mafex is conducting various MTC promotional activities in this region. India Institutional delegation to Sweden Along with a dozen railway companies, the Association was part of the official visit of Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Basque Country to Sweden.

METRO DELHI VISIT TO SPAIN A representative of Metro Delhi visited several Spanish railway / INNOVATION companies along with Mafex. 56 New plant MTC in USA MAFEX MEMBERS PRESENT THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTS www.metalocaucho.com / MEMBERS NEWS 12 63 / AGENDA 18 / ENTERVIEW 64 / MEMBER'S DIRECTORY mafex 3 Innovamos desde

MAFEX ◗ Editorial “If you are looking for different results The important role of SMEs in don’t always do the same things” the railway sector

Dear friends, “No es el más As the year progresses, the Spanish rail industry destined to the European Union countries, market fuerte el que remains a world leader. Our participation during in which there is the highest concentration of perdura. Tampoco this first quarter, Exporail Mexico, Middle East Rail the largest and most demanding rolling stock el más inteligente. Es el que mejor and Asia Pacific Rail, has recorded the interest manufacturers in the world. se adapta a los in our industry in the world. Also, the visit of In this sense speaks Philippe Citröen, General cambios” a representative of Metro Delhi to Spain, and Director of UNIFE, the European Association of Charles Darwin , our participation in an institutional delegation the Rail Industry, whom we interviewed in this “El origen de las especies” to Sweden, have made it clear once again that issue. According to him, half of the railway world the international railway industry relies on market is supplied by the European industry, technology and Spanish rail services. which is also leading the industry worldwide. For example, in the section Members News of this The section Destination focuses on three major number, you can see some of the most important markets: Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. contracts awarded in recent months to Spanish Countries that are undertaking a major companies, such as access control and ticketing investment in rail infrastructure, and where some on trains of Buenos Aires, the access doors of our members have been working for several for passengers in Metro Panama or the design years. consultancy for the high speed section of Texas, Finally, I anticipate that in the next issue, to Una pista: la fl exibilidad es clave among others. be published in September on the occasion of

Albert Einstein. Source: Wikimedia Commons In addition, this time, we wanted to dedicate InnoTrans, we will include an article with the Exercise your creativity. At Amurrio we are doing this If you want to improve the results of the In Depth section to the important role that most important technological advances that the Change your point of view. continuously since 1880. your rail project, don’t always do the small and medium-sized European companies 50 Spanish exhibitors will be presenting at the Take a differet track. We apply all our knowledge and same things. play within the value chain of the rail industry fair. creativity to create safer, more versatile and effi cient turnouts. This time come to Amurrio. worldwide. In the case of Spanish SMEs, over the Again, we hope that this issue is of your interest Do you dare to innovate? last decade, more than 50% of its exports were and you enjoy reading it.

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Mafex booth at the Middle Middle East East Rail Fair in Dubai Rail Fair 2016 and visit to Oman MAFEX EMPASHIZED LAST MARCH ON THE SPANISH RAILWAY SECTOR RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST Spanish Railway Association, Mafex, in collaboration with S ICEX Spain Export and Invest- Spanish exhibitors ment, organized for the second at the XV Exporail time the Spanish group participa- Mexico 2016 tion in the Exhibition and Con- gress Middle East Rail 2016 held in Dubai during March 8-9. XV Exporail Mexico 2016 A total of 8 Spanish railway com- panies: ArecelorMittal Comercial area of 9,000 square metres of ex- bers of UNIFE, the Association of MAFEX WAS PRESENT AT THE ers, attended as exhibitors. by the Secretary of Communications Perfiles España, AQUAFRISCH, hibition space. the European Rail Industry, had the MOST IMPORTANT RAILWAY The event, which was opened by the and Transport at the opening of Ex- Caf, Idom, Patentes Talgo, Sener, During the event, technical semi- opportunity to attend the meet- head of the Secretariat of Commu- porail, the new railway terminal in Tecnatom and Typsa, presented nars and conferences were held ing between the Director General EVENT IN MEXICO, ATTENDED nications and Transportation (SCT), Durango, the international railway their latest technologies and inno- on various topics in the railway of the Transport Directorate of BY A LARGE GROUP OF Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, brought to- crossing Matamoros-Brownsville, vative services in one of the most sector and the maintenance of the European Commission (DG SPANISH COMPANIES gether more than 750 profession- and the construction of a railway important platforms in the Middle rolling stock and infrastructure, MOVE), Mr. Henrik Hololei; the Ex- als and exhibitors from 16 countries tunnel in Manzanillo. East, which covered the various tunneling or different techno- ecutive Director of the European afex coordinated for the in an area of 2,000 square meters, Mexican freight rail is positioned in railway fields: Infrastructure, Roll- logical developments, in addition Railway Agency, Mr. Josef Dop- first time the group par- including Austria, Germany, France, the eleventh place at a global scale, ing Stock, Signalling and Control to the presentation of the latest pelbauer and the Director General Mticipation of Spanish com- Italy, USA, China, Canada, Brazil, with steel, automobile and cement and Intermodal Transportation, projects in the Middle East, which of UNIFE, Mr. Philippe Citroën. The panies in the XV International Exhi- Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Gua- the main products transported. among others. were covered on issues 5 and 6 of purpose of this meeting was to bition and business meeting of the temala and, of course, Mexico and As for passenger traffic in Mexico, The exhibition, organized by Ter- this magazine. discuss the opportunities and chal- railway industry organized by the Spain. more than 7.5 million people per rapin, was attended by over 9,000 Under the framework of the Con- lenges of the railway sector in the Mexican Railway Association (AMF). The National Infrastructure Program year use rail passenger transport. participants from 62 countries and gress, the Director of Mafex, Mr. Middle East as well as the oppor- The event was held in Acapulco 2014-2018, conducted by the SCT In addition, participation in Expo- about 2,000 companies, of which Pedro Fortea, along with a small tunities for European companies from the 10th to the 12th of Febru- with the Spanish consulting firm rail was complemented by several 218 exhibitors were spread over an group of Spanish companies mem- against competitors from other ary. Spanish companies like Amur- Idom, includes 12 major railway meetings in Mexico City on Febru- continents. rio Ferrocarril y Equipos, Azvi Group, projects in the country, among ary 9, coordinated by the Spanish Openng of the CAF, GMV and Luznor, among oth- which we highlight, as mentioned Railway Association, Mafex. During Middle East Rail Study Mission to Oman Congress this day they held meetings with In addition, taking advantage of Opening of the Fair/ Congress Exporail 2016 the head of Passenger Train Mexico the celebration of this Congress in Acapulco - Toluca of the Secretariat of Com- and its geographical location, munications and Transportation Mafex organized a visit to Oman (SCT), the Director of Engineering in order to know the current situa- and Technological Development tion of the railway projects that the of the Public Transport System of country plans to face in the com- Mexico City and the Coordinator of ing years, as well as transmit the the Program for Federal Support for collaboration that Mafex members Mass Transport in Banobras. They can provide for the development all shared with the delegation of thereof. Meetings were held with Mafex the development plans and the leaders of Oman Rail and the needs of their respective organiza- Ministry of Transport and Commu- tions. nications of Oman.

6 mafex mafex 7 MAFEX reports ◗ Breaking News Asia Pacific Rail 2016 and visit to Taiwan

Opening of the 18th edition of the Asia Pacific Rail Congress 2016.

Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Thai- (LTA) in land and the Philippines, among Singapore, which will be attend- others. ed, in addition to the directors of In addition, Mafex will organize the main technical departments of the day before the fair Rail Solu- the LTA, by a large group of Span- tion Asia, a workshop with the ish railway companies. Mafex meeting with the Metro Taipei.

Asia Pacific Fair 2016 in Hong Kong THE SPANISH RAILWAY ASSOCIATION LOOKS TOWARDS SOUTH ASIA AND DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR PERFORMS VARIOUS ACTIONS TO PROMOTE THIS REGION

afex first attended the - Lumpur to Singapore, the Ur- railway sector of this country. Asia Pacific Rail 2016 ban Transport System of Klang MCongress, held in Hong Valley in Malaysia, or Metro Ho Rail Solutions Asia Exhibition Kong during the 22nd and 23rd Chin Ming, are some of the de- and Workshop in Singapore March. In its 18th edition, this velopments in which the Spanish Also, as part of the efforts to pro- conference organized by Terrapin railway companies could provide mote Mafex in the region, the As- included presentations on inno- great value. sociation will coordinate for the Soluciones en diseño y fabricación vations in four areas: metro sys- fourth consecutive year, the joint para aparatos de vía y cruzamientos tems, high-speed, passenger and Study Mission to Taiwan participation of several Spanish de acero al Manganeso freight transport; all of them were Taking advantage of the visit to companies, including major man- Design and manufacturing focused mainly on improving the the Congress, Mafex conducted a ufacturers of rolling stock, CAF solutions for turnout systems and traveller experience and opera- study mission to Taiwan with the and Talgo, in the fair Rail Solutions Manganese steel crossings tional excellence. aim of holding meetings with Tai- Asia to be held in Kuala Lumpur España Spain Argelia Algeria The event, which attracted more wanese authorities, including the from May 11th to 13th. Portugal Portugal Marruecos Morocco than 2,000 visitors and the pres- Ministry of Transport and Com- This Fair-Congress, organized by Francia France Mauritania Mauritania ence of 500 authorities of the munications and the main railway ADHD, celebrates its 17th edi- Inglaterra England Rep. Dominicana Dominican Rep. main rail operators in the region, actors in Taipei, such as Taiwan tion with the Annual Congress Grecia Greece Cuba Cuba has been growing in the last edi- Railways Administration, the Rail- of the AROA, Asian Railway Op- Suiza Switzerland Mexico Mexico tions, due in large part by the way Reconstruction Bureau and erators Association, during which Italia Italy Venezuela Venezuela relevance of the projects that will MRT Taipei , among the Spanish railway companies Turquía Turkey Arabia Saudita Colombia Colombia take place in the region in the others, establishing relationships will have the opportunity to meet Saudi Arabia Argentina Argentina coming years. For example, the that enable Mafex members to with the main railway authorities Egipto Egypt Chile Chile High Speed project from Kuala establish partnerships with the of countries like Malaysia, Hong Túnez Tunisia

8 mafex mafex 9 MAFEX reports ◗ Breaking News Metro Delhi visit to Spain A REPRESENTATIVE FROM METRO DELHI VISITED SEVERAL SPANISH RAILWAY COMPANIES WITH MAFEX uring April 4-6, Mafex re- ceived the visit of Mr. SS DJoshi, Executive Director of Rolling Stock Delhi for Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) whose objec- tive was to see in first hand the so- lutions that the Spanish rail industry is currently implementing on both national and international markets. The operator of urban transport in The Executive Director for Rolling Stock in Metro Delhi visiting Mafex offices in Bilbao. the city of New Delhi demonstrated the competitiveness of Spanish rail- who showed, through their tech- With this action the Association way companies in this field. nological innovations, the service aims to deepen trade relations with During three days, Mr. SS Joshi vis- they are able to provide for the op- India, and in particular promote the ited the 7 railway companies, main- eration of one of the most impor- establishment of relations between ly manufacturers of rolling stock, tant systems of the world’s urban Spanish companies and Delhi Met- components and material shipped, transportation. ro Rail Corporation.

Institutional delegation to Sweden

MAFEX, WITH A dozen n institutional delegation ganized by Mafex in Sweden and OF RAILWAY COMPANIES, led by Mr. Javier Zarrao- Denmark in the month of Novem- FORMED PART OF THE Anandia, Deputy Minister ber this year. of Industry of the Basque Govern- Currently, the Swedish market is INSITITUTIONAL VISIT OF ment, travelled to Sweden during of great interest to members of THE VICE-COUNSELOR FOR April 6-7 to strengthen trade and Mafex, some of which are already ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT institutional links between the working in the Nordic country in AND COMPETITIVENESS two regions. projects like the trams of the cities ORGANIZED BY THE BASQUE The railway sector was one of the of Lund, Helsingborg and Stock- COUNTRY TO SWEDEN main issues that the Basque Ad- holm, as well as the Metro of this ministration included in its agen- last city. In addition, the Basque da which, accompanied by the Di- and Spanish rail industry has the rector of Mafex and a delegation world's leading companies in the of Basque railway undertakings, sector, with capacity more than the Deputy Minister held meet- demonstrated to undertake pro- ings with leading Swedish railway jects that are planned to be car- entities, such as the public opera- ried out in the coming years in tor SJ and the infrastructure man- Sweden, such as the High Speed ager Trafikverket. connecting Stockholm, Gothen- Thus, this visit has proved to be burg and Malmö or the E4 bypass the prelude to a sales office or- in Stockholm, among others

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position as a global strategic sup- plier for these manufacturers. For Alstom, CETEST has performed a test to characterize the rotational resistance between the bogie and the body (X-factor test) for the new units that Alstom is manufac- turing in its plant in Shanghai for the North East Line and Circle Line (NEL/CCL) in Singapore. With regard to Bombardier, CET- EST has been awarded with two contracts in 2015. An on-track test will be performed for the new Zefiro High Speed train which is in operation in Northern Italy. Cetest: new contracts for awarded with several contracts Separately, CETEST will perform Bombardier and Alstom for two of the main rolling stock a test to evaluate the batteries of units tests manufacturers in the world (Al- the new EMUs manufactured by Cetest stom and Bombardier). Bombardier for the Swiss national During 2015, CETEST has been These contracts reinforce CETEST train operator SBB.

Alstom certified as Top national independent audit covers since 1991. Employer 2016 in Spain nine different topics: Talent Strategy, “Our human resources policy aims Alstom España Workforce Planning, On-boarding, at attracting and retaining talent. Alstom has received the Top Employ- Learning and Development, Perfor- Motivation of our team is key to ers Spain 2016 certification for the mance Management, Compensa- provide most innovative, reliable outstanding working conditions of- tion and Benefits, Career and Suc- and efficient transport solutions to fered to its nearly 2.000 employees cession Management, Leadership our clients. This award encourages in Spain. The HR Best Practices Sur- Development and Culture. The Top us to continue improving”, under- vey measures close to 600 practices, Employers Institute has been global- lines Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Al- in order to evaluate the company’s ly certifying excellence in the work- stom’s Spain and Portugal Human employee conditions. This inter- ing conditions created by employers Resources Director.

On January 2014, StH awarded the consortium formed by Vossloh Kiepe and Vossloh España (today Stadler Rail Valencia) to supply 11 five-sections multi-articulated 100% low floor LRVs of the type Tramlink V3. The 32m-long and 2.4m-wide bi-directional vehicles, with 75 seats and multi-function areas for wheelchairs, bikes or prams offer a bright and pleasant air-conditioned passenger compartment equipped with infotainment screens. Design consultant in the approx. with a speed of 330 km/h. ma, is in charge of the South Section A safe and comfortable trip is as- South stretch of the Texas The rolling stock will be the “bullet design, a section with a total length Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesells- sured by the light and resistant High Speed Train train” with Japanese technology of 120 km that starts at Houston Tramlink: Rollout and chaft (StH), designed and built at steel structure of the Tramlink and Getinsa Payma Group N700-I and will be the international and circulates northerly direction to beginning of commercial Stadler Rail Valencia, entered reg- its innovative bogies with real ax- The High Speed Railway of Texas will version of the train that operates the the surroundings of Singleton. The services in Gmunden ular services on the Traunseebahn les that allow an easy access, the connect the cities of Houston and line Tokio-Osaka. Project of Euroestudios includes the Stadler Rail Valencia local railway between Gmundner maximum capacity of seats with- Dallas in the State of Texas, US. The Euroestudios, company member of civil work, superstructure as well as First metre-gauge Tramlink V3 LRV Klosterplatz and Vorchdorf after out ramps and steps and a smoth Line will have a length of 386 km TPF group associated to Getinsa-Pay- the power supply system. for Austrian local railway operator the rollout ceremony on March 12. ride even on narrow curves.

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Faiveley Transport Iberica What can’t S.A., new supplier of passenger access doors for Metro Panama Faiveley Transport Ibérica S.A. be seen, Alstom Barcelona has designated Faiveley Transport Iberica, S.A. as a supplier of the passenger access doors of the Metro Panamá Line 1 also matters extension, consisting of 40 inter- mediate cars - to complement ex- isting units - 6 new trains ( 5 cars Because behind every great ). The supply and manufacture of a total of 560 doors - 70 cars, 8 doors infrastructure there is always a per car - be held between the end great engineering company. of 2016 and first of the 2018, and carried out from FT Ibérica plant in La Selva del Camp (Tarragona), very www.ineco.com close to the factory that Alstom owns in Santa Perpetua de la Mo- goda (Barcelona).

Siemens connects Barcelona in Europe. as start-up, speed supervision, trac- to its airport through the Siemens has developed and in- tion and brake control, stop and longest driverless line in stalled the signaling and traffic con- turnover in terminals, as well as Europe trol system in this line, Trainguard doors opening and closing in units Siemens Rail Automation MT; a CBTC (Communications- and platforms. Last February, the new section of Based Train Control) system for au- Currently, a 25 % of the entire Line 9 in Barcelona Metro between tomatic driverless operation, based Barcelona Metro network already Zona Universitària and Aeroport de on communication between train operates driverless (Grade of Auto- Barcelona - El Prat, 19.6 kilometers and trackside via radio. This auto- mation, GOA 4) thanks to Siemens long, with fifteen stations and Sie- matic driving system by Siemens technology. mens signaling systems and auto- has already been commissioned in Siemens also developed the first matic driverless operation was in- Paris, New York, Sao Paulo and Bu- phase signaling of this line, along augurated. After opening this new dapest metros, among others. 11 kilometers and 12 stations, section, Line 9 in Barcelona Metro The Trainguard MT system auto- which entered into commercial op- becomes the longest driverless line matically performs functions such eration in December, 2009.

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Metro of Ho Chi Minh “Award for best Engineering Project Abroad 2015” Idom In late 2015, the College of Civil Engineering, Canals and Ports of Spain, in recognition of the grow- ing importance of the Spanish En- gineering in the international arena, awarded IDOM the “Award for Best Engineering Project Abroad” for line 5 of the Ho Chi Minh Metro. The merits for this distinction to IDOM are based on the technical, manufacturing and design quality of the project and its contribution to improving quality of life and re- zation of the entire city. and efficient. spect for the environment. 2. Technical and functional excel- 3. Relevance of the contribution in 1. social significance and improving lence: sustainable and efficient a multicultural setting the quality of life The project, based on its functional The Spanish contribution is espe- The project impacts on the lives suitability and technical suitability, cially significant as it forms part of Indra equips the Buenos known as turnstiles; 170 disabled ogy will speed up passenger control of more than two million people, rests on a strict use of resources a small group of countries such as Aires train network with entrances; 200 automatic recharg- and fare collection, while also help- reducing travel times, mitigating and a choice of solutions and pro- Japan, China, Korea and Germany, access control and ticketing ing machines for contactless SUBE ing to combat fraudulent use of the environmental pollution and con- cesses, not seeking to be iconic or cooperating in the design and fi- technology cards, which are used to access all rail network. tributing to the process of moderni- singular, but the most necessary nancing of the metro in Vietnam. Indra public transport in the city; as well This contract sees Indra reinforce Argentina's national rail operator as 150 on-board validators and 230 its position as a smart technology has awarded Indra a contract worth on-platform validators, which pas- provider for transport in Buenos 35 million euros, under which the sengers use to pay their travel fare. Aires, where commuter train pas- firm will deploy its access control and The company will also supply 160 sengers, who make more than 1.4 ticketing technology across the Bue- in-station transaction hubs and 300 million journeys each day, will use nos Aires Metropolitan Area (BAMA) journey inspection terminals. the company's systems to access rail network, one of the world's larg- A monitoring and control solution, the network and pay travel fares. est with more than 200 stations. The which compiles information from a Indra was involved in deployment contract also includes system main- number of different subsystems and of the city's bus fare system, using tenance during a two-year period. helps improve service management, the contactless SUBE card, as well Indra will equip eight lines with will also be developed and imple- as converting existing turnstiles to 1,400 access control machines, mented by Indra. The new technol- the new payment system.

Bombardier´s engineering (81.9 million dollars). is now part of Barcelona´s Bombardier Transportation will suburban rail network be specifically responsible for the Bombardier Transportation electronic interlocking system with Bombardier, in consortium with Al- their product BOMBARDIER EBI stom, is to oversee the provision- Lock 950, the most advanced tech- ing of the signal systems ERTMS nological solution of this range. Level 2 for a section of Barcelona´s This technology is commonly used DANOBATGROUP exhibits American Passenger Rolling Stock Ander Azkarate, head of the de- suburban rail network. The deal for public transport thanks to the its railways maintenance 2016 congress that was hold in partment research and innovation also includes twenty years of main- CBI systems for long-haul jour- solutions at the Washington D.C. from 16 to 17 for solutions in the railway sector, tenance service for the 56 kilome- neys. The EBI Lock 950 CBI admin- American Passenger March. This congress was focused explained the procedure the com- tres stretch of rail track, which isters and oversees all aspects of Rolling Stock Congress in on implementing asset manage- pany follows when a new project connects L´Hospitalet de Llobregat the journey from the signals to the Washington D.C. ment and enhancing state of good for the railway sector is started and and Mataró. The project, awarded needle drives to the level crossing DanobatGroup repair to minimize cost, reduce how the final delivery goes far be- by Adif, is worth 72.7 million euros security. DANOBATGROUP co-sponsors the downtime and increase reliability. yond simply supplying a machine

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Philippe Citröen, General Director of UNIFE ( (Union of the European Railway Industries) “Boosting access to foreign “ markets has become, more The European rail industry than ever, a priority for UNIFE and our members. supplies almost half of the world” ”

BRUSSELS. SPAIN. stock in the EU. The successful adoption of the he General Director of UNIFE regulation creating the Shift2Rail analyzes the European mar- Joint Undertaking in June 2014 Tket and explains the achieve- was a major milestone for UNIFE, ments of the Association. as the Association, our members and other partners defied all odds UNIFE was established in 1991 in trebling the EU funding for rail with the main aim of defend- research. All in all, we’re seeing a ing the interests of the rail in- lot more action at the EU-level in dustry within the newly created favour of the rail system. I’m not European Single Market. What going to attempt to quantify the assessment would you make impact of UNIFE’s efforts since its of the objectives achieved by inception; but I’ll just say that it is UNIFE over more than two dec- evident when you reflect on what ades of existence? has been accomplished even in UNIFE has, indeed, been advocat- the past decade. This brings me to ing for the interests of its members, another important initiative that il- European rail supply companies, lustrates the important role that tant Resolution encouraging action an export-oriented industry and playing field when it comes to ac- for over two decades. From my UNIFE plays in Brussels—the Euro- from Spanish MEPs and transport currently supplies nearly half of cessing these markets, which is perspective, UNIFE’s work both in pean Parliament’s Resolution for officials to ensure that there is a the accessible global market for why we ask the European Commis- the technical domains of European the Competitiveness of the Euro- strong follow up to this work. rail equipment. However, in re- sion to ensure that market access research coordination and stand- pean Rail Supply Industry, which is In fact, I’d like to take this opportu- cent years, we have noticed that and procurement discussions result ards and regulation development expected to be fully adopted by the nity to express that we really need the accessible market has been in a wide and by all means recipro- as well as the public affairs domain EP in the coming months and will a more significant official involve- decreasing while non-European cal access to foreign markets for EU promoting investment and policy serve as a guiding document and ment of Spanish stakeholders on rail suppliers are growing in size rail suppliers. favourable to rail has certainly had impetus for further EU activities in many topics at the EU level. In the and becoming increasingly pre- For this reason, UNIFE has been very a positive impact on rail systems in support of our industry. Faced with end, UNIFE occupies a strategic po- sent in Europe and on global mar- active on the EU-Japan Free Trade “UNIFE has played a Europe and abroad across the dec- rapidly increasing competition on sition in influencing EU policy in fa- kets. This is especially the case in Agreement (FTA) negotiations and role in the increase in ades. As a staunch advocate of the the global market (and even in Eu- vour of rail and our industry. China where the newly formed we are aggressively pushing for influence of the European creation of a single European rail- rope), it became apparent to UNIFE state-supported CRRC Corpora- concrete signs of market opening way area, UNIFE has played a role and our members that a broader As for the negotiations of the tion emerged last year as the larg- and reduction of non-tariff barri- Railway Agency as well as in the increase in influence of the industrial strategy had to be em- Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) est rail manufacturer in the world ers to entry such as the Operational the elimination of many European Railway Agency as well braced at the EU level (as set out for with third countries like Japan, and with significant international Safety Clause. Likewise, UNIFE is barriers to interoperability as the elimination of many barri- other industries). With the proac- USA and China. Could you brief- ambitions. The World Rail Market pursuing fair terms for accessing between the Member ers to interoperability between the tive and capable leadership of MEP ly explain the achievements real- Study, the next edition of which Chinese and US markets in the States.” Member States. The fruits of these Martina Werner, the Resolution ized so far? In particular, in rela- will be released and presented at EU-China Investment Agreement labours are apparent more than has become a reality and outlines, tion to the US market, in what InnoTrans in Berlin this September, and the Transatlantic Trade and In- ever in 2016 as we are now on the holistically, the challenges and pos- stage is the TTIP (Transatlantic will certainly give us precise infor- vestment Partnership (TTIP) nego- verge of the adoption of the 4th sible solutions to these challenges Trade and Investment Partner- mation on these global market ac- tiations, respectively. We hope that Railway Package’s Technical Pillar; facing the European rail industry as ship) and how much will it ben- cessibility trends. Spanish companies and MAFEX will which will boost the role of ERA a job-creating, export-oriented and efit the European rail industry? Therefore, boosting access to for- continue to be proactive on these even more by making it the one- strategic industry for Europe. While the European rail industry eign markets has become, more negotiations and will push for a stop shop for vehicle authorisation We encourage MAFEX and its has a strong home market in the than ever, a priority for UNIFE and support of the Spanish government and safety certification for rolling members to support this impor- European rail system—it is also our members. We expect a level of the new version of the Interna-

18 mafex mafex 19 INTERVIEW ◗ Philippe Citröen tional Procurement Instrument. which addresses the complex and period can begin and its benefits Violeta Bulc expressed her hope With regard to the TTIP discus- expensive authorisation proce- realised by the entire sector as soon that our members and stakehold- sions—the twelfth round of EU-US dures for rolling stock in Europe. as possible! ers would submit projects to the trade talks took place in Brussels It has been estimated that these European Investment Project Por- in late February. Negotiators dis- procedures currently immobilise Regarding the Juncker Plan tal, stating, “The transport sector is cussed all three main parts of the assets worth up to €1.2 billion. (EFSI) and the cost reductions well positioned to benefit from this agreement, namely market access, At present, rolling stock must go that this Plan aims to imple- new initiative [EFSI]… I strongly en- regulatory cooperation, and rules. through the lengthy authorisation ment in Shift2Rail and Connect- courage the members of your asso- Following the round, there was a and safety certification process in ing Europe Facility (CEF), what ciation to upload your projects on first exchange of offers on public each EU Member State where it is UNIFE’s position? How will the Portal in the spirit of a shared procurement, which is the main will operate—creating significant these cuts affect the Trans-Euro- goal to revive investments in trans- focus of UNIFE and its members, regulatory obstacles to cross bor- pean Transport Network (TEN- port infrastructure, contributing to and three full days of negotiations. der traffic at a time where the EU T) and the two freight corridors bringing the European economy on UNIFE will continue to follow the is endeavouring to create a Single passing through Spain? the path of growth.” TTIP negotiations closely and advo- European Railway Area. The Tech- UNIFE has been very supportive to- Second, EFSI poses a significant cate for an improvement of the US nical Pillar of the Fourth Railway wards the newly created European challenge, because there is no public procurement system. Package, once implemented, will Fund for Strategic Investments geographical pre-allocation or sec- create in the European Railway (the so-called Juncker Plan), even toral distribution of resources. This Since more than a year, the JU Agency (ERA) a one-stop-shop for though, as you rightly point out, means that rail projects have to (Joint Undertaking) of Shift2Rail vehicle authorisation and safety it came with a cost for the Hori- compete with all other good pro- is a reality. What progress has certification valid in all EU Member zon2020 and CEF. When analysing jects at the EU level. In this sense, there been since then? What States. This will drastically reduce the EFSI impact on the rail sector, there is no guarantee that the would you say to small and me- the costs and time necessary to we have to take into account that money taken away from the CEF dium enterprises who see this put rolling stock into operation, it is both an opportunity and a (€2.2 billion) will be proportion- program out of reach, as an ini- which in turn will make the rail challenge. At present, we haven’t ately returned to the railway sector tiative that benefits only large industry and rail transport mode been able to ascertain the position under the EFSI. Moreover, the main multinational companies? much more competitive. of the Spanish government on the rationale behind EFSI is different Shift2Rail represents great prom- Regarding the ongoing status of EFSI. than that of the CEF, which was ise for the broader European rail the Technical Pillar, in March the First, it is an opportunity for those created to support the implemen- sector and industry in general. European Parliament’s Transport rail projects that have a potential tation of the TEN-T Policy. For the We also know that many Spanish Committee gave its final green to attract private financing. For a EFSI, the main task is to mobilise companies are very interested and light on the Technical Pillar of the project to receive the EFSI guaran- at least €315 billion of additional involved in this Joint Undertaking. 4th Railway Package, on the basis tee (via the European Investment investment in 3 years and the po- In order to modernise and continue of an inter-institutional agreement Bank), the project needs to com- litical stakes are extremely high to to compete as a mode—the rail reached between the Council and mercially sound, economically and achieve this target, so there is no Philippe Citröen during system needs to offer better tech- Mafex Convention. the Parliament in June 2015. Span- technically viable, contributing consistent evaluation whether all nology that boosts the capacity and ish MEPs were particularly active to EU objectives, mature enough TEN-T Core Network Corridors will reliability of the current system and during this vote. The Committee to be bankable. We have seen in receive the much needed support. reduces overall costs. Similarly, so out preliminary research activities vote on the Interoperability and Spain that railway projects can By mid-March, there were only that the European rail industry can which will feed into the main Inno- In relation to the 4th railway Safety Directives and ERA Regula- benefit from EFSI, as the EIB is in two EFSI projects in the railway maintain its leadership of the world vation Programmes of the JU. package (4RP) it is expected to tion will now allow the Technical the process of assessing financing sector, with the majority of trans- rail market—a step change in the Furthermore, the Associated Mem- create a single European rail- Pillar to be officially adopted during for construction and improvement port projects concerning construc- technology brought to market must bers of the JU were selected in De- way area. What is the current a Plenary Session in Strasbourg. Ac- of rail access to ports. Another pro- tion, upgrading and widening of be achieved in order to compete cember 2015 and the open calls state of negotiations regard- cording to the EP official schedule, ject that has already received EFSI motorways. with significant state-sponsored in- for proposals for non-JU members ing the Technical and Political this final step should be accom- financing is a €300 million loan to vestments in R&D available to large were launched in December 2015 Pillars? What benefits will this plished during a Plenary Session Trenitalia for acquisition of new How do you assess the coopera- Asian competitors. with a deadline of mid-March initiative offer the European rail (in April), although there is, once rolling stock. This means that the tion of Mafex as an associate The approval of the regulation set- 2016. We have learned that the industry? again, some speculation that some potential is there, but all stakehold- member of UNIFE? ting up the Shift2Rail Joint Under- official JU research activities are To provide a little context for your MEPs may want to delay this vote ers need to work together in order We are very happy to work with taking (JU) in 2014 was a major expected to begin this autumn. readers, the Fourth Railway Pack- in order to speed up the progress to prepare a good project pipeline. MAFEX and we know that we can achievement for the sector. While The Shift2Rail open calls provide a age has now been hotly debated on the Political Pillar, on which Tria- Therefore, UNIFE is working closely rely on the MAFEX association the JU is just now finalising its set good opportunity for SMEs to ben- for over three years starting with logue discussions are still ongoing. with the European Commission and its members when necessary up and expects to begin official efit and participate in the JU. Nev- the European Commission’s pro- As the principles of the Technical and the EIB in order to ensure that to contact the Spanish public au- R&D activities later this year; the ertheless, we encourage Spanish posal of 30 January 2013. For Pillar were agreed last June, we are the rail sector would benefit from thorities and Members of Europe- Shift2Rail lighthouse projects, Roll- SMEs to be proactive and persis- UNIFE and European rail supply hoping for a swift adoption by the the EFSI as much as possible. In an Parliament on the many impor- 2Rail, IT2Rail and In2Rail kicked off tent in their outreach to the Joint companies—we have focused on European Parliament this spring so fact, in a letter I received in March, tant European and international last spring and are already carrying Undertaking. the Technical Pillar of the Package that the three-year implementation European Transport Commissioner dossiers.

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Infographic showing Station in Singapore's Downtown Line 3.

Singapore, Malaysia and Australia improve their railway network

THE THREE COUNTRIES HAVE In 2013, the country announced carried out or are planned, such as the Meanwhile, LTA (Land Transport Au- DESTINED MOST OF THEIR an ambitious project to double Circle line, fully operational, or the fu- thority) is committed to improve the RESOURCES TO INVESTMENTS the existing MRT kilometres by ture Thomson-East Coast line, these service levels of the existing network: FOCUSED ON METRO AND 2030 as part of the Master Plan will further expand the rail network. The main objectives of the Master Plan RAILWAY. WE ANALYZE for Land Transport. This way, new The goal for 2030 is to double the 2013-2030 are: lines will be built and others ex- rail network until a length of 360 • 75% of the trips are made at rush THE MOST IMPORTANT panded. kilometres. By then, eight out of every hour on public transport DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 10 households will live in an area of • 85% of trips by public transport SINGAPUR CURRENTLY. no more than 10 minutes away from within 20 kilometres are made in less a train station. With this doubling of than 1 hour the rail network, Singapore will have • 8 out of 10 households are less than ith a network of 142 stations a total length of rail that is superior 10 minutes' walk from a train station. Wacross the island, the MRT (Mass to big cities like Tokyo or Hong Kong In order to carry out these purposes, Rapid Transit) is one of the most popu- today, and comparable to the city of the LTA has provided a budget of lar modes of New York. 42,000 million euros, of which 26,000 with a number of users of more than 2 are for civil works, 9,000 to electrome- million passengers a day. Improvements planned for chanical works and 5,000 will go to Thanks to the projects that have been 2030 specialized contractors.

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THOMSON-EAST COAST LINE DOWNTOWN LINE Since last December is already operat- Newton station; North- DTL3 stations, tunnels and structures TEL is a line between the Thomson Line and in the heart of the city. This network will have the first "four- ing the central line 2 (DTL2). 16.6 kilo- east Line in Little India supporting infrastructure, including the eastern region line. With 43 kilometres, The stretch of the east coast of TEL will be in-one" train and bus terminal. It will metres that make up the DTL2, from and Chinatown stations; sta- the construction of cross passages, lay- it will add 31 new stations to the existing completed in two stages. The first seven host various bus and train lines as TEL Bukit Panjang, through the School tions in the circular line in the ing of roads and installation of cables rail network, and will have 7 exchange stations from Tanjong Rhu to Rayshore (Thomson-East Coast), EWL (East West) District in Road. The open- Botanical Garden, Bayfront and Prom- inside them. Within stations, installa- ones, which will join the East-West line, the will be ready in 2023, while the remaining and DTL (Downtown). With 36 hectares, ing of the lines DTL2 and DTL1 have enade; and Bukit Panjang LRT in Bukit tion of electrical and mechanical works North-South line, the East-North line, the two stations, DTL3e and the terminal will the "four-in-one" station will accom- provided direct travel from areas of Panjang station. A trip to Bukit Pan- and works of architecture, will proceed circular line and the centre line of the city. be completed in 2024. modate about 220 trains and 550 buses. north-western Singapore to the Cen- jang in Bugis until today had a time simultaneously in the next two years. Travelers will start enjoying TEL at different When fully operational in 2019, it is ex- Although the construction of a terminal tral Business District (CBD) and the of 50 minutes. With DTL, it will take Finally, the trains will go through a rig- stages since 2019. pected that the 31 stations forming TEL of this type involves a complex planning Marina Bay area. Passengers will ben- about 30 minutes. orous testing process and implementa- This will be the sixth railway line from Sin- will serve about 500,000 commuters in and significant engineering challenges, efit from better accessibility to other With the end of the works of the tun- tion to ensure the smooth operation of gapore, to be known as the Thomson-East the early years, reaching one million pas- 44 hectares of land will be spared. parts of the island with connections in nels of the central line 3 (DTL3) in the line. The DTL3 is forecasted to be Coast (TEL) line. sengers a day (in the long run). The LTA (Land Transport Authority) will also eight interchange stations. There are June 2015, came the end of the tunnel completed in 2017. After its commis- The 13 kilometres stretch of the east coast TEL stations are designed with more in- build the first underground bike parks in connections with the East-West line works for the 42 km that make up the sioning, there will be 18 stations and a of TEL will connect passengers living in the puts and outputs and some of these in- Singapore MRT stations. Located in four in Bugis station; North-South line in centre line. Project teams will focus on total length of 20.7 kilometres. eastern part of Singapore and which are puts are connected to internal steps up to stations along the stretch of east coast not directly served by the rail network to- 4000 meters. TEL, these bike parks will be useful for day, such as Tanjong Rhu, Siglap, Marine travellers wishing to cycle to subway sta- EAST-WEST LINE Parade, Upper East Coast and Bedok South "Four-in-one" Terminal tions from their home or workplace. It connects the East with the West entertainment areas ( Bird al and . Jurong through the 49 km and 35 stations Park) and the last enclaves of famous East Modification (JEMP) is a project that make up the East-West line. To- food (Tiong Bahru market and Gey- targeted to improve infrastructure day, it is the longest line in operation lang). In February 2002, the MRT ex- and adds a new platform to Jurong CANBERRA STATION Canberra Station is a new metro sta- tion on an operating line is difficult be- in Singapore. It runs through schools tension to Changi Airport was added East MRT station. This will be one of tion in the North-South line. It is the cause work hours and work space are (Nanyang Technological University, for connecting passengers from Tanah the busiest interchange stations and first line of Singapore subway - parts limited to construction activities. National University, Singapore Poly- Merah Station to the Singapore Expo, terminals of the East-West (EW) and of it were in operation in 1987 - but a When the new station opens, residents technic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic), Changi Business Park, South Industri- North-South (NS) line. new station in Canberra will be added will no longer have to take a bus to to it in 2019. Works began in April travel to Sembawang or Yishun MRT 2015. stations. Located between Sembawang and With this direct connection to the un- Yishun stations along the link of Can- derground network, residents traveling berra, Canberra station will offer ser- to the city center or Jurong East will vices to passengers who live in nearby have a travel time saving of up to 10 farms, as Sembawang Springs and Co- minutes. moa suburbs. For the ease of movement of passen- This is the second MRT station in Sin- gers and accessibility, Canberra station gapore and will be built on an existing is designed with five entries with links railway line. The construction of a sta- to new housing estates in Canberra.

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CIRCLE LINE 6 The 4 kilometres long CCL6 line, will connect Harbourfront station with Mari- na Bay station. When the three stations of Keppel, Prince Edward and Canton- Cutting-edge technology at 350 km/h ment are completed in 2025, CCL will have a total of 33 stations, including 12 exchange stations with other MRT lines. · Higher passenger capacity, thanks to distributed traction SINGAPORE Today, travellers have to make several configuration. transfers to move from Telok Blangah to · Designed for cross-border operation. Marina Bay Station. With CCL6, travel- · Custom interior for enhanced comfort. lers can do it only with one train trip, saving a third of the time. As an orbital line, CCL will improve connectivity and overall capacity and strengthen the re- sistance of the underground network, connecting existing radial lines.

NORTH-EAST LINE The Northeast line, 20 kilometres conditioning to provide a better travel long, will offer service to experience to all users. North, including the new center of The NEL line is also the first metro line Punggol. It is expected to be complet- with Art in Transit, a public art project ed in approximately 2030. The future organized by the LTA. Art in Transit is residents will have access by train to now a regular feature in all MRT sta- the downtown and other parts of Sin- tions in Singapore. gapore. With 16 stations, the North- east line (NEL) is the first fully auto- mated subway line in the world, with driverless rapid transit trains. Being totally underground, it guar- antees the safety of all passengers, providing platform doors throughout the stations. The stations also have air

JURONG LINE The 20 km line of Jurong (JRL) will con- nect the region to the existing rail net- work for faster access to the rest of the island. It is expected to be completed approximately by 2025 and will provide service to the residents of Choa Chu Kang, Boon Lay and the future neigh- bourhoods in the area of Tengah. It will connect the main centres of activity in Jurong West, such as the Nanyang Technological University and Jurong In- dustrial Estate.

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CROSS ISLAND LINE With a strong process of improv- espite the budget for 2016 in length, between Kuala Lumpur The Cross Island (CRL) line will be ing its network of railway com- Dwas redesigned in January, and the International Airport (KLIA about 50 kilometres long and is ex- munication since 1990, the budg- the Prime Minister of Malaysia re- Ekspres). The railway network covers pected to be operational in 2030. et for the five years between ported that large infrastructure most of the 11 states of the Malay- From Changi, the LCR will pass 2015 and 2020 is expected to be projects would not be paralyzed. sian peninsula. through Loyang, , €40,000 M, excluding projects for Malaysia has a network of 1,868 In East Malaysia, only the state of and up to Sin Ming. Con- the metropolitan metro of Kuala km of lines (332 km double Sabah has a railway network. The

tinuing westwards, it will offer servic- MALAYSIA Lumpur (MRT) and High Speed track) but the width is 1,000 mm. network is also connected to the net-

SINGAPORE es in areas such as Bukit Timah, Clem- train between Kuala Lumpur and There is only one train line with work of the Thai railway, 1,000 mm enti, the West Coast and the Jurong Singapore (HSR). standard width (1435 mm) of 57 km to the north. Industrial Estate. As part of the planning process of the CRL, LTA is considering two possible metro alignments near the CCNR (Central Catchment Nature Reserve). This requires an EIA, site research, engineering and feasibility study. In

addition to the results of these stud- begin in the 3rd quarter of this year, ies, the Government will take into ac- the MTC will conduct Phase 2 of the count other factors, such as transport EIA to study and evaluate the poten- connectivity, travel time, costs and tial environmental impacts on CCNR. impact on homeowners. As in Phase 1 of the environmental The report of Phase 1 of the EIA impact assessment study of the work happened after extensive study by site, the MTC will propose mitigation the private company Environmental measures and environmental man- Resources Management (S) Pte Ltd agement and monitoring plans to (MTC). It conducted between August address the potential environmental 2014 and December 2015, an assess- effects. ment of the existing ecosystem and Since 2013, the LTA has been consult- physical conditions of the CCNR in ing stakeholders such as health food the vicinity of the two CRL alignments associations and advisers and leaders KLANG VALLEY MASS RAPID TRANSIT (KVMRT) proposals included. around the area, to address their con- The KVMRT project involves the line 1 of Kuala Lumpur's While research progress, which will cerning parts. construction of a public transport metro, covering a network based on railway, which along distance of 51 km with with the existing light rail transit (LRT), 31 stations. It is expected HIGH SPEED KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE Monorail, KTM Komuter, KLIA Ekspres to transport about The project is still under study. It aims to ject was completed in 2020, but cer- fiscal policy disagreements. and KLIA Transit Systems, form the 460,000 people daily connect Kuala Lumpur with Singapore tainly this deadline will be extended. The construction of this project is backbone of the Greater Kuala Lumpur and to be completed in via a high-speed train and the trip would Although initially a budget of 10,000 agreed by the presidents of both / Klang Valley. It will mean that 50% of late 2016 or early 2017, last about 90 minutes. The original route million euros was estimated, there countries, and thus was announced all trips in the Klang Valley are made on after an investment of would be about 330 kilometres, with 4 are some conditions that could even jointly by the two countries in Febru- public transport by 2020, in relation to 5,500 million euros. or 5 stations: in Malaysia, the station double this amount, which will vary ary 2013. In addition, some aspects the current 17%. would be in Bandar Malaysia, and it will with the problems that engineers face have been agreed by the parties but The project was approved by the Sungai Buloh - end in Singapore, in Jurong East. for the construction of the track, pos- others are still missing, such as study Government in December 2010. Serdang - Putrajaya the Government and will begin during Today, the main challenge for the sible restrictions on private credit, track, line design and other techni- The first subway line to be implemented line: Subway Line 2. It will cover a the second quarter of 2016 and the first project is how to distribute the costs: delays in obtaining land, shortages cal specifications. Once determined was the Sungai Buloh -Kajang line. distance of 52 kilometres through 36 phase is expected to be completed in 95% of the route goes through Ma- of labour and materials, consensus in these points, the next step is approval The construction of the line was officially stations, which will transport 529,000 2021 and the second in 2022. laysia, which wants the budget to be the regulation of customs and pass- and then address funding issues that launched on July 8, 2011 by the Prime people every day. Investment in this line is Line 3: all the parameters are yet to be spread more evenly. port control, deterioration of relations could be resolved in the second half Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato 'Sri estimated at around 5,750 million euros. defined, but it is intended that a third The initial objective was that the pro- between Singapore and Malaysia and of 2016. Mohd Najib Tun Bin Abdul Razak. This is Its construction has been approved by round in the future line is built.

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EXPANSION OF THE KELANA JAYA AND AMPANG LINE Investment in the expansion of both is a project developed in accordance LRT3 is probably the best of efforts to lines is around 1,750 million euros. The with the Development Plan for Urban strengthen the efficiency of rail and aim is to double the number of users, Rail under the Public Land Transport support efforts to improve public trans- which currently stands at 200,000. Commission. It is part of the National port in the proportion of trips to 40% Ampang Line: 18.1 kilometres and 12 Master Plan for Public Land Transport in 2030 compared to the 21% there is

MALAYSIA stations. It takes place in two phases: towards developing a public transport today. • Phase 1: 4 stations (Awan Besar, system that is efficient, effective, in- It will serve as a backbone for the pro- Alam Sutera, Muhibbah), operational tegrated and sustainable to improve vision of services between the West since October. the socio-economic development and Corridor at Klang Valley to downtown • Phase 2: Expected to enter service in a better quality of life. It aims to con- Kuala Lumpur through the integration June this year. nect Bandar Utama Klang with a total of 5 stations including One Utama, Sg Kelana Jaya Line: dditional 17.4 distance of 36 km and comprises 25 MRT. Buloh-Kajang, Station 3 with the kilometres with 13 new stations. It is stations. Construction works will begin stadium of Jaya LRT Kelana and SIRIM expected to be completed in October in 2016 with the approval of the com- with BRT Kuala Lumpur-Klang and 2016. petent authorities and is expected to Klang and the caves of Batu KTM Ko- The proposed light rail line 3 (LRT3) be completed in 2020. muter Line-Port Klang.

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OTHER PROJECTS ◗ Electrification and splitting Ge- extending the Monorail Kuala Lumpur in ed a cost of 15,000 million Euros and a Liderando la innovación Leading innovation mas-Johor Bahru: 197 kilometres long eight new stations has been present. Last length of 620 kilometres was performed. stretches. It was awarded in December to year, Prasarana r (owner and operator of en Infraestructuras in Infrastructures China Railway. It is expected to be com- 2 lines of LRT, KL Monorail and bus servic- ◗ Johor Bahru Commuter train: The y Transporte and Transport pleted in 2020. es) received several proposals but there government of Johor Bahru has approved has been no news. a proposal to build a commuter train (Rail Creamos soluciones innovadoras de ingeniería We create innovative Infrastructures and Transport ◗ Penang Transport Master Plan: Transit System) which will connect the Aeroespacial. A través de la diferenciación tecnológica, engineering solutions. Through technological Under this plan, there is some inter- ◗ Line in the island state of Sa- main towns of the region and an inter- desarrollamos a escala mundial proyectos integrales diff erentiation, we develop worldwide integrated urban est in building a light urban railway on bah: Within the plan to boost economic city connecting with Singapore. The pro- de transporte urbano y ferrocarriles, carreteras, transport & railways, roads, airports, ports, architecture, the island of Penang, namely the city of growth in the area, the development of ject is valued at 300 million Euros and is aeropuertos, puertos, arquitectura, y agua y medio and water and environment projects. With the strength of Georgetown. In 2015 the project Delivery a 320 km railway line between Tanjung pending approval by various institutions, ambiente. Con la fortaleza de un Grupo líder, en SENER a leading Group, in SENER we continue to see the future. Partner was elected, which has indicated Manis and Similajau has been proposed. despite having been announced in 2011. seguimos mirando al futuro. that it expects construction works to be- gin in 2018 and will last about six years. It ◗ East Coast Rail Route: : the devel- ◗ Rehabilitation and development will have a length of 20 kilometres. opment of a line between Kuala Lumpur of railway infrastructure in Sabah: e and the main ports and economic centres objective is to improve transport services ◗ Kuala Lumpur Monorail Extension: of the East Coast was proposed in 2009. by rail and connect the major cities of Sa- On several occasions, the possibility of In 2014 a feasibility study which estimat- bah.

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PROJECT IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Park, then from Kensington and Kings- Australian Government and New South ford via Anzac Parade and Randwick via Wales to improve the capacity and effi- Alison Road and High Street. The project ciency of freight rail transport between was approved on June 4, 2014 and works Strathfield and Broadmeadow, New- began in August 2014. The construction, castle. The program thus aims to avoid maintenance and operation of the CSELR bottlenecks on the East Coast interstate,

AUSTRALIA will be in charge of AlTrac Light Rail con- which connects the three major cities of sortium which is part of Acciona. Australia (Melbourne, Sydney and Bris- ◗ The Sydney metro infrastructure pro- bane). While the Hexham Passing Loop ject is the largest of Australia's public ◗ South West Rail Link. This project, Project was completed in 2012, it is transport system. Sydney Metro North- whose construction ended in 2014, expected that the construction of other west, formerly the North West Rail Link, consisted mainly in improving Glenfield projects (Epping to Thornleigh Third is the first phase of Sydney's metro. It station and creating a line of 11.4 km Track, Gosford Passing Loops, North will include the construction of two tun- between Glenfield and Leppington. Cur- Strathfield Rail Underpass) is completed nels of 15 kilometres from Bella Vista to rently, the extension of this line is being during 2016. Epping, the largest in Australia. It will considered, in order to connect it with cost 8,300 million Australian dollars existing lines (South West Rail Link Ex- ◗ Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (5,400 million euros). The second stage tension Corridor). This way, the new Project Moorebank, In South Western will be the Metro City & Southwest. Syd- lines would connect Leppington with Sydney, is the site chosen to locate the ney Metro Northwest will be the first Bringelly and then take two directions: intermodal terminal that will cover con- fully automatic subway in Australia. It to the north with the line T1 (Western tainer traffic from Interstate Rail Freight will welcome its first passengers in the Line) near St Marys; and south to Narel- and Port Botany. The construction of this first half of 2019 lan. It is also being considered to extend IMT (Intermodal Terminal) is the first the corridor further south, towards T2 step intended to provide an integrated ◗ CBD AND South East Light Rail (South Line). transport solution needed to solve the Project. This new light rail will run from increasing entry of goods into the city. Circular Quay via George Street to Cen- ◗ Northern Sydney Freight Corridor It is expected that the first phase of the tral Station, from Surry Hills to Moore (NSFC) Program is an initiative of the terminal starts operating in 2019. The Australian government plans many cities have obtained records of years, although the increase in invest- to invest a total of 43.900 mil- passengers. Demand has increased ment and rising raw do provide an lion Australian dollars through significantly over the past five years, improvement in the competitiveness the Infrastructure Investment which has caused congestion on the of rail. program in the coming years. The lines, but has also encouraged in- The Australian government plans Ministry of Infrastructure and vestment in transport infrastructure. to invest a total of 43.900 million Regional Development is carry- In fact, public investment in rail net- Australian dollars through the In- ing out this investment through works will play an important role in frastructure Investment Program in various plans and projects of the growth of this sector in the com- the coming years. The Ministry of roads and railways under the Na- ing years. Infrastructure and Regional Develop- tional Land Transport Network. Freight has also experienced a growth ment is carrying out this investment in recent years thanks to booming through various plans and projects of global demand for coal, iron ore and roads and railways under the National other natural resources and it is ex- Land Transport Network. The National ustralia A is the sixth largest pected to continue to grow thanks Land Transport Network is a network Acountry with 7,682,400 sq km, to the productive phase of resource of corridors of national and regional but only has a population of 24 mil- boom (not the mining phase). Freight transport including rail and road con- lion, which is concentrated in major transport by rail is especially competi- nections through urban areas and cities. They are so far apart that each tive when it comes to moving large connections to ports and airports that constitute a separate market often. volumes over long distances. are considered critical for economic This inevitably affects the trafficking The biggest challenge of the sector is growth, development and national of people, goods and services, since currently to increase its competitive- and regional connectivity. the distances between capitals are ness in the burden of non-bulk goods, This commitment of the Australian very long. In the last decade pas- dominated today by road transport. government for infrastructure invest- senger transport by rail has had a re- This difference has been accentuated ments and growing demand leads to markable increase in popularity, since by the fall in oil prices in the recent many business opportunities.

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PROJECTS IN VICTORIA ◗ Melbourne Metro Rail Project infrastructure program of Victoria. This program to improve safety in these is a project of modernization and program, with a budget of 27,000 areas and the expansion of the expansion of capacity of the Melbourne million Australian dollars, aims to Regional Rail Link Project and metro which includes the construction improve the connectivity of the city. CranbournePakenham Rail Corridor of a new double tunnel of 9 km, under Also included in this project: Project. the business district. It will extend • Cranbourne Pakenham Rail Corridor

AUSTRALIA from South Kensington, in the west, project (2,000-2,500 million Australian ◗ Investments will be made in regional to South Yarra, in the southeast. dollars). The expected completion date transport projects such as the Murray The project will connect the lines of is 2018. Basin Rail Project (180-220 million Sunbury and Cranbourne / Pakenham • East West Link - Western Section Australian dollars) for the first time, connecting the city (8,000-10,000 million Australian centre. Its onset is scheduled in 2018 dollars). Date: 2015-2023. ◗ High Speed Rail (HRS). it is a and it will cost about 8500-11000 • CityLink Tulla Widening (850 million high-speed train on the east coast of billion Australian dollars. Australian dollars). Construction Australia, linking the cities of Brisbane, began on March 16, 2016. Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sydney, ◗ The Melbourne Rail Link project Another billion dollars will be destined Canberra, Wollongong, Southern incorporating the Airport Rail Link, is for the elimination of eight level Highlands, Albury and Melbourne. The one of the main projects within the crossings as part of the government proposal is still under development.

PROJECTS IN QUEENSLAND ◗ Brisbane is preparing for the (Central Business District) of Brisbane. • Act as a catalyst for growth Commonwealth Games 2018 with the The project will cost 5,000 million • Moreton Bay's Railway will provide creation of a new light rail that will Australian dollars and is expected to a focal point for the local community link Brisbane with Costa Dorada with be finished in 2021. and will include a number of features, a budget of 1,200 million Australian including: dollars (780 million euros). The first ◗ Moreton Bay Rail Link, en • 14 km of double-track rail from section of the so-called Gold Coast Queensland. Operations will begin Lawnton to Kippa-Ring Light Rail System was awarded to in early 2016. This is a 12.6 km • Railway connection to Caboolture the consortium GoldlinQ. The second railway line between Petrie and Kippa Line section, covering a distance of 7.3 Ring that includes six new stations. • 22 bridge structures kilometres is still waiting to be This project involves the construction • 6 new railway stations awarded. of 13 km of railway north to the city • 2,850 parking lots of Brisbane. The total amount of the • Stabling (including installations of ◗ Another of the most important project is 1,147 million dollars and it the train crew) for 10 trains of 6 cars government projects is the will provide the following benefits: in the vicinity of the station Kippa- Melbourne to Brisbane Inland • Provide a more reliable, cheaper Ring Map of the metro line Rail, connecting South East and faster alternative to travel to the • 3 m wide route made of concrete Melbourne proposal Queensland directly to Melbourne Central Business District of Brisbane for cyclists and pedestrians along the via Toowoomba and Central West during peak hours. entire length of the corridor. NSW. It will be approximately 1,700 • It will help reduce congestion on PROJECTS IN ACT kilometres long and with an estimated the road network, including Bruce ◗ Caboolture to Maroochydore ◗ Capital Metro Light Rail tram, will have 12 kilometres and will dollars (approximately €23 M). CAF cost of 10,000 million Australian Highway, and free up capacity for Corridor is under study.. (Canberra). The light rail will also cost 698 million Australian dollars and Pacific Partnerships, a subsidiary dollars. It will take about ten years to those who can not travel by public begin operation in Canberra in 2018. (about €454 M); although this budget of CIMIC (Grupo ACS) are participating build and the project is expected to transportation. ◗ Central Queensland Integrated The first section, called Gungahlin may vary up to 35 million Australian in this project. start soon. • Provide sustainable transport Rail Rail Project (CQIRP). It is a options to reduce carbon emissions railway network linking the coal mines ◗ Bus and Train Project. It is a • Provide better access to major of Galilee and Bowen Basins with the tunnel of 5.7 km long for buses and employment centres, both within and eastern ports of Queensland. The trains which will run from Dutton outside the region of Moreton Bay project, which is estimated at about Park in South Brisbane to Spring • It will help attract investment to the 2,000 billion Australian dollars, is still Hills in the north through the CBD area and create business opportunities in the preliminary stages.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA ◗ Perth Metro Area Express (MEX). Light rail of 22 kilometres long linking Mirrabooka in the north with the CBD, before splitting into two branches to the Victoria Park Transfer Station in

AUSTRALIA the east (via the Causeway) and Think Rail, Think assignia Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre in the west (via West Perth ). The • More than 50 years of experience in railway infrastructures construction works will begin in • No. 1 Spanish Company in international high speed contracts 2019 and are expected to end in 2022. Ongoing works ◗ Airport Rail Link (Perth). Forrestfield-Airport Link is the ARGELIA | MOROCCO | CHILE | MEXICO | VENEZUELA | INDIA | SPAIN | GEORGIA | TURKEY new rail line linking Forrestfield with the city, connecting the eastern suburbs of Perth with train connections for the first time and allowing to arrive to the Airport 5 minutes before than by car. This line will connect the line of Mindland with Forrestfield through underground tunnels. This project will cost 2,000 million Australian dollars and SUBWAY & is expected to be completed in TRAMWAY 2020.

◗ Oakajee Port and Rail. This project includes the Port of Oakajee (20 km from Geraldton) INFRASTRUCTURE and a railway network of 570 km TRACK & STATION linking the mines of the central- The top map shows the new rail line linking Forrestfield with the city, connecting western region with the position. the eastern suburbs of Perth with train connections for the first time - Down, an The project has an estimated infographic showing how the line will look like. HIGH SPEED cost of 4,370 million Australian & TRADITIONAL LINES dollars and is under development.

◗ Project Iron Boomerang. This project aims to revolutionize the world of manufactured steel connecting Pilbara’s iron ore mines in Western Australia, OPERATIONS & with coal mines in the Bowen MAINTENANCE Basin of North Queesland, through a system of rails of 3,300 kilometres. It is included SPECIALIZED HEAVY in one of the largest projects DUTY MACHINERY in Australia: the East West Line Parks. Construction works have already begun and are expected to end in 2022.

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◗ ALSTOM ESPAÑA cludes the design, delivery and com- for early 2019. It will go through the Cen- ◗ DANOBATGROUP order portfolio of DANOBATGROUP, which Alstom to deliver to Sidney Citadis X05, missioning of 30 coupled Citadis X05 tral Business District and South East Light foresees excellent prospects for the coming the latest evolution of its tram range trams, power supply equipment (includ- Rail and will be a vital element of the years. These contracts result from focus- The ALTRAC consortium [1], of which Al- ing APS –ground power supply- over public transport system in Sydney, helping sing on sectoral specialisation, something stom is part, will build the new tram line two kilometers), signalling systems, the to decongest the traffic. DANOBATGROUP has been committed in Sydney, awarded by the Transportation energy recovery system HESOP, depot In this project, Alstom Spain, through to in recent years; not only that, but also authority of New South Wales. equipment and maintenance. its technological laboratories located in to offering added value that is not merely Globally, Alstom is responsible for the The commissioning of the new line, 12 kil- Madrid, is responsible for the develop- limited to machines, but includes major integrated tramway system which in- ometers long and 19 stops, is scheduled ment of security systems and signalling. engineering for the design, integration and Trams, also, will be manufactured in the commissioning of these facilities. industrial center of Santa Perpetua de Project features ◗ CETEST Mogoda, in Barcelona. These projects provide an answer to grow- Currently, CETEST is participating in the Citadis X05 integrates new technolo- ing demand for automatic plants to per- approval of new cars for Metro Singapore gies such as permanent magnet mo- form maintenance on mining trains, usu- for the North East Line (NEL) and the Cir- tors to reduce energy consumption ally located near the mining site in remote cular Line (CCL). These cars are manufac- and easier sub-system integration and DANOBATGROUP, signed major contracts areas which therefore have a shortage of tured at the plant of Alstom in Shanghai. maintenance to decrease lifecycle costs. with two renowned world leaders in the nearby labour. Disassembly, repair, reas- Specifically, CETEST is participating in tests Citadis X05 for Sidney will offer high- mining industry located in Australia, BHP sembly and final inspection of all compo- for the characterization of the rotational end comfort, including double-doors for Billiton and Rio Tinto. nents must be performed fully automati- resistance to rotation between the bogie improved access and passenger flows, The first contract is for the supply of a cally on these installations. and the box. With this contract, CETEST large balcony style windows, multi-pur- turnkey workshop for maintenance and The need to integrate - in one case 28 units strengthens its presence in the Asia-Pacific pose areas and ambient LED lightning. repair of bogies and wheelsets of railway and in the other 22 - robotic handling de- market. CETEST has also done work in Aus- It also offers the highest levels of cus- wagons; while the second is for an auto- vices and a computer system for full control tralia in the past year. It has been in charge tomer safety including constant CCTV matic line for maintenance of wheelsets. of the entire line turn these workshops in for the dynamic testing of new trams for [2] monitoring, emergency intercoms Both are for wagons for transport between the most advanced facilities in the world the city of Sydney. Through such evidence it and the latest way-finding aids for real a mine and port. The two contracts total for maintenance of train components: the is determined that the tram is roadworthy time passenger information. 90 million Euro, a historical record in the bogie and wheelset. from the point of view of traffic safety.

◗ CAF ◗ INDRA of both contracts in 2011 and 2012. IP (Internet Protocol) technology, given that CAF has become one of the leading suppli- Control centre and ticketing for the Smart video surveillance technology by connecting directly to the cameras of the ers of urban transport solutions in Australia. Light Rail Transit and Monorail of in the Sydney Rail Network Sydney Trains computer network, any user The company is the preferred bidder for the Kuala Lumpur Sydney Trains, the entity offering railway station may operate as a control console for Canberra tram project. Specifically, CAF will Prasarana (Syarikat Prasarana Negara Ber- services in the city of Sydney and its area visualizing the images of any camera in real supply 14 low-floor Urbos units for the new had), the public company responsible for the of influence, has awarded Indra a contract time and for recovering video recordings. light rail line to be built in this city. modernization of the public transport system to modernize the railway network video Mobile devices connected to the network The new vehicles are 100% low-floor and in Malaysia and the operator of different surveillance system, using state-of-the-art may also access video. Likewise, any tablet are composed of 5 modules, with 4 doors lines in the country, has entrusted Indra with technology, in Australia's largest, most pop- or cellphone may become a mobile console on each side. These trams combine modern the design, development and commission- ulated urban center. Indra will implement with which patrolling security employees aesthetics with cutting-edge technology and ing of a new integrated control centre for its technology in the two control centers for may view images, thereby increasing their maximum accessibility, with no compromise the Monorail, Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines managing the entire video surveillance sys- effectiveness on comfort, performance and ease of opera- of the Light Rail Transit of Kuala Lumpur. The tem using closed-circuit television (CCTV) in tion and maintenance. project shall integrate all transport lines op- a network of over 150 commuter stations, This line will be 12 kilometre long with 13 erated by Prasarana in the new control cen- and will install state-of-the-art software stops, providing a corridor between the area ogy, for catenary-free running between stops. tre, adding the remaining contracts for the for its operations and control. The multina- of Gungahlin and the centre of the Australian This is not the first project of CAF in Australia. MRT lines (Mass Rapid Transit), the KTM Ko- tional will replace the current 11,400 analog capital. First vehicles are scheduled for deliv- with the design, construction, maintenance The company has supplied 12 Urbos units muter railway line and other future transport cameras with IP cameras that will be con- ery in late 2017. CAF is one of the consortium and operation of the new light rail line for currently in operation in the city of Sydney. systems for the country. Such an ambitious nected to the existing trunk communica- members of Canberra Metro Consortium, term of 20 years. In the event of execution This is a 5-module tram, with the best acces- and innovating project consolidates Indra tions network through a new network to along with Pacific Partnerships, John Holland, of the project second stage by ACT (Aus- sibility rating that can be offered in this type as Prasarana's technological partner. Indra be deployed in the stations. Indra will also Mitsubishi Corporation, Aberdeen Infrastruc- tralian Capital Territory) with the extension of vehicle. has already implemented ticketing and ac- supply the servers and storage devices for ture Investments, CPB Contractors, Deutsche of the line to the Russell area, trams will be Both projects confirm the growing confi- cess control systems for this company in its recording images during the period stipulat- Bahn International and the Bank of Tokio- equipped with the energy storage system de- dence of the Australian urban transport au- Monorail and Light Rail Transit lines in Kuala ed by the client. The new video surveillance Mitsubishi UFJ. This consortium is entrusted veloped by CAF, world leader in this technol- thorities in CAF. Lumpur, after becoming the winning bidder system will include all of the advantages of

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◗ IDOM IDOM is present in Malaysia since 2011 in the city of Johor Bahru, near Singapore, where it developed and supervised the largest steelworks pro- ject in Asia. It consists of a cold rolling mill with a total capacity of 180,000 tons/year. In later phases, further en- largement of cold rolling, hot rolling and steelworks will begin production. The final project is an integrated plant with capacity of 1 million tons/year of steel and 600.00 tons/year of cold rolling mill, incorporating the latest technologies. IDOM has likewise participated in some of the Metro infrastructures that Metro Hanoi, and urban transport in develops other water infrastructure are being implemented in the cities of Vientiane (Laos), which will enhance projects (Laos, Philippines, Indonesia), , such as Metro Ho Chi the economic and sustainable growth which allow the company to increase Minh (recognized as the best Spanish in the region. awareness of the region and its regu- engineering project in 2015), line 3 of In the same geographical area, IDOM lations.

◗ SIEMENS ESPAÑA In September 2011, the Spanish Siemens the entire line is commissioned in 2017, Siemens Railway Technologies in Rail Automation Division started trials this line will be 42 kilometers long and Singapore Downtown Line on a Testing Track in the Chinese city of it will have 34 stations and two depots, In 2008, the Singapore transport authority Changchun. Signaling and PSD (Plat- and it will completely automatically (Land Transport Authority – LTA) awarded form Screen Doors) system tests started transport over half a million passengers Siemens Rail Automation (former Invensys in September, 2012, then dynamic tests daily. Rail) the contract for supply, installation “test running” were carried out, and af- Key factors for success of this Siemens and commissioning of the Trainguard terwards the customer started the first project in this country are mainly a close Sirius CBTC (Communications-Based Train phase non-commercial operation tests in tracking of the work plan, an ideal man- Control) system, state-of-the-art electron- the Downtown Line. agement of requirements and settings, a ic interlocking Westrace MK2, ATS (Auto- Commercial operation of the first sec- good combination of "on-site" and off- matic Train Supervision) Controlguide Rail tion began in 2014 and, in 2015, Sie- shore works and also the support from 9000 system and associated signaling for mens commissioned signaling of the the customer, LTA, and good relations the Downtown Line. second section and one depot. When with it.

40 mafex Tourisme SINGAPORE, malaysia and australia different environments

Singapore Singapore Cameron Highlands oing through Singapore’s river Gby boat, eating at a hawker, MALAysia light the mosque and the pal- watch the skyscrapers from Mer- alaysia offers a high num- ace of Sultan Abu Bakar (1833- Intelligent infrastructures lion Park, visiting Little India, walk- Mber of cultural activities 1895), as well as some temples. ing through Chinatown and en- and therefore it is a very popular Kinabalu: The area is noted for joying a drink at Clarke Quay are destination for tourists. In Malay- its extraordinary biodiversity, some of the experiences you can sia you can visit: with tropical and sub-alpine for- don’t just react. They anticipate. live in Singapore. Cameron Highlands: Mountain ests. If all the above can encourage you and wild nature lovers will enjoy Kuala Lumpur: As the most Thinking mobility further through advanced software solutions. to visit Singapore, once you travel this area, with towns like Brin- iconic tourist spots, we high- you will notice that the best of the chang, Ringlet or Tanah Rata. light the Parliament, Royal Pal- city is its unique and incomparable Ipoh: This town is named after an ace, National Mosque, which can siemens.com/mobility atmosphere. Singapore is a city indigenous tree whose poisonous support 10,000 worshipers in where you will find people any day resin was used by Aborigines for its main prayer hall, sultan Ab- at any time: concerts, events and hunting. dul Samad’s building located at street life is common to all the in- Johor Bahru: Regarding the Merdeka Square, with victorian New ideas, concepts, and technologies are in increase availability. Dynamic control systems habitants of the city. main points of interest, we high- and Moorish elements. great demand with our ever-increasing need for optimize traffic flow and throughput. As essential visits we recommend: mobility. With over 160 years of experience in And electronic information and payment The Hotel Marina Bay Sands has surf and discover the wonderful passenger and freight transportation and our systems improve passenger experience. marked a before and after in Sin- underwater world of the Great IT know-how, we are constantly developing new gapore architecture. Its three tow- Barrier Reef. The more adventur- It’s in how we electrify, automate and digitalize and intelligent mobility solutions to provide ers and the pool on the 57th floor ous may enjoy whale watching in transport infrastructures that we’re setting the greater efficiency and safety. Prescriptive have redefined the skyline of the Eden, New South Wales, or War- benchmark for tomorrow’s mobility - today. city rnambool, Victoria. Visit Sydney monitoring systems reduce train downtime and Esplanade. Although many com- and go to the Centrepoint Tower, pare their shape with a durian (the from where you can contemplate famous local fruit), no one denies a magnificent view of the city. If that it is one of the most impor- what you want is to learn more tant architectural works of Singa- about cultural life, please visit pore and one of the most famous Canberra Canberra, the Australian capi- theaters in the world AUSTRALIA tal and a young and modern city 165 meters high, the Singapore country full of amazing natu- where you can bike along Lake Flyer is the highest big wheel in the A ral treasures that you cannot Burley Griffin, take a balloon ride, world. During the 30 minute trip miss, like the beaches of Lorne play golf at one of their fabulous you can make see the entire city of in Victoria, Byron Bay in New golf courses or take a tour and see Singapore. South Wales and the Gold Coast, the beautiful vineyards surround- in Queensland, where you can ing the city.

42 mafex IN DEPTH ◗ European SMEs European SMEs, big promoters of the global railway business

Today, small and medium sized enterprises are the fundamental structure of productive activity in Europe. Although Spanish SMEs support nearly three quarters of employment in the private sector and generate 64% of added value, they need to improve their competitiveness and growth.

pain is a country of SMEs, small; 1.2% is medium and only particularly micro-enterpris- about 5,000 companies are listed Ses. Any analysis of the Span- as large enterprises. That is, as ish business structure and demo- companies with employees, only graphics guarantees that SMEs 0.3% has more than 249 workers. are the fundamental structure of Another distinctive feature of the productive activity in our country. corporate structure in Spain is According to the Central Compa- that the Spanish SME is charac- nies Directory (CCD) on January terized by intense concentration 1st 2015, the number of active on a small number of productive enterprises grew by 2% to stand activities. Almost two thirds of at 3,186,878, this being the first SMEs with employees are enrolled increase in the number of compa- in just ten activities. With respect nies registered since 2008. to its sector orientation, 81% of Of all companies, 99.9% have SMEs with employees belong to fewer than 250 employees. Just the service sector (highlighting over 55% have no employees, the activities of wholesale and ie approximately 1.75 million retail distribution, services, food smaller companies are individual and beverage, ground transpor- entrepreneurs. From the other tation and legal activities and ac- companies with employees (these counting), 11% are in the con- are 1.44 million), 91% have fewer struction sector and 8% belong than 10 employees; 108,383 are to the industrial sector, where

Exporting companies 2% 40% 20%

activities such as manufacture of adventure, many of them SMEs, a 16.64% of its GDP. in Spain (65.7%) are companies metal products, except machinery and diversification beyond the EU Also, it is noteworthy that the with fewer than 10 employees, and equipment, food industry and markets have been key. According annual growth of exports from but accounted for only 10.4% of related production and processing to data provided by the Ministry Spain in 2015 exceeds the entire the declared value exported. of wood include the highest num- of Economy and Competitive- euro zone (4.2%), and also the In general, almost all exporting ber of many small companies. ness, sales abroad, first proper major world economies, including companies in our country are manifestation of internationaliza- France (4%), Italy ( 3.7%), United SMEs, namely 97.8% of the total, The importance of the tion, increased by 4.63% in 2015, Kingdom (-1.7%), USA (-7.1%) although their weight in the total internationalization of Spanish reaching 250,241.3 million and and Japan (3.5%). volume of exports was 47.9%. SMEs representing 23.49% of GDP. If we Throughout this external devel- If we analyze the export propen- 38% The increase of experienced Span- look at the evolution of exports in opment, small and medium-sized sity, ie, how many companies are ish exports since the beginning of Spain in recent years it shows that enterprises have also been in- performing export operations, the the crisis responds to a pattern in they have increased compared to volved, which have had a tremen- total micro (0 to 9 employees) which the number of companies 2005 when they totaled 154,846 dous growth. Almost two-thirds in 2013 was only 2.08% export ■ 0-9 employees ■ 10-49 employees ■ 50-199 employees ■ More than 200 employees were committed to the outdoor million euros, which represented of the total number of exporters operations, significantly increas-

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Almost all Spanish exporters a turnover of 87%, correspond to prises in terms of activity and em- large companies. ployment. SMEs with fewer than are SMEs: 97.8% of the total This high number of SMEs high- ten employees support 40% of lights the importance of maintain- employment, compared to 29.1% ing a continued effort in support- of the European SMEs, and gen- ing as companies grew from hav- ties and 75% are small and me- ing such companies, both by the erate 28% of added value (22% ing 10 to 49 employees (20.34% dium enterprises, according to the Association and the government EU). This group of companies of total exports) and even more Ministry of Public Works in 2014. in general, since internationaliza- represent approximately 90% of when we look at the next section, Small and medium-sized manu- tion, innovation and competitive the total in France, Italy and the between 50 and 199 employees facturers of railway components improvement works, are undoubt- United Kingdom. While in Germa- (37.5% exports). In all sections of today play an important role in edly more complex when carried ny this percentage is about 80%. employees the percentage of ex- the value chain of the industry. out by these companies. Meanwhile, in Germany, France porting companies has increased They work for the major players and the UK, the percentage of significantly from 2010 to 2013. in the global arena and partici- SMEs in Europe people employed in large com- pate in the most technologically According to the statistical office panies is approximately twice the Spanish railway SMEs advanced projects worldwide, en- of the European Union, Euro- number in Spain, while the num- It is estimated that the Spanish rail suring their knowledge, competi- stat, Spanish SMEs support nearly ber in micro companies is half the industry includes about 600 com- tiveness and adaptability to final three quarters of employment in amount. panies, of which, around 220 are customers and continuous updat- the private sector and generate In major EU countries, the ex- dedicated exclusively to rail activi- ing of its technology. 64% of added value. Both figures port intensity of large companies are higher than those recorded in is significantly higher than that half of the countries of the EU-28. of SMEs in the field of intra and The substantial difference to our extra-trade, which, coupled with main EU trading partners is the a greater propensity to export, Distribution of Mafex memeber in 2014 relevance gained by microenter- explains the concentration of ex-

In the last decade, more than 50% of exports of Spanish SMEs correspond to countries of the European Union, where the lead- ■ SMEs ing manufacturers of rolling stock Dropper for messenger cable ■ big companies La Farga offers the full range of Electrical connection (+250 employees ) in the world are concentrated, Static point and these markets the most de- copper products and alloys for the Messenger manding benchmark worldwide catenary employed in the railway for developments in other world market, using an integrated process markets. The presence in foreign markets based on pure copper from the mine

of the Spanish railway companies (cathode). Static point cable in general and SMEs in particu- Electrical connection cable Contact wire Billing volume distribution of Mafex members in 2014 lar, has increased significantly in CuETP, CuAg, the last decade. The experience Our main references CuSn, CuMg Products provided by La Farga gained in the domestic market as well as the railroad boom over High speed Conventional line other modes of transport as a Barcelona – Figueres, Madrid – Tunisia, Italy, Switzerland, solution to the needs of differ- Valencia, Santiago – Ourense Romania, ■ SMEs ent countries, regions and cities (Spain), LGV Rhin – Rhone, Est Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Saudi ■ big companies Metz – Strasbourg, SEA Bourg – Arabia, China, Australia, (+250 employees ) around the world have certainly Bourdeaux (France), Ankara – Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela helped this growing foreign pres- Istanbul (Turkey), LGV Maroc (USA). (Marruecos), Haramain High ence. Speed Mecca – Medina (Saudi According to data from 2014, Arabia). the number of SMEs members of MAFEX, the Spanish Railway As- sociation, represent around 65% of the members and 13% of to- tal turnover. The rest, 35%, with www.lafarga.es +34 93 859 51 31 [email protected] fax: +34 93 859 07 92 Ctra. C-17, Km. 73,5 08508 blog: www.yourcoppersolutions.info 46 mafex Les Masies de Voltregà twitter: @FargaInfo (Barcelona) Spain IN DEPTH ◗ European SMEs

ports in large companies. About In a changing global context, char- 55% of intra-EU trade and 50% acterized by continuous structural of exports realized outside the changes and enhanced competi- EU are attributable to small and tive pressures, the role of small medium enterprises. Among the and medium enterprises is, as we characteristics that define the be- have been saying, increasingly im- haviour of European SMEs in re- portant because they create em- lation to their activity in foreign ployment opportunities and are markets, we must highlight that key players to ensure prosperity to smaller companies have not been local and regional communities. outside the process of globaliza- Dynamic SMEs will give Europe tion of the economy. more strength to cope with the If we analyse exclusively the be- uncertainty of today's globalized haviour of Spanish SMEs during world. 2010-2013, we must say that One of the main tools of the Eu- they have been the most active in ropean Union in innovation is the the market of the European Un- Horizon 2020 program, which ion 15. Specifically, in this period, places special emphasis on provid- they began to export to the EU-15 ing small and medium enterprises more 30% of Spanish SMEs, com- access to sources of finance for pared to 25% of German SMEs, innovation and R & D projects. 16% French and 12% Italian. After previous attempts of Frame- work Programmes bringing inno- Main challenges and needs of vation policies for SMEs, the Euro- small and medium enterprises pean Commission has dealt with The continuity of the current phase the program Horizon 2020 to give of economic growth and employ- more prominence to SMEs, which ment in Spain depends primarily account for 98 percent of all Eu- on improving the competitiveness ropean businesses and employ 87 and growth of small and medium million people - around 70 per- enterprises. The smaller compa- cent of total employees - through nies still face the urgent need to the Programme actions "Innova- address a structural change in tion in SMEs" and "Access to fi- the markets, mainly foreign, to nance risk". provide new opportunities for One of the fundamental premises business development and con- of Horizon 2020 is to provide at solidation. However, SMEs have least 20 percent of the budget some challenges arising from the supplied by two of the main pil- current cycle of activity. Although lars of the Program for Small and throughout 2015 both sales and in which they operate and com- including Spain. SMEs need to In addition, the number of Eu- ket introduction of new or im- Medium Enterprises. This assumes margins have gradually recovered pete. make decisions about how much ropean SMEs that innovate suc- proved products and services. In that in the lines of "Social Chal- within the sectors dominated by For example, access to finance financial capital is required and cessfully is less than that of large addition, this increased competi- lenges" and "Industrial Leader- small companies, the return on is a problem for about 21% of of what kind, where they should companies. The situation is wors- tiveness fosters further growth ship", about 7,600 million Euros equity of SMEs stands at around SMEs in Europe, and this percent- get it and how to apply with the ened by structural difficulties of SMEs, resulting in additional will be allocated to SMEs in the 1, 5% away from the profitabil- age is much higher for micro-en- highest level of information avail- such as lack of technical skills and productivity gains for the whole period 2014-2020. ity of large companies, which is terprises in many Member States, able and less uncertainty. management, as well as remain- economy. Of these 7,600 million Euros, 7.2%, and 4.0% that was ob- ing rigidities in labor markets at a Generating greater scale econo- around 7 percent was channelled tained by SMEs during the period national level. mies, full integration with strat- through the "Instrument SME", before the crisis. Thus, innovation is also key to egy and improved access to fi- i.e., about 532 million, and the re- That is why both Spanish and Eu- Horizon 2020 places special improving the competitiveness nancing are the main factors maining 13 percent will be made ropean SMEs are facing significant of smaller companies. Encour- behind the fact that big compa- through other instruments and challenges in areas like finance emphasis on provinding SMEs aging innovation among SMEs nies maintain and even expand lines of action. (especially in terms of improving has double beneficial effects on the number of innovative activi- On rail in particular, the European conditions and access to finance), with an access to finance for the European economy. First, it ties. Commission has the initiative of research, innovation and the envi- makes companies improve their a public-private partnership, Shi- ronment, affecting the conditions innovation competitiveness through mar- EU support to SMEs f2Rail, a European program that

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At present, the vast majority of for this month of May- where it re- instruments to help small and me- European SMEs specialized in quests, among other issues, equal dium-sized European companies supply rail have to do business opportunities globally, eliminating access financing and investment outside their country of origin, RBP in non-European third mar- in innovation, to help improve both within and, increasingly, kets and promoting programs and their competitiveness. outside the EU. Internationaliza- tion is not an option but a pre- Sector orientation of exporting companies with employees requisite for growth and even 8% survival. However, it can be quite 11% difficult for an SME to conquer foreign markets. It is for this reason that the Mafex, along the European Association, is working together with the Eu- ropean institutions, in supporting and defending European rail in- dustry and in particular small and medium enterprises in relation to their two main challenges: inter- nationalization and funding. In this regard, recently, the Indus- try Committee of the European 81% Parliament has drafted a propos- al-whose resolution is scheduled ■ services (included ground transportation) ■ construction ■ industrial

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is working on addresses railway research and in- small and medium enterprises. n ADIF: Investments for a New Generation of Rail Travel supporting and novation over the next seven years The European Railway Associa- n Horizon 2020: The DESTination RAIL Project and its implications for Iberia and has a budget of 920 million tion, UNIFE, through its Com- n The Portuguese National Transport Plan Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor defending the Euros. Among its challenges are mittee on SMEs, aims to provide n Ensuring the Safety of the Iberian Railways European railway increasing rail capacity, reliability small and medium enterprises in n Advances in Signalling and Telecommunications and punctuality, as well as focus- the European rail industry with n Innovating for a High-Speed Iberian Rail Network industry and, in ing on interoperability, efficiency information on EU policies and n The Digitalisation of the Railways Supporting Organisation and sustainability, key aspects of EU funds dedicated to SMEs in n Protecting the digital railway particular, small the sector that are being under- order to support them in access- n Innovations in Intermodality, Ticketing and Revenue Management taken by both large companies ing these funds and provide them and medium- and the different technologies a direct exchange with the Euro- sized enterprises and innovations developed by pean institutions. 3 EASY WAYS TO BOOK: www.iberianraildevelopment.com [email protected] +44 (0)1959 563 311 50 mafex mafex 51 IN DEPTH ◗ European SMEs

SUCCESSFUL SPANISH RAILWAY SMES

Spanish small and medium enterprises play an important role in the value and adaptability to end customers with a continuous update of their chain of the rail industry. These companies, working for major players technology. Here we present some success stories of Spanish SMEs with innovative in the global arena, are participating in the most technologically technologies that are helping the Spanish rail industry to be known advanced projects worldwide, ensuring their knowledge, competitiveness as a world leader.

Amurrio is one of the European lead- comfort needed in high-speed passen- LUZNOR: Luznor. sels, Milan, Caracas, etc) are supplied by ers in the design and manufacture of ger transport sections. "The technology developed by Different working teams in rail, tunnels Luznor. monobloc manganese steel hearts The result of the manufacturing pro- Luznor has helped the company and overhead lines have Luznor lanterns The latest technology developed by turnouts for all kinds of paths, which cess of Amurrio is having pieces of to supply its products to various as part of their usual kit. Luznor is applied to railway lanterns. Each annually manufactures over 2,000 great versatility in ITS applications manufacturers of rolling stock: Also, about 75% of the lanterns im- model has an electronic card, micropro- units worldwide. (high speed, conventional, tramway, 100% of rail operators in plemented in different metros (Madrid, cessor and radiator to decrease the heat The main destinations are the Euro- freight, etc.) and requires little main- Spain, Italy and Portugal have Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Lisbon, Brus- produced by the LEDs. pean railway lines, although there are tenance throughout its life cycle. different types of lanterns crossovers of Amurrio installed in over The design of each heart must be made by Luznor" 65 countries worldwide. dealt with individually according to The heart is key in the crossing area the parameters of deviation (length, Luznor Desarrollos Electrónicos S.L. is and, therefore, throughout the entire radius, speed, type of route, etc.). To a Spanish company specializing in the track, so its design requires a thorough accelerate and make this process more design and manufacture of flashlights for understanding of the functionality and efficient, Amurrio has more than a the railway and industrial sectors. Luznor materials, and extreme care in manu- thousand references that can adapt lanterns are known for their technology, facturing. and quickly enter production. reliability, quality and performance. The monoblock manganese steel The technology developed by Luznor hearts are manufactured in a single In addition to the monoblock hearts, make the flashlights unique in terms of piece of Hadfield steel (Mn 12-14%) Amurrio designs, manufactures and in- performance (three powers and three au- AMURRIO without bolted joints, melted and ma- stalls all kinds of hearts adapted to the tonomies in the same flashlight), high lu- FERROCARRIL: chined entirely in Amurrio. The quality needs of each railway line: minous efficiency, and different signalling "Amurrio railway and typical characteristics of this steel possibilities in the same flashlight. manufactures over 2000 are achieved through a controlled pro- ● Mobile end These qualities have led Luznor to supply hearts per year cess. ● Monoblock steel plate its products to various rolling stock manu- for sections in europe and Final machining and adjustment of ● Assembled rail facturers. As for rail operators, 100% of worldwide" these parts requires high precision to ● Assembled with Mn steel tip. rail operators in Spain, Italy and Portugal achieve the standards of safety and ● Special hearts on Mn steel. have different types of lanterns made by

for the Ministry of Transport and Commu- same goes for the stations and stoppings. cently, the development of the East Link IDOM: projects have in common the analysis and railway administrations: nications of Macedonia. Feasibility study The region also has underused several rail for Traffikverket, Sweden, the first Scandi- "IDOM's contribution to railway improvement of existing lines in service CROATIA (HZ) and construction project. corridors with great potential. Regional navian high-speed corridor. development in Europe has and the design of signalling, energy and • Reconstruction of the freight station of Poland (PKP) authorities have been proposed to iden- resulted in the design and information systems to optimize the op- Rijeka and construction of the new con- • WARSAW RAILWAY JUNCTION. Drafting tify what measures and projects should be modernization of railway eration of the corridors in compliance with tainer terminal associated with the new of the project for the improvement of War- implemented in order to reach an effective infrastructure in countries such European standards. With the implemen- freight dock in Rijeka for Port of Rijeka saw’s railway junction and the E20 line plan tailored to the needs of citizens, with as Croatia, Macedonia and tation of designs, the lines will increase Authority. is part of the West - East Pan-European special emphasis on a multimodal rail sys- Poland." their capacity, increasing the number of • Plan the country's transport program for Corridor connecting Berlin with Moscow. tem. In this context, the authorities asked trains and reducing travel times. IDOM as the Ministry of Transport. Works will include the remodelling of the Idom to conduct a study for transport In recent years, IDOM has intensified its an engineering company addresses the • Corridor V (Pan-European corridor) con- stations relevant for freight traffic or com- integration of passenger rail with other presence in Europe (5 offices in the UK, projects comprehensively, responding to necting the Adriatic ports. muter rail service nearby. It includes im- modes of transport. The study includes 2 in Poland, 1 in Slovenia, 1 in Portugal the various railway managers in all disci- • Improvement and electrification of the proving infrastructure, signalling systems, 15 lines and 140 stations. In addition to and 13 in Spain). IDOM's contribution to plines: infrastructure, track, power, signal- line. Vinkozci- Vukovar. telecommunications and catenaries the above projects, IDOM is also a leader railway development in Europe has re- ling, communications, mobile material. • Doubling and electrification of the line: • RAILWAY IN LODZ. The state of the rail- and reference engineering in the design of sulted in the design and modernization of Below are the ongoing projects drafted by Koprivnizka-Hungarian border. way lines in the region of Lodz (Poland) is high-speed projects, highlighting the study railway infrastructure in countries such as IDOM that will be a reality in the coming MACEDONIA (Ministry of Transport) very varied: from newly upgraded lines to for PKP in Poland for the development of Croatia, Macedonia and Poland. All these years thanks to investments of different • Railway section Kriva-Palanka- Bulgaria non-electrified lines and single track. The 450 km of high-speed lines or, more re-

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CETEST: The process for homologation of a to its customers covering the entire railway vehicle is long and expensive. portfolio of tests in the laboratory and It involves performing large number in track, as well as providing a flex- of tests in components both in labo- ible service tailored to each situation’s ratory and in the finished train. Due needs. to the complexity of the process it is Among the types of tests performed, very important to have an accredited are the structural integrity and fatigue laboratory, with proven experience in of components (boxes, bogies, axles, approval processes and cover the com- gear etc.), railway dynamics (including plete portfolio of evidence necessary the use of measurement axes of the "Is one of the few laboratories to complete the process. forces between the wheel and rail), that is accredited worldwide CETEST is a test laboratory that is a noise, vibration, EMC, aerodynamics, capable of offering the full global reference and is accredited to traction, brakes and pantograph-cate- portfolio of tests necessary to ISO17025 standard for carrying out naries interaction. For more informa- carry out the homologation of a the process of approval of new vehi- tion check the website www.cetest- railway vehicle." cles. CETEST facilitates the process group.com.

jects the future of the assets. To reach its forecast, NEM combines advanced information processing techniques and algorithms of Artificial Intelligence. AURA is capable of generating normal models by comparing data generated daily by machines, thereby detecting deviations and predicting the future. 78% of the customers are foreigners. Major world cities with a metro or tram system have the AURA technology: Vancouver, Toronto, Chicago, Houston, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Beijing, Santiago de Chile, Madrid, Rome, Sao Paulo, Ankara, United Arab Emirates or Bilbao, among others. In Spain, in addition to working with most of the metros of the country, NEM So- lutions helps in the maintenance of the fleet Renfe Alvia, which became in 2008 the first high-speed line to incorporate this technology. Brand Loney, Inspection Superintendent for rail subway cars in Washington D.C. says that "NEM Solutions approach to the maintenance of the train wheels is very advanced compared to any other NEM SOLUTIONS: NEM Solutions, a Gipuzkoan company option seen so far." "78% of our customers are that focuses on the sectors of rail and With 9 years of life, the company foreigners. Major world cities wind energy, provides solutions, prod- from San Sebastian manages more with a metro or tram system ucts and services aimed at improving than 40,000 train cars and more than include A.U.R.A technology, the maintenance of complex active 42,000,000 wheel measurements. In developed by us. In addition, services. It has created the A.U.R.A fact, it already has the world's largest in Spain we work with most technology, capable of handling the train wheels database. It is thanks to its of the metro networks in the myriad of data generated daily by each expertise that the company manages the country" train or wind turbine. life of the machines, improve productiv- Thanks to A.U.R.A, NEM Solutions pro- ity and reduce the cost of O & M.

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Simulation of the interaction between the pantograph and the catenary Ineco has conducted made between catenaries and in speed, this interaction had not PINK, an analysis of pantographs must be studied. The been thoroughly researched. Expe- dynamic behaviour of this system rience has shown that the commer- the simulation of the is one of the greatest limitations cial success of railway lines relies dynamic interaction of high-speed railway systems. Al- highly on the speed at which the between pantographs and though these two elements must journey is made, in turn influenc- catenaries on railway be in permanent contact in order ing many other elements: the track lines, with a particular to ensure that the energy reaches (minimum radius of the track align- focus on high speed lines. the train's engines, the movement ment), security and braking sys- of the train can cause excess ten- tems, maximum gradients, etc. his study, carried out using the sion to be placed on the wire, thus This new analysis which was pre- ANSYS simulation tool which wearing it down, or it can lead to a sented at the II European Rolling Tapplies the finite element loss of contact due to very low ten- Stock Forum allows us to optimise method, helps to understand and sion. –through the simulation of this optimise the functioning of these In spite of the vital importance of interaction– the velocity of high two elements in addition to predict- this interaction given its strong speed trains. This makes it possible ing how new designs might behave. association with interoperability, to increase speed without causing In order to increase the speed of as well as the fact that the effect the system to lose contact, a sce- high performance trains, the in- of wave propagation on the flex- nario which can lead to premature teraction caused by the contact ible catenary limits the increase deterioration.

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Innovation project for the creation of a new Chinese ERTMS system The signalling unit of Alstom Spain participates in a R & D project for the creation of a new signalling system in China's High-Speed network, the largest in the world.

lstom's technology labo- ratories in Madrid form a Apart of the development team that is working on creating a new signalling solution for the Chinese market. This new tech- nology, called CTCS (Chinese Train Control System), has been defined by Chinese authorities after being inspired by the European standard matically control stops at stations. installing ERTMS solutions, Alstom (ETCS/ERTMS). The project has Alstom Spain, through Casco (Al- is one of the global pioneers in the been developed along the Guan- stom's joint venture in China), has development and implementation hui Intercity Railway line, which is participated in the ATO develop- of this technology, with projects in a section that runs nearly 100 km ment phase and in the installation 23 countries that serve 1200 km between Dongguan and Huizhou, and testing of on-board prototypes of track and include over 4700 on- cities of the Pearl River Delta in on a real train. The prototypes board ERTMS units. southeast China. The latest ad- were subsequently validated. And The railway signalling and safety vances and developments in train after over two and a half years of division of Alstom Spain has over control have been used in the pro- testing, the train equipped with 400 technicians and engineers ject, including both CTCS level 2 Alstom technology has just en- engaged in developing and imple- technology and ATO systems (Au- tered commercial service. menting signalling solutions for all tomatic Train Operation) to auto- With over 10 years of experience in types of railway infrastructures.

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The Cityflo 350 system allows the responsible use of energy in metro de Bilbao developed by bombardier transportation, it also allows an optimization of energy consumption.

een to encourage efficient train is delayed or ahead of sched- currently been working on. driving, Bombardier Trans- ule. The system employs a driv- As of today, three train driving strat- Kportation signed an agree- ing strategy that understands rail egies exist: slow, medium and fast ment with the Bilbao Metro Sys- track curves of acceleration and speed. For each of these a reference tem in 2014, to oversee a project deceleration. value exists for the acceleration and that would optimize the consump- The objective of this project has deceleration rates: 1,1 m/s2 for fast tion of energy. This was all possi- been to find a train driving strat- speed, 0,8 m/s2 for medium speed ble thanks to Bombardier´s Cityflo egy based on a speed scale for its and 0,6 m/s2 for slow speed. After 350, which is part of the automat- subsequent implementation into various simulations and pilot tests, ic driving system ATO that allows the system software ATP/ATO. As a it was decided that the outline of the train to be driven without the result, the ins and outs of this pro- the speed should be modified, per- driver having to adjust the speed ject have been studied from vari- mitting each train’s driving strategy throughout the journey. ous angles: from the operational to have a speed deceleration rate The ATO system operates accord- viewpoint of Bilbao Metro, from that this outline allows. In this way, ing to the timetable established the viewpoint of investigation and the regularization of the journey by the trains’ regulatory system, simulation and that of implemen- time has improved, achieving sub- which depends on whether the tation, on which Bombardier has stantial energy efficiency savings.

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BIM modelling in the design of line 3 of Riad UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WILL BE ATTENTED BY MAFEX The use of this program in complex projects has allowed IDOM to conduct the metro line within the ◗ September 20-23 2016 established deadlines. Innotrans 2016 IM use is becoming more Berlin (Germany) and more common in the Bengineering environment nowadays both in terms of design as well as at construction and oper- ation/end user level. IDOM is con- scious about BIM implementation offers the possibility of approach- ing designs in a more hands-on, close-to reality kind of way allow- ing, or in a way forcing, all disci- ◗ May 11-13 2016 plines to interact from the very be- Rail Solution Fair 2016 ginning. This permits the design to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) be accurate and quickly integrated which, among other things, reduc- es errors and omissions, this being quite an issue on a fast track pro- ject such as the New Riyadh Met- ro Line 3 where we are currently engaged as sole designers for all civil and MEP works excluding all related to the actual metro system (signaling, rolling stock and metro system telecoms). IDOM have implemented BIM in pro- jects such as the Riyadh metro due to its complexity and need for inter- disciplinary integration at every level. Among all the BIM levels available to apply, IDOM is going for BIM level 2 & Level 3. For all station design the common environment is BIM 2D or level 2, which basically means a This level of BIM application has cisions are readily and easily taken. collaborative working environment been especially useful in the sta- For some of the smallest stations, Corporative Magazine

– all disciplines use their own 2D & tions due to the complex MEP in- IDOM is implementing level 3D, this Revista corporativa de Mafex AsociaciónRevista corporativa Ferroviaria Española de Mafex AsociaciónRevista Ferroviaria corporativa Española de Mafex AsociaciónNúmero Ferroviaria7. Abril 2016 Española 3D CAD models, but do work on a stallations required for them and means full collaboration between Número 7. Abril 2016 Mafex Número 7. Abril 2016 single, shared model. The collabora- the need to fit those in a restricted all disciplines by means of using a tion comes in the form of how the space that had to provide both single, shared project model which Online version Print version information is exchanged between functionality and an aesthetically is held in a centralized repository. FREE ask for rates different disciplines – and is the cru- pleasing aspect. To do this within This model is updated according to cial aspect of this level. Design infor- a very tight submittal schedule a BIM execution plan that guides 16,000 potential readers! mation is shared throughout the dif- could not have been possible if BIM the way of carrying out the design ferent design teams, which enables working environment had not been within this BIM level environment. They are the basicEUROPEAN structure of productive activity SMEs and, in particular the S Contact telephone number: +34 944 70 65 04. Suscription: [email protected] SMEs, play a decisive role in the value chain of the rail indust ticular the Spanish EUROPEAN SMEs try worldwide to be able to combine design data used. Architectural, structural and All parties can access and modify They are the basic structureEUROPEAN of productive activity and, SMEsin particular the Spanish SMEs, play a decisive role in the value chain of the rail industry worldwide They are the basic structure of productive activity and,ry in worldwide par panish from different sources in order to MEP IDOM´s designs are integrated that same model. The major and SMEs, play a decisive role in the value chain of the rail indus http://magazine.mafex.es/en/

MIDDLE EAST AND OMAN FAIR make a combined BIM model, and in a unified model and then based most notable benefit is that it re- Active participation of Mafex and its members during March SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA AND MALAYSIA INTERVIEW: PHILIPPE CITRÖEN Three destinations with a strong rail The General Director of UNIFE analyses MIDDLE EAST AND OMAN FAIR SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIASINGAPORE, AND AUSTRALIA MALAYSIA AND INTERVIEW: MALAYSIA PHILIPPEthe European CITRÖEN railway situation Active participation of Mafex andinvestment its Threefor the destinations coming years with a strong railINTERVIEW: The PHILIPPEGeneral Director CITRÖEN of UNIFE analyses Three destinations withThe General a strong Director rail of UNIFE analyses members during March investment for theinvestment coming foryears the coming yearsthe European railway situation @MafexSpain MAFEX MIDDLE EAST AND OMAN FAIR the European railway situation to carry out interrogative checks on on the results of the model interro- moves the final layer of risk for con- Active participation of Mafex and its members during March it (clashes, omissions, etc...). gation design adjustments and de- flicting information.

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INFRASTRUCTURE ◗ Arteche ◗ Sice ◗ Indra Sistemas, S.A. y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. Interior Enginering ◗ Duro Felguera Rail, S.A.U. ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, S.A.U. ◗ Manusa Door Systems ◗ Patentes Talgo, S.L. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. and consultancy ◗ Elektra - Grupo Elektra, S.A. ◗ Telice ◗ Sice ◗ Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U ◗ Colway Ferroviaria, S.L. ◗ Aquafrisch, S.L. ◗ Faiveley ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Idom ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ Hicasa - Hierros y Carbones, S.A. ◗ Typsa EQUIPMENT AND ◗ Kelox, S.A. ◗ CAF Power & Automation ◗ Idom Communications, COMPONENTS ROLLING ◗ Teknorail Systems, S.A. ◗ Colway Ferroviaria, S.L. ◗ Ikusi Maintenance information systems and STOCK ◗ Valdepinto, S.L. ◗Getinsa-Payma, S.L. ◗ Instalaciones Inabensa ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. passenger information ◗ Idom Traction and control systems ◗ Ineco ◗ Amurrio Ferrocarriles equipment Security ◗ ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. Instalaciones Inabensa ◗ ITK Ingeniería, S.A. y Equipos, S.A. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Albatros, S.L. ◗ ◗ CAF Power & Automation Ineco ◗ Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios, S.L. ◗ Aquafrisch, S.L. ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ ◗ Cetest ITK Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ Parrós Obras, S.L. ◗ Azvi ◗ Cables de comunicaciones ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ ◗ Ingeteam Power MB Sistemas, S.Coop. ◗ Redalsa, S.A. ◗ COMSA Zaragoza, S.L. ◗ Cetest ◗ Technology, S.A. NEM Solutions, S.L. ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, S.A.U. ◗ Danobat ◗ CAF Power & Automation ◗ DSAF. Dinámicas ◗ ◗ P4Q Electronics, S.L. Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas, S.A. ◗ Talleres Alegría, S.A. ◗ Duro Felguera Rail, S.A.U. ◗ Ecocomputer de Seguridad ◗ ◗ Patentes Talgo, S.L. Typsa ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Idom ◗ Getinsa-Payma, S.L. ◗ Idom ◗ Valdepinto, S.L. ◗ Ikusi ◗ Idom ◗ Components Ikusi Civil engineering ◗ Ineco ◗ Ikusi ◗ Implaser 99, S.L.L. ◗ Albatros, S.L. construction Security ◗ Instalaciones Inabensa ◗ Indra ◗ Indra ◗ ◗ Al-Ko Record Assignia Infraestructuras, S.A. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Parrós Obras, S.L. ◗ Ineco ◗ Luznor ◗ ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. Azvi ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, S.A.U. ◗ P4Q Electronics, S.L. ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, S.A.U. ◗ ◗ Arteche (Electrotécnica COMSA ◗ DSAF. Dinámicas de Seguridad ◗ Telice ◗ Sice ◗ Tecnatom ◗ Arteche Smartgrid, S.L.) Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A: ◗ Ecocomputer S.L. ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Parrós Obras, S.L. ◗ CAF Power & Automation ◗ Idom S.A.U. ◗ PRECON - Prefabricaciones ◗ ◗ Cetest Ikusi Stations ◗ Telice, S.A. Maintenance y Contratas, S.A.U. ◗ Elektra ◗ Implaser 99, S.L.L. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Albatros, S.L. ◗ Rover Alcisa, S.A. ◗ Faiveley ◗ Ineco ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ Typsa ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Fundiciones Garbi, S.A. ◗ Manusa Door Systems ◗ Idom ◗ Aquafrisch, S.L. ◗ Funor, S.A. Electrification ◗ Sice ◗ Ikusi rolling stock ◗ ◗ CAF - Construcciones Members directory per sector Members directory ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. Gamarra, S.A. ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, S.A.U. ◗ Ineco y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. Passenger car manufacturers ◗ Hispacold ◗ Telice ◗ Luznor ◗ Cetest

◗ Arteche ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Ikusi per sector Members directory ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Manusa Door Systems ◗ Danobat ◗ Getinsa-Payma, S.L. ◗ Bombardier España ◗ Indra ◗ Parrós Obras, S.L. ◗ Faiveley ◗ Idom ◗ CAF - Construcciones ◗ Ingeteam PowerTechnology, S.A. Signaling and traffic control ◗ Thales España GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Ikusi ◗ Ineco ◗ Metalocaucho, S.L. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Typsa y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. ◗ Ingeteam Power ◗ Ingeteam Power Technology, S.A. ◗ ◗ MGN Transformaciones del ◗ Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. Patentes Talgo, S.L. Technology, S.A. ◗ Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A: ◗ Caucho, S.A. ◗ Bombardier España Quality control, inspection Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U ◗ Kelox, S.A. ◗ La Farga Lacambra, S.A.U. Manufacturers of freight ◗ P4Q Electronics, S.L. ◗ Cables y Comunicaciones and certification ◗ Luznor ◗ wagons ◗ Siemens Rail Automation, Luznor Zaragoza S.A. ◗ Cetren ◗ Metalocaucho, S.L. ◗ ◗ S.A.U. Parrós Obras, S.L. ◗ CAF Signalling Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ NEM Solutions, S.L. ◗ ◗ ◗ Teknorail Systems, S.A. Semi, S.A. ◗ DSAF. Dinámicas de Seguridad INFORMATION AND DATA Bombardier España ◗ Patentes Talgo, S.L. ◗ ◗ ◗ Valdepinto, S.L. Telice ◗Getinsa-Payma, S.L. SYSTEMS CAF - Construcciones ◗ Siemens Rail ◗ Typsa ◗ GMV Sistemas S.A.U. y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. Automation, S.A.U. ◗ Equipment and machinery ◗ Idom Systems and equipment for ITK Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ Talleres Alegría, S.A. ◗ for the manufacture of Fixed material: components ◗ Ikusi collection and ticketing Talleres Alegría, S.A. ◗ Teknorail Systems, S.A. ◗ rolling stock and equipment ◗ Implaser 99, S.L.L. ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U ◗ Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ ◗ Aquafrisch, S.L. ◗ Indra Sistemas, S.A. Ardanuy Ingeniería, S.A. Quality control, inspection ◗ Amurrio Ferrocarriles ◗ Locomotive manufacturers ◗ Cetest ◗ Ineco Calmell Group and certification y Equipos, S.A. ◗ Danobat ◗ Luznor ◗ Ecocomputer ◗ Alstom Transporte, S.A. ◗ Cetren ◗ Aquafrisch, S.L. ◗ ITK Ingeniería, S.A. ◗ P4Q Electronics, S.L. ◗ Idom ◗ Bombardier España ◗ Tecnatom ◗ Arcelormittal España, S.A. ◗ Semi, S.A. ◗ Ikusi ◗ CAF - Construcciones ◗ MB Sistemas, S.Coop.

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tions in the field of suspension. In the area of metal foundry, we have nized by customers around the world, Arteche Group’s business is focused on widths 1,435 and 1,668 mm), the flexibil- the experience, the knowledge and the from Europe through Asia to Oceania, providing equipment, applications and so- ity and international presence of the com- innovador y su equipo humano, ya está people to produce, process and mecha- America and Africa. lutions for the electricity and railway sector pany in countries like Mexico, Venezuela, presente con más de 100 aplicaciones en nize machine tool parts and sets of great Next time you travel by train, no matter worldwide. In power generation, transmis- Turkey, Morocco, India, Algeria and Chile, España, USA, UK. technical complexity in carbon steel the continent where you are, you may sion, distribution, industry, and railway gives Assignia an unquestionable distinc- manganese steel and other steel alloys. be doing it on rails manufactured by technologies, the group has become a key tion in the railway sector. ALBATROS, S.L. ALSTOM transporte, s.a. ArcelorMittal. player in the search for answers to new ◗ Ruiz de Alarcón, 13 - 3º ◗ C/ Martínez Villergas 49, edificio challenges. A position maintained by a 28014 Madrid (MADRID) V deep knowledge of the different interna- ◗ P: +34 91 495 70 00 28027 Madrid (MADRID) tional electricity systems, efficient client- ◗ F: +34 91 495 70 06 ◗ P: +34 91 334 58 00 oriented organization and remarkable ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 91 334 58 01 AQUAFRISCH, S.L. investment in research and development. azvi ◗ www.albatros-sl.es ◗ fernando.sunyer@transport. ◗ C/ Ignacio Zuloaga, 10 This is shown by over 50% increase in the ◗ C/ Almendralejo, 5 Albatros Corporation is specialised in the alstom.com 28522 Rivas Vaciamadrid ardanuy ingeniería, s.a. brand references in the past five years. Ar- 41019 SEVILLA design, manufacture, commercialization, ◗ www.alstom.com (MADRID) ◗ A vda. Europa, 34 teche’s decisions over the years made our ◗ P: +34 954 999 320 and maintenance of equipment for the As a promoter of sustainable mobil- ◗ P: +34 91 380 03 33 28023 Madrid (MADRID) group a symbol of reliability, quality and ◗ F: +34 954 999 200 railway industry. Albatros is formed by ity, Als­tom Transport is the only railway ◗ F: +34 91 778 60 02 ◗ P: +34 91 799 45 00 trust, both in solutions and in corporate ◗ [email protected] various units of engineering and manu- manufacturer present in the full spec- ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 91 799 45 01 relations. Corporate alliances have taken ◗ ww.azvi.es facture in Spain as other countries. trum of transport systems, equip­ment ◗ www.aquafrisch.com ◗ [email protected] a key role in Arteches’s history, becoming Azvi is a hundred-year-old Company spe- We have a team of over 500 employ- and services. Aquafrisch is a service oriented compa- ◗ www.ardanuy.com and asset which has contributed to our cialised in Civil Works whose origins are ees, selling over 100 million Euros a The company offers a complete range of ny. Our task is to provide our customers Ardanuy is a consultancy company that international growth and to the develop- in railways, forming part of the history year, specially on export markets, with high performance products: rolling stock, needs with reliable results. Aquafrisch specializes in studies, designs, works ment of innovative solutions. and evolution of the railways and its infra- over 27,000 static converters, 35,000 sig­nalling, maintenance and modernisa- provides a wide offer in equipment and management and technical consultancy structures in Spain and abroad.Throughout passenger information systems, 6,000 tion, infrastructure and integrated solu­ services in both working fields for the pertaining to Rail, Metro, Tram and Cable these years, Azvi has participated in numer- HVAC systems, 10,000 WC modules and tions. company: Transport. ous construction, rehabilitation, conserva- a variety of designs for the exterior as In Spain, Alstom Transport employs 1.- Aquafrisch Rail: solutions for railway The company was founded in December tion and maintenance projects over more the interior of the trains, metros and around 2000 people in 19 working sites, equipment in depots and workshops. 1992 and is made up of a team of over than 1,000 kilometres of track, of which tramways all over the world. has a manufacturing site in Barcelona 2.- Aquafrisch Agua: solutions for wa- 100 Engineers and Architects. Other ex- almost 450 km have been High-Speed Rail and de­velops R&D programmes both for ter treatment both in consumption and perts also act as consultants to Ardanuy ASSIGNIA built within the last 25 years.Azvi also has rolling stock and railway signalling and waste waters. staff on specific projects. INFRAESTRUCTURAS, S.A. a large and modern machinery park which safety­ projects. In Spain, Ardanuy carries out work from of- ◗ A vd. Quitapesares 11 allows the company to carry out works with The technological laboratory located in fices in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville Pol. Emp. Villapark its own machines and a Logistics Centre Madrid has become a benchmark­ for and Tenerife. It also has offices in Lithuania, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, equipped with modern facilities and state signalling projects throughout the world. Poland, India, Colombia, Algeria and USA. (MADRID) of the art resources in order to centralize a al-ko Ardanuy has always had a marked inter- ◗ P: +34 91 567 28 70 variety of support services to railway activi- ◗ Ctra. Durango-Elorrio, 25 national vocation. Currently over 90% of ◗ F: +34 91 571 96 28 ty, such as MachineryPark, materials, main- 48220 Abadiano (BIZKAIA) arcelormittal new contracts are won on the interna- ◗ [email protected] tenance, checking and repairing shops. ◗ P: +34 94 621 57 40 españa, s.a. tional market, in Western Europe: United ◗ www.assignia.com Research and Development is also an ◗ F: +34 94 681 37 04 ◗ Apdo. 570. Edificio Energías, 2ª Kingdom, Ireland and France; Central and Assignia Infrastructures is a company that important issue for Azvi. Through its own ◗ [email protected] AMURRIO FERROCARRIL pl. Eastern Europe: Poland, Bulgaria, Latvia, is part of the Essentium Group, which is R&D department, Azvi invests in railway re- ◗ www.al-ko.com Y EQUIPOS, S.A. 33691 Gijón (ASTURIAS) Lithuania; America: Bolivia, Chile, Colom- based in Spain. search and development, in collaboration AL-KO, a pioneer in the manufacture of ◗ Maskuribai, 10 ◗ P: +34 985 18 71 67 bia, Mexico, Peru, USA; Africa: Morocco, It has international experience in the de- with various public and private entities and shock absorbers in Spain, offers wide 01471 Amurrio ◗ fernando.sainz-varona@ Mozambique, Algeria, Egypt, South Africa; velopment, execution, management and investigation groups. range of shock absorbers and suspen- (ARABA) arcelormittal.com and Asia: India, Vietnam, Kazakhstan. operations of large infrastructure projects sion elements, backed by its engineer- ◗ P: +34 945 89 16 00 ◗ www.arcelormittal.com/ of all kinds, including concessions and ser- ing versatility that provides innovative ◗ F: +34 945 89 24 80 rails+specialsections vices. technical solutions to meet the needs of ◗ [email protected] ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel Assignia has participated in all high-speed its customers. ◗ www.amufer.es and mining company and it is part of a railway projects in Spain. Its experience is This fact has lead AL-KO, to carry out -in Amurrio Ferrocarril y Equipos, S.A. is one small group of rail manufactures whose reflected in the various projects developed BOMBARDIER ESPAÑA all its plants- major investments in re- of the international market leaders in production has developed notably in ARTECHE (ELECTROTÉCNICA including infrastructures, superstructures, ◗ Avda. Burgos, 17 search and testing facilities, as well as in the design, production and installation the specialized high-speed, heavy- haul, ARTECHE SMARTGRID, S.L.) stations, new lines or renovations of lines Complejo Triada-Torre A expansions and refurbishments with the of railway materials. Our rolling stock metro, conventional lines and other ap- ◗ D erio Bidea, 28 in circulation that include: high-speed, con- 28036 Madrid (MADRID) objective of implementing a flexible, ef- interchanges and crossings are installed plications are light rail and tram in the 48100 Mungia (BIZKAIA) ventional and sub-urban lines, trams and ◗ P: +34 91 383 62 00 ficient and profitable production, also in in high-speed rail lines, underground different qualities of normal carbon ◗ P: +34 94 601 12 00 metros, the expertise in the sector is com- ◗ F: +34 91 383 61 98 small series. lines, tram lines, and conventional steel, micro alloyed and head hardened ◗ F: +34 94 615 56 28 plemented by performing maintenance ◗ [email protected]. All this serves to make AL-KO a compe- railways throughout Europe, Asia, Amer- rails. ◗ [email protected] works thereof. bombardier.com tent party in developing effective solu- ica and Africa. ArcelorMittal quality has been recog- ◗ www.arteche.com The in-house machinery park (available for ◗ www.bombardier.com

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Bombardier Transportation, a global liver high reliability solutions adapted to through its network of representatives and Cetren is also the first private center expert Portugal and Turkey. It has also taken part leader in rail technology, offers the each and every client’s specific needs in distributors, the Calmell Group is able to in railway staff training, as approved by in a large number of projects in other mar- broadest portfolio in the rail industry. compliance with railway standards. satisfy your needs on a global level. the Ministry of Public Works and Transport kets such as Italy, the Philippines, Taiwan, Bombardier Transportation Spain is one since 2007. Malaysia, India, etc. This extensive experi- of the leading exporters of the Spanish ence has been the key for its consolidation railway industry, employing more than CAF - CONSTRUCCIONES in the railway sector and has enabled it to 750 people in its plants and offices in Y AUXILIAR DE become the leader in the railway construc- Trápaga (Biscay), San Sebastian de los FERROCARRILES, S.A. tion industry. Reyes and Alcobendas (Madrid), Ma- ◗ Padilla, 71 - 6 CAF signalling CETEST drid and Barcelona, and taking part in 28006 Madrid (MADRID) ◗ C/ Sepúlveda, 7B ◗ L azkaibar, s/n COLWAY FERROVIARIA, S.L. some of the major railway projects in ◗ P: +34 91 436 60 00 28108 Alcobendas (MADRID) 20200 Beasain (GIPUZKOA) ◗ C/Botánica, 149-151 the country. ◗ F: +34 91 436 60 11 ◗ P: +34 91 798 27 50 ◗ P: +34 943 028 690 08908 L'Hospitalet (BARCELONA) Its Propulsion Systems plant located ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 91 661 37 51 ◗ [email protected] ◗ P: +34 93 414 65 12 in Trápaga (Biscay) and its Centre ◗ www.caf.net ◗ [email protected] ◗ www.cetestgroup.com ◗ F: +34 93 639 86 04 of Excellence in Rail Signalling CAF is a firm focused on investigation, de- ◗ wwww.cafsignalling.com Test and analysis services for: ◗ [email protected] DANOBAT Engineering located in San Sebastian velopment, design, production and main- CAF Signalling, the technological subsidi- ■ Design verification and validation. ◗ www.colway-08.com ◗ Arriaga Kalea, 21 de los Reyes (Madrid) are world top tenance of Rolling stocks for the railway ary of the CAF Group, provides rail traffic ■ Full homologation of new products and Colway Ferroviaria,S.L., company belong- 20870 Elgoibar technological centres, leading the industry. Our product range include from signalling, both in Spain and abroad. vehicles. ing to the COLWAY Group, specializes in (GIPUZKOA) requests for Bombardier’s propulsion High Speed, to regional and suburban As such, it offers railway signalling solu- ■ Failure analysis and optimization. the design, engineering, manufacture, ◗ P: +34 943 748 044 and signalling systems for Spain and trains, articulated units, underground trains, tions and remote control for Railway infra- Fully accredited test lab with more than 40 supply, installation and commissioning of ◗ F: +34 943 743 138 for the rest of the world. Exports LRVs, light underground trains and loco- structures. years of experience in railway testing. turnkey railway vehicle interiors. Through ◗ [email protected] represent already more than 85% of motives. Maintenance of the whole range. CAF Signalling, boats the Company’s own Test services cover the following areas: the integrated management of modular ◗ www.danobat.com its activity. It boasts production premises throughout in-house engineering and expertise to take ■ Structural components. supplies, based on experience, knowledge, Danobat Railways business unit focuses its Spain (Beasain, Irun, Zaragoza, Castejón on “turn-key” railway signalling projects ■ Running gear. research and innovation, the company activity in the supply of turnkey solutions and Linares), as well as in the USA (Elmira with recognition from several Railway Ad- ■ Suspension systems. achieves the satisfaction of the needs and for the manufacturing and maintenance of NY), France (Bagnères de Bigorre), Mexico ministrations in Spain and other countries ■ Vehicle dynamics. expectations of its customers: railway man- railways rolling stock, incorporating own (Mexico Df) and Brazil (Sao Paulo) and in Europe, America, Africa, Middle East and ■ Noise and vibrations. ufacturers and public administrations. products of leading technology, together Rail Technological Centres in Beasain and Asia. ■ Aerodynamics. Colway capabilities include Modular Sys- with those manufactured by specialized Zaragoza. CAF’s projects are distributed in ■ EMC and energy consumption. tem solutions for Rail Interiors as Toilet companies. over 25 countries around the world in the ■ Mechatronics. Modules, Front hoods, saloons, walls, Buf- It gathers extensive experience and qualifi- CABLES DE five continents. ■ Special instrumentation (Instrumented fet, Restaurant areas, vestibules. cation in the rendering of services such as COMUNICACIONES wheelsets, instrumented pantograph). engineering services, equipment integra- ZARAGOZA tion, complex project management, and ◗ Polígono de Malpica, CALMELL GROUP collaboration with the customer all along Calle D, nº 83 ◗ Pol. Ind. Pla d’en Coll the life of the project. 50016 Zaragoza CAF POWER & AUTOMATION C/ Fresser, 12 C Danobat has a strong international pres- (ZARAGOZA) ◗ Parque Tecnológico de San 08110 Montcada i Reixac ence and references in the most relevant ◗ P: +34 976 72 99 00 Sebastián. Pso. de Mikeletegi, (BARCELONA) CETREN COMSA CORPORACIÓN customers. ◗ F: +34 976 72 99 72 58 - 2º. 20009 San Sebastián ◗ P: +34 93 564 14 00 ◗ C/ Sierra de Cazorla, 1 – Las Matas. ◗ C/ Julián Camarillo 6A, 2ª planta ◗ [email protected] (GIPUZKOA) ◗ F: +34 93 564 58 22 28290 Las Rozas 28037 (MADRID) ◗ www.cablescom.com ◗ P: +34 943 30 92 51 ◗ [email protected] (MADRID) ◗ P: +34 913 532 120 Founded in 1971, Cables de Comu- ◗ F: +34 943 30 92 52 ◗ www.calmell.com ◗ T. Certificación: +34 91 127 97 27/ ◗ F: +34 913 504 954 nicaciones has been steadily building ◗ [email protected] The first company of the group, Calmell, 97 ◗ [email protected] its reputation as a respected business ◗ www.cafpower.com S.A. was founded in 1970, focusing its ac- ◗ T. Formación: +34 91 127 92 27/ 29 ◗ www.comsa.com in the field of communications cables. CAF P&A is a global manufacturer of elec- tivity on the manufacture or graphic prod- ◗ Certificación: [email protected] COMSA is the company of COMSA Cor- Cables de Comunicaciones has ce- tric power solutions as well as information ucts. Currently, the Calmell Group is the ◗ Formación: [email protected] poración specialised in the construction of DSAF – DINÁMICAS DE mented its position and its products and communications systems for the rail leader in access control and identification, ◗ www.cetren.es railway infrastructures. Founded in 1891, SEGURIDAD, S.L. are now used in over 50 countries industry. CAF P&A have equipped more through its companies Calmell S.A., Affix Cetren, as expert on the railway sector, has the company provides a comprehensive ◗ Avda. de San Blas nº 13 - around the world. The company has a than 5,000 vehicles world wide including, S.L., Idoneum S.A., which are respectively over 30 years experience in promoting and service in the field of railway construc- Polígono Industrial de Gojain 01170 wide range of products that are certi- metros, light rail, locomotives and high- engaged in producing the supports (tickets, certifying the quality in this sector. Our ex- tion and maintenance, electrification, and Legutiano (ARABA) fied according to the standards of the speed trains. cards,…), developing specific software and perience and exclusive dedication to rail- control and communication systems of ◗ P: +34 945 466 314 leading telecomm and railway opera- One of the main strategic lines is the de- hardware, personalization and security. ways allows us to offer global solutions for high speed rails, conventional rails, metros ◗ F: +34 945 466 314 tors in the majority of countries in Eu- velopment of its own technology. To do so, In the public transport sector it works for certification, as the Spanish Notified Body and tramways. In this business activity, it is ◗ [email protected] rope. It is dedicated to designing and as a major asset, CAF P&A has a team of integrators and operators supplying any according to European Interoperability leader in Spain, where has been involved ◗ www.dsaf.es developing excellent telecommunica- experienced, competent and dynamic spe- kind of support for ticketing and reader/ Standards and also acting as Independent in the construction of all high speed lines, DSAF is a company structure devoted to tions, signalling, instrumentation, data cialists. writer systems. Safety Assessor and Certification Entity of and has permanent operations in Argen- People’s Movement Safety. It is committed and fibre optic cables. CAF P&A develops, manufactures and de- With a strong international presence rail products, processes and services. tina, Brazil, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, to providing new technologies applied to

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design and project implementation, as well tabria) and focused on the design, devel- Faiveley Transport Ibérica, S.A. is a firm fo- Castings in carbon steel, alloy steel and railway network. Our services include mercialisation of railway materials, as initiatives that guarantee an approved opment and implementation of IT solu- cused on design, production, and mainte- stainles steel. project management and engineering & rails and railway accessories of all types evacuation safety level in this generalized tions on the railways industry (ie: ticketing, nance of auxiliary equipments for railway Our products: consultancy services, involving all phases in accordance with both European risk society. booking, passenger information system) industry (locomotives, rolling stocks, trams ■ Steel casting. of the project, from feasibility studies up (UNE EN), as well as American (ASTM) Emergency signalling is DSAF’s and access control and time&attendance and metros). Our product range include ■ Raw castings or fully machined. to commissioning and technical assistance Standards, not to mention others such main application area; it develops business. Founded on 1999, it holds a also the design, production, installation Examples: for the operation and maintenance of rail- as AREMA, etc. HICASA belongs to photoluminescent, electroluminescent wide portfolio of own products as a result and maintenance of ■ Bogie components. way infrastructure. Our experience covers a private group of companies, GEVIR, and LED signalling systems for people of years of evolution and adaptation to (PSD). ■ Pivots. civil works, track and platform, signaling which is made up of four enterprises evacuation in risk situations and customer needs. Ecocomputer provides as FT Ibérica is the branch for Spain, Portugal ■ Motor housings. and telecommunication systems, as well in Spain, and is special in the sense environments: tunnel evacuation safety, well onsite IT maintenance services for the and Mexico market of International Group ■ Pressure rings. as electrification (electric substations, over- that it combines its role of distributor vessel evacuation safety, building railways operators and administrator infra- Faiveley Transport. Our main facilities are in ■ Axle boxes. head lines, etc.). We are currently working with that of manufacturer, given that evacuation safety… structure companies (Railway Control and La Selva del Camp (Tarragona –Spain) and ■ Links... on railway projects in Europe, Middle East, it possesses its own specialist light rail DSAF safety applications are developed Regulation Centres, security infrastructure, Commercial offices in Madrid. Africa, Asia, South America and USA. factory, a fact which endows it with a in three big areas: tunnel safety (road / IT equipment). unique market profile. We can boast railway), safety in vessels, and buildings. of a roofed surface area at our instal- lations of over 13,000 m2, where we dispose of modern cutting and drilling FUNDICIONES GARBI, S.A. GAMARRA, S.A. machines that enable us to transform ◗ Bº Munsaratz, 33 ◗ Portal de Vergara, 6 GMV SISTEMAS, S.A.U. iron and steel and to supply orders of ELEKTRA-GRUPO ELEKTRA 48220 Abadiano (BIZKAIA) 01013 Vitoria (ARABA) ◗ Juan de Herrera, 17 - P.T.B. Boecillo any format and measurement, in ac- S.A. ◗ P: +34 94 621 54 80 ◗ P: +34 945 25 16 77 47151 Valladolid (VALLADOLID) cordance with the specifications re- DURO FELGUERA RAIL, S.A.U. ◗ C/ Apostolado, 34 ◗ F: +34 94 681 73 86 ◗ F: +34 945 27 49 48 ◗ P: +34 983 54 65 54 quested by our clients. We export over ◗ Pol. Ind. Fábrica de Mieres s/n 20014 San Sebastián ◗ [email protected] ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 983 54 65 53 50% of our products abroad. 33600 Mieres (GIPUZKOA) ◗ www.fundicionesgarbi.es ◗ www.gamarrasa.es ◗ [email protected] (ASTURIAS) ◗ P: +34 607 94 29 73 Founded back in 1972, Fundiciones Garbi Gamarra, S.A. at a glance: Spanish steel ◗ [email protected] ◗ P: +34 985 45 63 31 ◗ [email protected] has evolved from a traditional foundy to a foundry -located at Vitoria Gasteiz- an- ◗ www.gmv.com ◗ F: +34 985 45 61 64 ◗ www.grupoelektra.es Global Service Company for industry. nual production: 4,000 tons - customers: Since 1994 GMV provides Intelligent Trans- ◗ [email protected] Grupo Elektra is a market leader in the We offer a full catalogue of services start- European State Railways, - producers of port Systems, offering turnkey solutions ◗ www.durofelguera.com field of electrical and electronic equipment ing from the casting or other materials till rolling stock and their subsuppliers - as and specific products. GMV develops appli- DF Rail is a Spanish company specialized distribution for manufacturers of rolling delivery of “ready to use” parts or assem- foundry and supplier homologated by DB cations adapted to sector needs, including IDOM at the design, manufacturing and supply stock, maintenance and railway equipment bly sets. With this aim, we have developed AG (HPQ), ÖBB, SBB, SNCF (AFQ) (extract) satellite navigation, mobile communica- ◗ Zarandoa 23 of turnout systems and components for manufacturers. Being the leading company an organization oriented towards solid and as well as according to DIN EN ISO 9001: tions, passenger information, fare collec- 48015 Bilbao (VIZCAYA) Metro, Conventional, Heavy Haul or High in the railway sector in the supply of elec- competitive processes, ensuring quality 2000 + DIN 6700 - 2. tion systems and monitoring-and-control ◗ P: +34 94 479 76 40 Speed Lines. Turnouts, single and double trical equipment. Your solution provider in from design phase using APQP tools. Well Products: brake discs, brake block shoe centers. ◗ F: +34 94 475 93 64 crossovers, diamond crossings, single and electrical products for railway, with specific aware of customer satisfaction, we offer holders, buffers, spigots and essential steel GMV’s railway portfolio includes fleet man- ◗ [email protected] double slip crossings, single and double tecnical support. to our clients additional global services castings for bogies. agement system, SAE-R®, providing op- ◗ [email protected] junctions, switch expansion joints, ..., on Elektra Group is composed of an extensive including a full range of heat treatments, erators with an all-in system for planning ◗ www.idom.es wooden or concrete sleepers; for ballasted Spanish national network and has compa- machining, product inspection and test- and management, and other products like ◗ [email protected] or unballasted tracks; for single or com- nies in Romania, India and USA. ing (NDT’s, etc), protection and finishing CCTV, PA-Intercomm and Passengers Video ◗ [email protected] bined gauges; with monobloc Mn steel surface treatment (Painting, Metallization, Information, as well as electronic fare col- ◗ www.idom.es crossings or with swing nose crossings; Others...), including final assembly of dif- lection systems for railway sector. Idom is one of the european leading insulated glued joints; transition rails. ferent parts. For the Railway industry we GETINSa-PAYMA, S.L. companies in the field of professional are specialized on production of rolling ◗ C/ Ramón de Aguinaga, 8 services in engineering, architecture stock material. 28028 Madrid (MADRID) and consultancy. It is an independent ◗ P: +34 91 456 09 82 company established in 1957 and it faiveley transport ◗ F: +34 91 456 09 83 has participated in over 30.000 pro- IBERICA, S.A ◗ [email protected] jects in five continents. In 25 countries ◗ Pol. Ind La Drecera – c/ Mecánica, ◗ www.getinsa.es HICASA - HIERROS with 42 offices throughout Angola, ECOCOMPUTER S.L. 23 – 43470 La Selva del Camp With more than 40 years of experience in Y CARBONES, S.A. Arabia, Argelia, Belgium, Brazil, Can- ◗ C/ María Zambrano 5 - Bajo· 33401 (TARRAGONA). c/Antonio FUNOR, S.A. Transport Infrastructure Projects in Spain ◗ Polígono de Asipo, P48 ada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Avilés (ASTURIAS) Cabezón s/n – 28034 Madrid ◗ Pol. Ind. de Villalonquejar and all around the world, Getinsa-Payma, 33428 Cayés-Llanera (ASTURIAS) Germany, India, Laos, UAE, Spain, ◗ P: +34 985 52 50 46 (MADRID) C/ Condado de Treviño, 41 S.L. has grown into a top engineering firm ◗ P: +34 985 26 04 73 U.S.A., Libya, Morocco, Mexico, Peru, ◗ F: 34 985 56 83 17 ◗ T : +34 917282159 09001 Burgos (BURGOS) in Spain and an international benchmark ◗ F: +34 985 26 09 05 Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Turkey and ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 917282157 ◗ P: +34 947 29 84 80 in the sector. In Spain, Getinsa-Payma has ◗ [email protected] United Kingdom. ◗ www.ecocomputer.com ◗ jesus.delatorre@faiveleytransport. ◗ F: +34 947 29 82 93 played a leading role both in the moderni- ◗ www.hicasa.com More than 2.500 staff posseses the Ecocomputer S.L. is a technology firm com ◗ info@funorsa. es zation of the conventional railway and in HICASA specialises in the storage, expertise and experience to cover all based on North Spain (Asturias and Can- ◗ www.faiveleytransport.com ◗ www.funorsa.es the development of the new high speed transformation, distribution and com- the phases of a railway project ( high

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speed, conventional, freight, metro, IKERLAN, LORTEK, TEKNIKER y VI- for railway operations management, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia ject, starting with the precise definition light rail, tramway, depot and work- COMTECH. control and supervision, having spe- 48160 Derio (BIZKAIA) of the needs of the client to offer an shops..), from conception to commis- IK4 Research Alliance tiene por ob- cific solutions already tested on high ◗ P: +34 94 655 90 00 integrated solution that brings together sioning and beyond. jeto la generación, captación y trans- speed and conventional lines and ◗ F: +34 94 403 98 37 construction, production, environmental Idom will accompany the client by ferencia de conocimiento científico- metropolitan operations. Indra is also ◗ [email protected] INTERNACIONAL and personnel aspects via analysis, cal- providing the correct technical assis- tecnológico principalmente al tejido a leader in ticketing systems for trans- ◗ www.ingeteam.com HISPACOLD, S.A culation and engineering. tance required for the decision-making empresarial, con el fin de contribuir a port operators and has facilities and Ingeteam is an expert leader in the ◗  Avda. Hacienda San Antonio,1 Installations, vehicles and equipment process: technical specifications for la mejora de su competitividad y, en projects all over the world. development of electrotechnical and Pol. Ind. El Pino are delivered in an operational state design, alternatives studies, demand general, al progreso de la sociedad. Furthermore, Indra develops high-pre- power electronics systems providing 41016 Sevilla (SEVILLA) with their corresponding operating and and traffic studies, financial and socio- Actualmente reúne 1275 personas y en cision safety and signalling systems. At involving energy exchanges at large. ◗ p: +34 954 677 480 maintenance manuals and even training economical analysis,basic and detailed 2014 tuvo unos ingresos de 102 M€. this moment in time, Indra’s solutions Our capacities and the experience on ◗ F: +34 954 999 728 courses for outside staff, integral main- design, operational and maintenance are completely unique because of their the railways sector allow us to offer ◗ [email protected] tenance for the life of said installations plans,works supervision, testing and high level of integration and adapta- technological solutions that signifi- ◗ www.hispacold.es and a complete after-sales and repair commissioning. tion to the current and future necessi- cantly contribute to reach our custom- Hispacold is a World leader company for service. ties of the railway environment what- ers´ strategic objectives, leading to climate systems specialized in comfort ever may be the most state of the art maximize operational efficiency. for people with more than 30 years’ ex- IMPLASER 99, S.L.L. technological and operative options. We strive towards on offering in- perience. ◗ Pol. Ind. Borao Norte, Nave 5A Indra has managed to open a competi- house/state-of-the-art developments Hispacold designs and manufactures 50172 Alfajarín (ZARAGOZA) tive market for the first time based on for. HVAC solutions for all rail vehicles: JEZ SISTEMAS ikusi ◗ P: +34 902 18 20 22 technological and economical com- trams, metros, EMUs, DMUs, LRVs… FERROVIARIOS, S.L. ◗ Paseo Miramón, 170 ◗ F: +34 902 18 20 22 petitiveness. with proven and reliable technology so- ◗ A rantzar, s/n 20014 San Sebastián ◗ [email protected] lutions. 01400 Llodio (ARABA) (GIPUZKOA) ◗ www.implaser.com In Hispacold each activity is based on a ◗ P: +34 94 672 12 00 ◗ P: +34 943 44 88 00 Implaser is a Spanish company focused solid quality culture and on a real com- ◗ F: +34 94 672 00 92 ◗ F: +34 943 44 88 20 in developing innovative security signs mitment with the environment. Quality ◗ [email protected] ◗ [email protected] for railway projects. Innovation and INSTALACIONES certifications ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OS- ◗ www.jez.es ◗ www.ikusi.com quality are our mainstays, as we were INECO INABENSA, S.A. HAS 18001 are only the smallest part of JEZ Sistemas Ferroviarios, S.L. is com- Ikusi offers integral solutions for ex- the first SME being certified in R+D+I ◗ Paseo de la Habana, 138 ◗ Energía Solar, 1 - this working way. mitted to designing, manufacturing, ploiting the diverse means of urban in Spain. Implaser has all the range of 28036 Madrid (MADRID) Palmas Altas Hispacold is a company of Irizar Group supplying and maintenance of all types public transport (Bus/BRT/Tramway/ products certified by AENOR with pho- ◗ P: + 34 91 452 12 00 41014 (SEVILLA) SC, which employees more than 3.000 of manganese steel switches and rail- Light Rail/Metro/Suburban), as well as toluminescent values of 150, 300, 580 ◗ [email protected] ◗ P: +34 95 493 60 00 people in the five continents and has a way track systems, in addition to mould- in intermodal transport hubs. One pro- and 720 mcd/m2. ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 95 493 60 05 global turnover of more than 550 Mil- ed cast steel parts for the general posal, backed up with a track record We are also specialized in the manu- ◗ www.ineco.com ◗ [email protected] lion €. This gives Hispacold the benefits industry. reaching back more than 20 years in facturing of informative, security and Global leader in transport engineering ◗ www.inabensa.com from a multinational organization while Our Technical Department (Department the sector, has the main goal of im- accessibility stickers for coaches, to be and consultancy, it has contributed to In the railway sector, Inabensa is an maintaining an individual company of R&D) ensures we have the capability proving passenger experience, guaran- used both indoor and outdoor. the development of transport infra- international reference for overhead spirit. of designing and producing points and teeing safety, increasing revenue from Hard work and great concern for inno- structures for over 45 years in more lines, traction substations, commu- Hispacold’s presence in the five conti- crossings (turnouts, crossovers, scissor secondary sources independent from vation has allowed us to develop new than 45 countries. Its high level tech- nications and ancillary installations: nents guarantees the best technical as- crossovers and diamond crossings) or the main activity, and streamlining op- products, such as photoluminescent nical specialisation allows its activity high voltage, low voltage, lighting and sistance at any place of the world. parts for them, such as hard steel man- erational efficiency. systems combined with electrolumi- to diversify into new markets and rein- ventilation. ganese crossings or spare tongues. nescent and guiding systems by LEDs. force its presence in those where it is Inabensa undertakes turn-key projects, At JEZ Sistemas Ferroviarios, S.L. we already established. Its participation in ranging from designing, supplying and fit our developments to meet clients the whole railway system in Spain has installing to maintaining electrifica- needs. led the company to develop important tion system for both conventional and international projects like the Makkah- high-speed railways, freight, subways, ITK INGENIERÍA, S.A. IK4 RESEARCH ALLIANCE Madinah high speed in Saudi Arabia, trams and monorails. ◗ Parque CientíficoT ecnológico de ◗ Pol. Azitain 3K, 2ºG the Ankara-Istanbul line in Turkey and It also holds one of the most advanced Gijón - Parcela 5 - Edificio ITK. 20600 Eibar (GIPUZKOA) the HS2 project in the United Kingdom. pools of rail plants in the sector, highly 33203 Gijón (ASTURIAS) ◗ T: +34 94 382 03 50 INDRA sophisticated with the utmost func- ◗ P: +34 985 35 50 00 kelox, S.A. ◗ [email protected] ◗ Avda. de Bruselas, 35 tionality and approved for use in the ◗ F: +34 985 35 70 50 ◗ Isla de Jamaica, 8 ◗ www.ik4.es 28108 Alcobendas (MADRID) EU. Inabensa has its own overhead line ◗ [email protected] 28034 Madrid (MADRID) K4 Research Alliance es una alianza de ◗ P: +34 91 626 88 58 equipment technology, CAVE overhead ◗ www.itk-ingenieria.es ◗ P: +34 91 334 15 90 centros tecnológicos, privada e inde- ◗ F: +34 91 626 88 68 line and TkMx overhead line, and it One line of business in which ITK has ◗ F: +34 91 358 05 64 pendiente, de referencia en el ámbito ◗ [email protected] also has an R&D department focusing become involved has been the develop- ◗ [email protected] tecnológico europeo. Está integrada ◗ www.indra.es INGETEAM POWER on energy storage systems, bidirection- ment, supply and assembly of installa- ◗ www.kelox.es por 9 entidades del País Vasco: AZTER- Indra is a world leader and pioneer in TECHNOLOGY, S.A. al substations, detection of broken rail tions and equipment for the rail sector. Kelox launched its railway activity in LAN, CEIT, CIDETEC, GAIKER, IDEKO, the supply of technological platforms ◗ Edificio 702 and software development. ITK’s work takes in all aspects of a pro- 1977, manufacturing catering equip-

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ment for dining cars on longdistance industry and MB SISTEMAS is part of MONDRAGON the railway industry. Our products and ser- switching to the three Spanish gauges. Also lines. architecture) and other Electronic de- CORPORATION. vices project the assets’ future from data innovative is our implementing system of The experience and knowledge ac- vices. We develop turnkey “World Class” en- generated daily. The objective is to give our noise barriers from the railway track and its quired over the years have become Kelox Luznor offers you (in its factory in Vi- gineering projects, implementing au- client the possibility to control his/her own foundations. Generic activities of building specialist in the design and full supply toria) highly qualified technicians, a tomation solutions into the Assembly business and to avoid surprises. Thanks to and general construction. of galleys and catering equipment for high standard of quality, an effective and welding phases of manufacture mgn transformaciones our expert knowledge we provide wheel high-speed, shuttle and regional trains. system development, manufacture and process for car body structures of rail- del caucho, s.a. life management, productivity improvement Our style of design is characterised by testing, and above all, a philosophy road passenger cars. ◗ C/ Candelaria, 9 - Pol. Ind. Camino and O&M cost reduction. harmony; it is beautiful, ergonomic and of commitment to our customers al- We give “ad hoc” solutions for the del Calvario functional, always according to the cus- lowing us to offer innovative products customer’s needs; having implanted 28864 Ajalvir (MADRID) tomer specifications. equipped with advanced technology successfully our facilities around the ◗ P: +34 91 887 40 35 PATENTES TALGO, S.L. and recognized prestige. world. ◗ F: +34 91 884 45 84 ◗ C/ Paseo del Tren Talgo, 2 As engineering we develop both, ro- ◗ [email protected] 28290 Madrid (MADRID) botic installations and special ma- ◗ www.mgncaucho.com p4q electRonics, s.l. ◗ P: +34 91 631 38 00 chines for any assembly process. MGN was established in 1957 and since ◗ Ctra. Bilbao-Balmaseda, Km. 9 ◗ F: +34 91 631 38 93 then it has been developing its activity both 48810 Alonsotegi (BIZKAIA) ◗ [email protected] LA FARGA LACAMBRA, designing and manufacturing rubber-metal ◗ P: +34 94 498 20 28 ◗ www.talgo.com S.A.U. MANUSA DOOR SYSTEMS components, mainly for the railway industry. ◗ [email protected] Talgo, leading High Speed rolling stock ◗ Ctra. C-17z - Km. 73,5 ◗ A vda. Via Augusta, 85-87 - MGN invests in research and innovation as a ◗ www.p4q.com manufacturer in Spain, has over 70 years of 08508 Les Masies de Voltregà 6ª planta. basis for the development of elements to be At P4Q we are involved in the complete experience manufacturing very high speed, (BARCELONA) 08174 Sant Cugat del Vallès adapted in the new understanding of pas- development of electronic devices and lean high speed, intercity and regional trains, tilt- ◗ P: +34 93 859 40 20 (BARCELONA) senger and fright trains, taking the lastest production services. We are structured as an ing passenger coaches and locomotives. ◗ F: +34 93 859 55 30 ◗ P: + 34 902 321 400 technological advances of the rubber world, integral supplier of electronics solutions, fo- The company is also a pioneer in providing ◗ [email protected] ◗ P: +34 935 915 700 METALOCAUCHO, S.L. vibration control and damping systems. cused in flexibility and quick development. complete maintenance solutions to railway ◗ www.lafarga.es ◗ F: +34 902 321 450 ◗ Polígono Erratzu, 253 We design under customer specs and ap- operators worldwide, and is specialized in La Farga Lacambra is a model company ◗ F: +34 932 185 610 20130 Urnieta (GIPUZKOA) proval. Being a partner of our customers the design and manufacture of maintenance in the railway sector, with more than ◗ [email protected] ◗ P: +34 943 33 37 55 giving global support attending local pro- equipment for any type of rail vehicles. 200 years’ experience in the copper ◗ www.manusa.com ◗ F: +34 943 33 37 51 duction demands. Is the basis of our strat- industry. A solid international pres- Manusa is the Spanish market leader ◗ [email protected] egy. We have facilities in Albuquerque (NM), ence and continuous innovation in the in design, production, installation and ◗ www.metalocaucho.com NEWTEK SOLIDOS S.L USA as well as in Spain. search for new alloys have enabled it maintenance of automatic door sys- MTC specialises in the design and ◗Pol. Abendaño. Urdaneta bidea, 3B. to produce high-service materials. tems. Established in 1966, it has 12 manufacture of anti-vibration and sus- Zarautz - (GIPUZKOA) La Farga Lacambra provides global delegations in Spain, branches in Por- pension solutions for Rolling stock. ◗ P: +34 943 835942 solutions for copper materials and its tugal, Brazil, Singapore and India and The Company was established ◗ F: +34 943 894441 PRECON; PREFABRICACIONES alloys such as CuMg, CuSn or CuAg, international presence in more than 70 in 1982 and currently has three ◗ [email protected] Y CONTRATAS, S.a.u. integrating the whole productive pro- countries around the world. manufacturing sites, located in ◗ www.newteksolidos.com ◗ C/ Espronceda, 38, local 3 cess and ensuring the maximum tech- Manusa develops specific products Spain (HQ), China and India. NEWTEK SOLIDOS, S.L. manufactures sand 28003 Madrid (MADRID) nical qualities. These products satisfy for public transport, such as platform In 2009 the company was awarded filling systems for the railway equipment in- PARRÓS OBRAS, S.L. ◗ P: +34 91 343 03 48 the needs of the market for all kind of screen doors (PSD) and ticket gates for IRIS Certification. dustry, sand feeders, storage silos, pneumat- ◗ Ctra. Virgen del Monte, 1 ◗ F: +34 91 359 12 46 lines and speeds around the world. access control, as well as one-way cor- MTC, being among the leading compa- ic transport, dust return systems, sand load- 13260 Bolaños de Calatrava ◗ [email protected] ridors, onboard doors and tunnel parti- nies in its sector, supplies to the main ing equipment and facilities maintenance.. (CIUDAD REAL) ◗ [email protected] tioning doors, always with the Manusa Rolling stock Constructors worldwide, ◗ P: +34 926 88 47 05 ◗ www.cemolins.es technology support. including Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, ◗ F: +34 926 88 47 06 PRECON is the Spanish leader in design and CSR, CNR, Hyundai Rotem, Siemens, ◗ [email protected] supply of precast concrete products for rail- Talgo, Vossloh). ◗ www.parros.es way tracks, either ballasted and ballastless We also collaborate with Operators for Family business with over 25 years experi- tracks. LUZNOR the supply of spare components for ence in civil construction and iron and steel PRECON has supplied solutions based on ◗ Paduleta, 47 their overhaul projects. nuevas estrategias industry for the railway sector. Parros Group monoblock, twinblock, block, slabs and 01015 Vitoria (ARABA) Our main products are rubber-metal de mantenimiento, s.l. which is specialized in pile driving and ca- sleepers for switches and crossings. Either ◗ P: 945 200 961 MB SISTEMAS, S. COOP. primary and secondary suspensions, ◗ Paseo Mikeletegi, 54 - 2º tenary foundations, has implemented the for high speed, conventional lines, heavy ◗ F: 945 200 971 ◗ Pol. Ind. Igeltzera - focusing on primary springs (conical or 20009 Donostia (GIPUZKOA) 80% of the foundations of the entire Span- haul, subways and tramways. PRECON ◗ [email protected] C/ Igeltzera, 8 chevron type), guiding bushes, guid- ◗ P: +34 943 30 93 28 ish High Speed Network. from its two Spanish factories has supplied ◗ www.luznor.com 48610 Urduliz (BIZKAIA) ing links, secondary air springs and ◗ F: +34 943 30 93 26 Whether conventional railway network or more than 15 millions twinblock sleepers, Luznor Company is specialized in the ◗ P: + 34 94 403 06 26 emergency springs, traction rods, elas- ◗ [email protected] Highspeed Railway (AVE), PARROS GROUP 5 millions monoblock sleepers, 500,000 ml design, manufacture and commerciali- ◗ F: + 34 94 403 06 27 tic bushings, buffers, layer springs as ◗ www.nemsolutions.com is distinguished by the versatility of our ma- sleepers for switches and crossings and cur- zation of professional torches (for rail- ◗ [email protected] well as a diverse range of associated At NEM Solutions we offer total control of chines adapted “Ad hoc” for auxiliary civil rently manufacture most of the slab track way industry), emergency lighting (for ◗ www.mbsistemas.es rubber-metal solutions. business operations and maintenances for works from the railway, with automatic systems in use in Spain.

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vestments. Sener is one of the leading engineering­ ■ Signaling: (Interlocking, Level ■ Dual-mode locomotives for United works; obtain a better usage of its The Rover Alcisa Group is present on all and technology groups in Europe with Crossing, CTC) Kingdom and PRASA (South Africa) rolling stock, having at the same time fronts and in all fields of civil works. Indeed, over one billion euros of annual turno­ ■ Electric BRTs ■ Shunting Locomotives for SNCF lower energy consumptions rates and its position as leader is plain to see. ver, more than 5,000 professionals and ■ Ticketing (France) to decrease energy consumption. It has a wealth of experience in all kinds a continuously growing international ■ Public transport prioritization ■ Locomotives Series 333 and Series of overland infrastructures: highways, dual presence with offices in more than 15 ■ Consulting Engineering (OFITECO): 334 for RENFE (Spain) REDALSA, S.A. carriageways and motorways. In addition to countries. In the field of railway engi- Railways lines, Tunnels, Load test ■ Metros for FGV (Valencia) ◗ General Solchaga, s/n its strong position in this sector, it also has neering, Sener count on an extensive (railways bridges) ■ Citylink Tram-Trains for FGV (Ali- P. I. de Argales, Apdo. 719 a notable and unique presence in railway experience in metros, light rail trains cante), SFM (Mallorca), FEVE (León) 47008 Valladolid (VALLADOLID) infrastructure: high-speed, metro and tram. systems and tramways, conventional in Spain; for VBK & AVG (Karlsruhe) ◗ P: +34 983 27 13 16 Its involvement in one-of-a-kind projects as railway line, freight transport and High and VMS (Chemnitz) in Germany; for ◗ F: +34 983 27 37 68 part of the Spanish rail network turned this Speed Lines. Sener’s activities range SYPTE (Sheffield) in UK and for Puebla ◗ [email protected] corporate group into one of only a handful from preli­minary, conceptual and fea- STADLER RAIL VALENCIA (Mexico) ◗ www.redalsa.com throughout Spain specializing in large-scale sibility studies, basic and detailed S.A.U. ■ Tramlink Tramways for Rostock (Ger- TALLERES ALEGRÍA, S.A. ■ Rail electrical welding LBS are arranged projects whose implementation is techni- engineering to project management ◗ Pol. Ind. del Mediterráneo – C/ many), Santos (Brazil) and Gmunden ◗ C/ Peña Santa, 7 - P.I. Silvota to form 288 meters for high-speed train cally complex. services, supervision of works, value Mitjera, 6 – 46550 Albuixech (Austria) 33192 Llanera (ASTURIAS) strecht and convencional rail network. engineering or ICE services. (Valencia) – España ■ Suspension Monorail for WSW (Ger- ◗ P: +34 985 26 32 95 ■ Engeneering services and integral man- ◗ P: +34 96 141 50 00 many) ◗ F: +34 985 26 60 1 agement for electrical welding factories and ◗ F: +34 96 141 50 02 ■ Bogies CIVIA, for RENFE (Spain) ◗ [email protected] management of rail stockpiles. ◗ [email protected] Certifications ◗ www.talegria.com ■ Regeneration of used rails to make LBS. ◗ www.stadlerrail.es IRIS2.0, ISO9001, ISO14001, OHSAS Talleres Alegría with more than 100 ■ Providing fastening complet systems. Activity 18001, EMAS, EN 15085 (welding), years at the service of railway´s Manufacture of metalic elements for difer- SEMI, S.A. (GRUPO ACS) Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U. has a com- DIN 7601 (bolding) networks, offers to its customers a wide ents fastening systems. Iron sheets J2.L1 or ◗ Manzanares, 4 mitment to innovation. Stat-of-the-art range of fixed track equipment with P50 for J2 and Elastic fastening clips SKL-1, 28005 Madrid (MADRID) SICE Tecnología technology and optimum quality are the best quality and service conditions. SKL14, SKL12 and new variant to "Fast- ◗ P: +34 91 701 77 00 y Sistemas the characteristics of the whole range Following its own technical design Clip". ◗ F +34 91 521 85 97 ◗ c/ Sepúlveda, 6 -Pol. Ind. of products developed and produced in or its customer’s, Talleres Alegría ■ Rail ultrasonic inspection, using hand- ◗ [email protected] Alcobendas 28108 Alcobendas the Valencia plant. manufactures among other turnouts held equipment and self-propelled movil ◗ www.semi.es (MADRID) As one of Europe’s leading rail industry for High Speed Lines, conventional equipment until 90 Km/h. ◗ www.grupoacs.com ◗ P: +34 916232200 manufacturers, we design and build lo- Siemens Rail Lines, subway and Tramway lines, as ■ Maintenance and repair work of train A society in international expansion. With ◗ F: +34 916232201 comotives as well as passenger trains. Automation S.A.U. well as End Forged Switch Points and coaches in our factory. Our facilities are the adaptability of a small business, the ◗ [email protected] Closely linked with the industrial herit- ◗ Ronda de Europa, 5 Track Vehicles. equipped with 3 Km of railway and 3 railway infrastructure of a big company and the ◗ www.sice.com age of railways and with the benefit of 28760 Tres Cantos (MADRID) Being aware of the relevance of access to RFIG. We have all the necessary financial backing of a large group. SEMI is SICE Tecnología y Sistemas, (SICE TyS) more than a century of experience, our ◗ P: +34 91 514 80 00 comfort within the railway sector, traction resources of 1668 track width. encompassed in the major companies of is a multinational group of Companies, goal is to design and manufacture ad- ◗ www.siemens.es/railautomation Talleres Alegría has collaborated ■ Thermal aluminium welding kits distribu- Industrial Services sector of the ACS group. technology and systems integrators vanced-technology, high-performance Siemens Rail Automation is the result- with leading companies developing tion. Focused in the industrial field, SEMI build operating in the fields of traffic and locomotives for present and future ing Company after the acquisition of and applying technical solutions for infrastructures for energy, transport, com- transport, environment and energy, public transport networks, to create the Invensys Rail Dimetronic group by mitigating noise and vibrations during munication, environment and non-residen- telecommunications and all types of new passenger vehicle concepts and to Siemens. The new division offers inte- the crossing over the turnouts. tial building. Activity in the railway area: industrial processes. provide comprehensive maintenance grated mobility solutions through the Electrification and Traction Substations for SICE TyS’s transport activities are services. most advanced technologies for rail- AC and DC, Auxiliary Electrical Equipment, focused on meeting the needs of users, Products way signalling and train control. ROVER ALCISA, S.A. Engineering and Consulting, Maintenance operators and transport operation ■ Dual-mode, Diesel-electric, electric Our main purpose is the supply of ◗ C/ Ochandiano, 18 - EdificioA of Catenary and Substations, Infrastructure concessionaires in the transport sector. mainline locomotives. “turn-key” projects, including all the Parque Empresarial El Plantío for Railway Signaling and Communications. As a systems integrators and ■ Shunting locomotives phases of design, development, sup- tectatom 28023 Madrid systems suppliers, they offer unique ■ Passenger rail vehicles: LVR, Metro ply, manufacturing, installing, testing, ◗ Avda. Montes de Oca, 1 San (MADRID) technological solutions tailored to all and Tram-Train. commissioning and maintenance of Sebastián de los Reyes ◗ P: +34 91 444 44 80 kind of installations. ■ Bogies for locomotives and trains. railway signalling systems and auto- 28703 Madrid (MADRID) ◗ F: +34 91 444 44 81 Design of the Centralized management ■ Maintenance for locomotives and matic train control systems for either ◗ P: +34 91 659 8600 ◗ [email protected] sener ingeniería of all services that complement any trains. mass transit applications as main line ◗ F: +34 91 659 8677 ◗ www.roveralcisa.com y sistemas, s.a. form of public or private transport ■ Components and spare parts. and high speed lines. The solutions ◗ [email protected] The Rover Alcisa Group came into being in ◗ S evero Ochoa, 4 (PTM) and integrates different solutions and References and systems of Siemens Rail Automa- ◗ www.tecnatom.es 1962, and brought together its corporate 28760 Tres Cantos (MADRID) systems: ■ Diesel-electric Locomotives of tion allow railways and metropoli- Tecnatom has more than 50 years of activities in Construction, Property Develop- ◗ P: +34 91 807 70 8 / 717 4 ■ Security&Safety Systems for Metros the families EURO4000, EURO3000 tan networks to improve the safety experience in the application of Non ment, Engineering, Mining Extraction and ◗ F: +34 91 807 87 32 and Railways and EUROLIGHT for Spain; Portugal; of their railway application; increase Destructive Testing (NDT) to the in- New Technology, giving rise to a diversified ◗ [email protected] ■ Telecommunications Systems for France; Italy; Norway; Sweden; United the capacity of the lines; reduce op- spection of components. It also of- corporate group ready to take on new in- ◗ www.sener.es Metros and Railways Kingdom and Israel erating costs; optimize maintenance fers its high technological level in

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the development and application of inspection systems and techniques to the railway market, where security and quality control are increasing re- quired. Tecnatom can provide its depth knowl- edge on materials currently used or TELICE typsa tested in the railway sector (metals ◗ Pol. Ind. Onzonilla, 2ª fase ◗ C/ Gomera, 9 28703 San Sebastián or new materials carbon-fiber based), 24391 Ribaseca. (LEÓN) de los Reyes (MADRID) taken advantage of its activities in the ◗ P: +34 987 22 10 04 ◗ P: +34 91 722 73 00 nuclear and aerospace sectors. ◗ F: +34 987 26 44 07 ◗ F: +34 91 651 75 88 The main fields where it is carrying ◗ [email protected] ◗ [email protected] out activities in the railway sector are: ◗ www.telice.es ◗ www.typsa.com ■ Inspection services for infrastruc- Telice is a Spanish company with 39 years Typsa Group is one of the most important tures and rolling stock of experience in several fields of technology European consulting groups and leader in ■ Development of inspection tech- installation, especially for the railway sector. the fields of civil engineering, architecture niques and procedures Our activities cover design, installation and and the environment. ■ Development of inspection equip- maintenance for Railway Electrification Sys- Since its creation, in 1966, Typsa Group’s ment and systems (ultrasonics, eddy tems, Railways Safety and Signalling, Optical ever-increasing activities, having focused currents) for rail transport compo- Fiber, Industrial Automation and Electrical both on preliminary assessment and on nents (track, axles, bogies, wheels) Installations. design, as well as supervision and/or man- ■ Training of operators on Non-De- Our extensive experience has made agement of construction projects in Eu- structive Testing (NDT) techniques Telice a preferred partner for carrying out rope, the Americas, Africa and the Middle ■ Development of training simulators work and providing services for important East. Typsa is one of the most experienced for train drivers. railroad administrations and major construc- Spanish consulting firms in the field of tion and technology companies in the rail- railways and metro systems. We have road industry. been involved in more than 4,700 km of High Speed lines (HSL), 2,600 km of con- ventional lines, 390 km of conventional metro and 450 km of tram and light-rail transits.

teknorail systems, s.a. THALES ESPAÑA GRP, S.A.U. ◗ Paseo de la Castellana, 91 ◗ S errano Galvache, 56 28046 Madrid Edificio Álamo 4º, (MADRID) Planta Sur ◗ P: + 34 91 515 60 00 28033 Madrid (MADRID) vaLDEPINTO, S.L. ◗ F:+ 34 91 564 72 86 ◗ P: +34 91 273 76 80 ◗ Calle Águilas, 9 - Nave 11 ◗ [email protected] ◗ F: +34 91 273 78 67 28320 Valdepinto (MADRID) ◗ www.teknorail.com ◗ [email protected] ◗ P: +34 91 691 42 68 Teknorail Systems, S.A. is a company ◗ www.thalesgroup.com ◗ F: +34 91 691 57 03 belonging to the EUROFINSA Group, Thales is a World leader in Mission Critical ◗ [email protected] whose activity focuses on the devel- Solutions for Land Transportation. Thales ◗ www.valdepinto.com opment of railway interior projects, Spain, with more tha 60 years of experience, Valdepinto, S.L. was established in 1986 and aimed both for the refurbishment of has been pioneer and leader in the techno- focuses its activities in the Railway sector. existing vehicles and also for new roll- logical development of the Spanish railways, We have four main product lines: ing stock, with a scope of supply that beein one of the main suppliers of safety and ■ All types of machining (specialists in elec- ranges from the design and engineer- telecommunication systems for the Span- trical insulation). ing to the industrialization and ma- ish Railways Administrations and present in ■ Screen printing, Signs and Engraving low- terial supply, including the technical countries as Turkey, Mexico, Algeria, Malay- relief. assistance to the car commissioning. sia, Egypt and Morocco. Its activity goes from ■ Metal transformation and welding. Teknorail’s main goal is to provide its the development, manufacturing installation, ■ Design and fabrication of transform- customers with high-quality solutions commissioning to the maintenance of equip- ers and coils of high/low voltage. Our for railway interiors by means of inno- ments and systems for railway signalling, philosophy is to always offer all our vation, global project management, train control, Telecommunication, Supervision clients an unbeatable value for Money, modular supply and flexible solutions. ticketing and critical infrastructures security. combined with an excellent service.

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