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years of Spanish high speed rail

1. What were your main contributions to the AVE
in this quarter century?
2. To what extent have your contributions
aided your technological and commercial
development?
3. In what high speed projects are you taking
part in or have you taken part in, either in
Spain or abroad?

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INECO JEZ

1. Ineco has participated in the planning, design and 1. J1. JEZ has participated in the supply of high speed
development of Spanish high speed rail: from viability and conventional track equipment on the main high
studies and preliminary designs, through project su- speed lines built in Spain in the last 25 years. Since the
pervision, control and surveillance, construction su- Madrid-Seville line, JEZ has been involved in lines such
pervision, and commissioning, to the operating and as Madrid-Barcelona-French Border, Madrid-Vallado-
maintenance phase. Ineco has helped tackle major lid, Cordoba-Malaga, Madrid-Levante, Olmedo-Za-
engineering challenges in the form of tunnels, espe- mora-Pedralba, Valladolid-Palencia-León and Venta
cially complex urban integration, and architecturally de Baños-Burgos. JEZ’s involvement has been in the
singular viaducts. It has also designed stations all development and engineering of the track equipment
over Spain. and its manufacture, transport to the site, assembly
and commissioning, and technical support.
2. This experience has enabled the company to ex-
port its high level of technological capability and 2. JEZ has grown both in terms of its range of pro-
provide more advanced solutions to the projects ducts and their technical complexity. The develop-
that it tackles. ment of high speed components has brought about
the internal development of our engineering de-
3. We would highlight our work on the Spanish high partment, our manufacturing capabilities, and our
speed rail network. Outside Spain Ineco has partici- on-site technical support. JEZ has been able to take
pated in major projects such as HS2 (UK), the Mec- out patents on its own inventions in the field of high
ca-Medina high speed line, the New Delhi-Calcutta speed rail. High speed rail has also contributed to the
HSL, and the Ankara-Istanbul HSL. international projection of our company.

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