Hitachi Rail in Spain
With a 75 year history in Spain, Hitachi Rail is a strategic player in modernising the national rail network. Since participating in the Madrid–Seville high speed line in 1992, it has been a key provider of rail control systems, enhancing connectivity and technology.
As a global supplier, its activity encompasses signalling, telecoms, maintenance, safety, traffic control and rolling stock. In rolling stock, Hitachi Rail partners with Iryo, which operates 20 ETR1000 trains—with three more in build—for Spain’s liberalised high speed market.
Offering turnkey solutions, Hitachi Rail drives sustainable rail transport across medium , long distance and high speed lines—vital for territorial cohesion. It currently covers 2,800 km of Spain’s network, maintaining signalling on over 2,700 km, including major routes such as Madrid–Lleida–Barcelona–Figueres, Madrid–Seville, Córdoba–Málaga, Madrid–Valladolid, Madrid–Levante, Chamartín–Atocha–Torrejón de Velasco, Antequera–Granada and Olmedo–Ourense–Santiago.
It also plays a major role in freight rail infrastructure—dry ports, logistics hubs, and internal terminal networks at key locations (Marín, Seville, Huelva)—linked to Adif’s network.
Internationally, Hitachi Rail has delivered projects in Turkey, Egypt, Mexico, Greece, Australia and Senegal, and contributed to Algerian and Moroccan rail system development. It also supports the internationalisation of Spanish SMEs in the rail sector.
With over 1,000 professionals across six offices and nine autonomous communities, Hitachi Rail prioritises innovation. Its Madrid based Software Development Centre (c.2,000 m² labs) leads design, testing and validation for software, interlockings, control centres and bespoke maintenance solutions.
It also hosts Spain’s ERTMS Competence Centre, deploying solutions for high speed and suburban networks in Mexico, Turkey and Senegal. Its engineers have successfully implemented ERTMS Levels 1 and 2 on over 3,000 km globally.
Key Contracts – Hitachi Rail Spain
Spain – Adif
- High-speed Madrid–Lleida line maintenance
- Construction of La Robla–Pola de Lena high speed line
- Renewal of energy systems in signalling technical buildings on Madrid–Lleida section of Madrid–Barcelona–Figueres AVE
- Upgrading signalling systems and equipment for the Valencia Access Corridor
- Signalling works at Mérida logistics platform
- Automation of over 30 level crossings on conventional lines to meet Adif safety standards
- Modernisation of Atocha suburban station: interlockings, track circuits, point machines
- Signalling and telecoms for Valladolid East Variant
- New IP multimedia core for Adif conventional rail network
Egypt
- Modernisation of Cairo–Giza–Beni Suef line
Canada
- Interface support on Ontario line; validation and verification for Hitachi Rail Canada
Turkey
- Design, supply and supervision of central signalling systems at Kapıkule station
- Modernisation of Mersin–Adana–Gaziantep conventional line
Taiwan
- Train integration and testing support
Major Milestones
Adif (Infrastructure Manager)
- Installation of object-fall detectors (DCOs) on Madrid–Seville high speed line
- Elimination of telephone block on Ortigueira–Ribadeo (Ferrol–Pravia) line segment
- Commissioning of 1,292 track circuits on Madrid–Seville high speed line
- Security and communications works at Vitoria-Gasteiz logistics platform (Phase 1.1)
- Telephone block removal on Zafra–Huelva and Zafra–Llano de la Granja freight lines
- Deployment of Spain’s first Unified ERTMS Control Centre on the Northwest High Speed line
- Modernisation of suburban signalling between Trubia and Oviedo, Asturias
- Electronic interlocking at Jundiz logistics platform, Vitoria-Gasteiz
- New interlocking at Atocha station
- Doubling of last section of Madrid–Valladolid high speed line over the Duero Valley
Bizkaia Transport Consortium
- Implementation and improvement of SAGB and OAC systems; rollout of Barik Mobile
- Maintenance, development and upgrade of Barik Card Administration System
- Hardware/software upgrades at Metro Bilbao’s Central Control Centre
ETS/RFV (Basque Rail Network)
- New Anoeta station: signalling, communications and power systems
Cantabria Government
- Centralised control, information management and unified fare/pay security platform
RENFE
- Maintenance of LZB train-control equipment at Madrid core
- Safety equipment and point machine maintenance for RENFE Manufacturing units
Spanish Ports
- New safety functions at Huelva rail terminals
- Automation and monitoring of Marín (Pontevedra) port
Australia
- Launch of passenger service on Sydney Metro City: control, supervision and communications systems
Egypt
- Commissioning of Farshout station on Asyut–Nagh Hammadi corridor
- Cairo North interlocking opened, completing 208 km Cairo–Alexandria including Cairo–Benha
- Deployment of El Muttea segment on Asyut–Nagh Hammadi line
Mexico
- Supervision, communication, signalling and ticketing for Mexico–Toluca interurban line
Turkey
- Installation of advanced ETCS Level 1 (and Level 2 at Köseköy–Eskişehir); updated interlockings
- Central Traffic Control, interlockings and ETCS Levels 1 & 2 on Kayas–Yerköy route
- Modernisation of Gaziray commuter network
- Signalling, CTC and ETCS L1 on Ankara–Yerköy high speed section; temporary speed restrictions on Kirikkale–Yerköy segment
SERVICES
Adif (Infrastructure Manager)
- Maintenance of fixed/mobile telecommunications, GSM R, mobile operator infrastructure, Central GSM R core, central telecoms management, power remote control, high speed-track detector control (Madrid–Valladolid, Olmedo–Medina, Madrid–Sevilla, Córdoba–Málaga, La Sagra–Toledo, Madrid–Valencia, Albacete branch, Madrid–Barcelona–France border, Zaragoza–Huesca, Tarragona–Vandellós)
- Signalling, train protection, basic supervision, energy systems and technical buildings maintenance on Madrid–Albacete–Valencia HV line
- Traffic control facilities on Madrid–Seville, La Sagra–Toledo, Córdoba–Málaga branches
- Traffic control and related facilities on Madrid–Segovia–Valladolid HV line
- Maintenance of interlockings, train protection, CTC, detection systems, telecoms (fixed, GSM R) and safety assets on the Olmedo–Zamora–Pedralba–Taboadela–Ourense–Santiago corridor
- Similar maintenance on Antequera–Granada and Chamartín–Torrejón de Velasco HV sections
- Technical support for Hitachi Rail equipment in Adif conventional network
- Maintenance of signalling in six conventional network sub directorates
- Expert maintenance for Hitachi Rail safety installations on Adif network
- Maintenance services for La Robla–Pola de Lena and Figueres–Perpignan HV lines
RENFE
- LZB train control system maintenance at Madrid core
- Signalling and point machine maintenance at RENFE Manufacturing
Iryo
- ETR1000 train maintenance
Metro de Madrid
- Rolling stock maintenance
ETS / Basque Rail Network
- Tramway and railway signalling maintenance
FGV (Valencian Regional Railways)
- Signalling, level crossing and operational telephony systems maintenance in Alicante network
Port of Huelva
- Maintenance of port railway safety systems
TCDD (Turkey)
- Maintenance of signalling, telecoms, GSM R and CTC on Ankara–Istanbul high speed line, including Sincan–Köseköy segment
Ferrocarriles Suburbanos S.A.P.I. (Mexico)
- Signalling and communication maintenance on Mexico City suburban rail (Buenavista–Cuautitlán)
ENR (Egypt)
Traffic control system maintenance on Cairo–Alexandria and Asyut–Nagh Hammadi corridors.
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