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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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