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Traffic regulation centres
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Once this European standard was accepted into operating contracts on new high speed lines
beyond the bounds of Europe, the fact of having worldwide, supplying high speed rolling stock and
developed technically interoperable systems has control-command, signalling, power, and operating
enabled the Spanish railway industry to attain a le- systems.
vel of competitiveness which has opened the door Today the Spanish railway industry bills over
to successful bids to provide equipment and enter 70% of its sales abroad. The key to success was to
S103 and S102 trains at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha.
years of Spanish high speed rail
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