A reference in transport engineering and consultancy company, Ineco has been designing comprehensive, innovative and technological solutions for 50 years that have enabled progress towards a new, more sustainable and safer mobility model. Solutions that contribute directly to improving the quality of life of millions of people.

Presidency:  Sergio Vázquez Torrón. Engineering and Consultancy General Director: Patricia Rey. National Business General Director: Moisés Gilaberte. International Business General Director: Ainhoa Zubieta. Organization and Corporate Services General Director: Magdalena Bodelón. Corporate Coordination Executive Director: Celestino Rodríguez. General Secretary: Alberto Torró. Strategy and Management Control Director: Daniel Latorre.  Innovation and Product Development Director: Ana Rojo.

Thanks to its comprehensive, multidisciplinary and technological approach, Ineco has remained a leading player in Spain in the railway sector, with a solid track record that began more than 50 years ago. Among the main projects carried out in Spain are the works in the railway complex at Atocha station, in Madrid, the pioneering design of a CTT (Technical Treatment Center) at Sagrera station, in Barcelona, the renovation of the signaling systems for the Madrid-Seville high-speed line and the reactivation of the 25 kV substation project. Ineco continues to work on major international projects on the European continent, such as Rail Baltica, the high-speed corridor that will connect the three Baltic republics, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-t) through Poland and Finland. The design of two key sections in Latvia and, through a framework agreement, the provision of consultancy services in financial, marketing and environmental matters, among others, should be highlighted.

Top products: ENGINEERING AND CONSULTANCY: 1. II AND III PHASE ATOCHA EXPANSION. 2. OPEX PHASE MAKKAH TRAIN.

With the arrival of the funds linked to the Transformation, Recovery and Resilience Plan, activity has increased and there has also been a paradigm shift in the sector, with greater progress than expected in challenges related to sustainable mobility, liberalisation, digitalization, intermodality and interoperability, a transformation to which Ineco has not been oblivious.
In this context, the objectives have been met. On the one hand, very mature products have been consolidated, covering the entire life cycle of projects: technical assistance, maintenance and operation, station improvement works, support in train manufacturing, ICT, etc. At the same time, activities related to new challenges, such as safety, digitalisation and interoperability, have increased. The company is committed to environmental responsibility, the resilience of infrastructure to the impact of climate change, the incorporation of architecture with a gender perspective in the design of railway stations, energy efficiency and innovation.

Collaborative projects: works in which Ineco participates in coordination with other companies to achieve a common goal.

HORIZON 2020 Program

-RAILGAP (2020-2023)
It continues the work started with ERSAT GGC and addresses the integration of various sensors (GNSS, LIDAR, etc.) to define the "Ground Truth" of the train position. Ineco is leading the ground truth definition work package.

SHIFT2RAIL Program
Shift2Rail is the European Commission's sectoral program dedicated to innovation in the railway sector. Ineco participates in it through its Open Calls, of which it has been awarded as part of several consortiums.

-OPTIMAL (2019-2022)
Develops several rail traffic control center demonstrators as specified by the Shift2Rail program. Ineco participates together with ADIF supporting our shareholder in the implementation of its demonstrator.

Strategic Line Projects of the State Research Agency (AEI)

-SMART BRIDGES (2021-2024)
Ineco, in collaboration with the Universities of Cordoba (UCO) and Granada (UGR) presented in May 2021 a proposal with the aim of meeting the challenges identified in the thematic priority 21- Predictive maintenance of infrastructure through intelligent systems of the Strategic Lines Projects call of the AEI.

Internal projects: Since 2011 Ineco has invested in its own projects for the development of high value-added products and services. Some of the projects to be highlighted in 2021 are:

-5SiG:
A study of the feasibility of using commercial lines of mobile operators in communications between railway interlocking system has been undertaken with the aim of eliminating telephone blocking on lines with low traffic density. An alternative is sought for lines whose traffic does not justify a costly investment (in fiber optics, for example) and which may be forced to close due to the lack of economic viability of their adaptation. The study, which has conducted tests on 4G and 5G, both in the laboratory and in the field, has shown that the performance of the networks is sufficient to meet the needs of these lines.

-Test parameterisation and automation of ERTMS results:
The project involves the search for parameters and algorithms that allow a better design and planning of ERTMS tests, so that their execution is much more efficient. It has also achieved developments to automate the analysis of the results of these tests. The use of machine learning tools has made it possible to study a large amount of tests accumulated throughout the extensive international experience of Ineco's ERTMS team, reaching a very satisfactory result that has identified very significant correlations in order to advance in the objective of simplifying and streamlining system testing.  

Integral tool for railway maintenance:
The project consisted of the integration of new techniques in Ineco's own maintenance tool: SIOS I&M. To this end, first of all, a study of the art has been carried out to learn about the tools currently available on the market that allow the management of integrated railway maintenance (Computerised Maintenance Management System/Software - CMMS). The study has made it possible to identify the capabilities offered by each tool, as well as to conclude on the suitability of integrating the new techniques into Ineco's own SIOS I&M tool.

Indoor positioning in transport terminals
Web platform that will integrate different positioning technologies and their elements so that it can be adaptable and scalable to the client's needs. Thanks to the web platform, it will be possible to cover all types of application cases, both for the traveler and for maintenance tasks for operators, etc. The platform can generate heat maps, asset management, people guidance, geo-marketing, etc.

BIM in linear infrastructure
The project defines and develops BIM standards in the digitisation of linear infrastructure. Possible incidences and potential automatisms have been taken into account.

At Ineco, innovation is understood as a fundamental factor of differentiation and a driver of change. For this reason, the company continues to make efforts in this area, with the aim of transforming good ideas into new developments that contribute to achieving safer, more sustainable and connected mobility for all.