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Month: June 2022
Interview
The amount of investment achieved in Spain to improveand enlarge its infrastructure can give an idea of the growth experienced in the last thirty years
Carlo Borghini | Europe´s Rail Executive Director
Mafex Magazine: Europe makes a firm commitment to sustainable, connected and digital mobility. In this shift of model, investments in R&D are also prioritised. The launch of Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, successor to … Sigue leyendo →
Mafex reports
New edition of Rail Live! 2020 from 29th November to 1st December 2022, Málaga
Rail Live! 2022 will be held in Malaga on the 29th November – 1st December to bring together high-level industry leaders who are driving sustainable development, investment and digital transformation in the Global rail sector.
The organization Terrapinn, … Sigue leyendo →
Members news
Pretenorte builds a new plant in Betoño and continues its investment and specialisation plan in the railway sector
Pretensados del Norte (Pretenorte) continues its specialisation in the railway sector. Specifically, in the manufacture of Prestressed Steel for railway sleepers. As Íñigo Quincoces, Director General of the company admits, this commitment to specialisation required “important changes and the adaptation … Sigue leyendo →
30 años de alta velocidad en España
High-Speed Lines In The Spanish Territory
THE MADRID SEVILLA LINE WAS FOLLOWED BY MANY OTHER HIGH-SPEED LINES THAT HAVE BECOME A NETWORK AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE GLOBAL RAILWAY INDUSTRY.
Madrid–Zaragoza–Barcelona–French border line
It was launched on 10th October 2003 and with its 443 kilometres in … Sigue leyendo →
30 years of High-Speed in Spain
30 years of High-Speed in Spain
HIGH-SPEED IN SPAIN HAS TURNED 30 YEARS OLD IN 2022. IT WAS ON 21ST APRIL 1992 WHEN THE FIRST AVE TRAIN BEGAN ITS JOURNEY IN OUR COUNTRY. SPECIFICALLY, BETWEEN THE CITIES OF MADRID AND SEVILLE. THREE DECADES LATER, THIS HIGH-SPEED … Sigue leyendo →
30 years of High-Speed in Spain
INFRASTRUCTURE High-Speed Line Madrid-Seville
The Madrid-Seville high-speed line, which with its 470.5 kilometres of track made it the longest high-speed line in Europe at the time, was the largest railway engineering work carried out in our country until then. It was put into service … Sigue leyendo →
30 years of High-Speed in Spain
High-speed puts the Spanish railway industry in the limelight of the global forefront
Not only did the arrival of high-speed in our country mean a paradigm shift in terms of mobility and transport. It also brought with it an important international projection of the Spanish railway and its industry, placing it on the … Sigue leyendo →
30 years of High-Speed in Spain
Operators
When the first AVE between Madrid and Seville was launched on 21st April 1992, at 300 kilometres per hour, Renfe had a fleet of 18 trains and 12 daily trips. Currently, that figure has multiplied to reach 229 vehicles and … Sigue leyendo →
In depth
Reuse Report: Circular Economy applied to the railway sector
Among the outlined initiatives to promote the circular economy in the railway, the ‘REUSE Report’ stands out, a project of the International Union of Railways (UIC). It is a document in which the association takes stock of sustainable resource management … Sigue leyendo →