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years of Spanish high speed rail

truction, maintenance and operation of the railway
infrastructure. Structuralia also provides comple-
mentary training to hone engineers’ skills and aid
their professional development, such as project and
construction management, the use of special sof-
tware, and top-level business management.

2. At the request of Adif, Structuralia developed a
Master’s focusing on the technical specialization of TALGO
its staff, which they delivered to several hundred en-
gineers. That course led to the design of a Master’s 1. L1. Talgo’s entry into the high speed rail segment
course open to the public which has become one and its subsequent specialization in the development
of the most sought after postgrad courses, both by and manufacture of the most accessible and efficient
engineers working for government authorities and trains in the market worldwide is a demonstration of
those working in the private sector. the excellent state of health enjoyed by engineering in
Spain. Within the framework of the transport revolu-
3. Every year Structuralia continues to train thou- tion sparked by the new rail network, Talgo was able
sands of engineering, infrastructure and energy pro- to adapt to society’s demand. The solutions that Talgo
fessionals all over world. It now has students in 50 has developed have made them leaders in Spain’s very
countries. high speed rail sector thanks to proprietary techno-
Of the postgrad courses related to railways we logy that improves customer service, saves taxpayers’
would highlight the Master’s in the design, construc- money, and also makes it possible for many cities to
tion and maintenance of railway infrastructures and enjoy the benefits - in the form of shorter journey ti-
installations, the Postgrad in the design, construction mes - of the new infrastructures which had not pre-
and maintenance of high speed railway infrastruc- viously reached them.
tures, and the Postgrad in the design, construction
and maintenance of metropolitan railways. And with 2. Despite the fact that the range of locomotive-hau-
regard to skills development courses, they offer a led solutions for long distances at speeds of up to 200
Master’s in project management and an Executive In- km/h continues to occupy strategic place in Talgo’s
ternational MBA in infrastructure sector companies. portfolio, the fact is that the establishment of Spanish
high speed rail has required us to reinvent our diffe-
rentiated technology to adapt it to very high speed
(over 300 km/h). It has also enabled us to bid for in-
creasingly more projects at an international level.

3. Talgo is currently directly involved in the creation
of the first high speed line in the entire Middle East
with the supply of 36 very high speed trains for the
Saudi company SRO. With its presence in Uzbekistan,
Talgo has also become the only supplier of high speed
rolling stock in Central Asia.

TECSA

1. In recent years TECSA has been working on the
optimization and improvement of track laying pro-

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