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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
LUNA-ARCHIVO VÍA LIBRE part in or have you taken part in, either in
Spain or abroad?
2. For the all the Series SAFT proposed the 5th genera- entry into service of the Madrid-Seville high speed
tion known as Sintered/Plastic Bonded Electrode. In se- line, Siemens has participated, with either its signa-
ries 102 and 112 manufactured by Talgo it was proposed lling, electrification, telecommunications, maintenan-
a single cell construction battery while for the 100 and ce technologies or its rolling stock, in all the high
103 in block concept. It has reinforced our leadership speed lines that are in operation or under construc-
in Rail market for back-up applications and showed a tion in Spain.
clear preference for Saft solutions in High-Speed Trains
2. Due to the Spanish railway authority’s pivotal com-
3. Saft has a global footprint that position Saft as mitment to the implementation of the highest stan-
main supplier for such in Europe but also China, Ja- dards of safety and reliability in the construction of
pan and one of the most notorious in Saudi Arabia high speed lines, Siemens Spain has had the oppor-
covering the Mecca-Medina. Our mains references in tunity to develop technological solutions until it has
High Speed Trains abroad are listed as follows: Eu- now become a benchmark company in the Spanish
rostar, WCML Class 390 Pendolino, Mecca Medina railway sector and the world over. It has also deve-
Haramain High Speed Railway, IEP London - Super loped an international Signalling Competence Centre.
Express trains, SNCF – TGV or NTV (Nuovo Trasporto
Viaggiatori ) – AGV among others. 3. In Spain: Madrid-Toledo, Madrid-Segovia-Valla-
dolid, Valladolid-León, Madrid-Barcelona-French
Border, Madrid-Valencia, Cordoba-Malaga, Anteque-
ra-Granada, and Olmedo-Orense-Santiago. Supply
of Series AVE S103 rolling stock for high speed lines.
Abroad: Mecca-Medina HSL in Saudi Arabia and
Ankara-Konya HSL in Turkey.
SIEMENS
1. As leader of the Hispano-German consortium,
Siemens was responsible for laying the first stone
in the construction of high speed lines in Spain with
the award of the contract for the Madrid-Seville high
speed line. In 1989, Renfe contracted a second Hispa- STRUCTURALIA
no-German consortium, also under the leadership of
Siemens, to manufacture and supply 75 high power 1. Since its creation in 2001, Structuralia has trained years of Spanish high speed rail
universal locomotives. over 1,500 railway engineering professionals in cour-
After the technical and commercial success of the ses and Masters’ specializing in the design, cons-
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