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Hitachi Rail in Spain
With more than 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 to be delivered in 2026.
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, la Robla – Pola de Lena (Pajares variant)
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
- Signaling and telecommunications installations on the Talayuela-Plasencia high-speed line
- Signaling installations on the Valladolid-Nudo Norte high-speed double track
- Signaling installations at the South access to Castellón Port
- Signaling installations on the Rincón de Soto bypass
- New railway access to Seville Port
- Installation of power systems on the Madrid-Lleida high-speed line
- Maintenance of installations on the Madrid-Lleida-Seville-Córdoba-Málaga high-speed line
- Maintenance of installations on the Madrid-Levante high-speed line
- Maintenance of telecommunications installations, 10-year high-speed contract
- Maintenance of signaling and telecommunications installations on conventional network lines
- Maintenance of installations on the Madrid-Lleida-Zaragoza-Barcelona-French Border high-speed line
- Maintenance of the Pajares Variant (La Robla – Pola)
- Maintenance of Renfe Maintenance facilities
SERVEIS FERROVIARIS DE MALLORCA
- Installation ETCS L 1
Turkey
- Design, supply and supervision of central signalling systems at Kapıkule station
- Design, supply, and installation of the central signaling systems for the Mersin Andana Gaziantep line.Design, supply and supervision of central signalling systems for Line
- Design, supply, and supervision of the installation of the central signaling systems for the Sincan-Yenikent-Kazan Soda line
Major Milestones
Adif (Infrastructure Manager)
- Execution of the installation work of new object fall detection (DCO) equipment on the Madrid – Seville high-speed line.
- Drafting of the construction project and execution of the works for the removal of telephone blockages in the Ortigueira-Ribadeo section.
- Execution of the construction works project for the removal of telephone blockages between Torralba and Soria.
- Commissioning of the 1,292 track circuits that make up the renewal project of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line.
- Execution works of the security and communications installations project for the Vitoria-Gasteiz intermodal and logistics platform, Phase 1.1, and its standard gauge connection to the Atlantic Corridor.
- Removal of telephone blockages between Zafra-Huelva Freight and Zafra-Llano de la Granja.
- Development and implementation of the first Unified Control Center for ERTMS on the northwest High-Speed line.
- Renovation and modernization of railway signaling on the Trubia-Oviedo section, in the Asturias Cercanías network.
- Electronic interlocking on the Jundiz logistics platform railway line, Vitoria-Gasteiz.
- Renovation of the interlockings on the Madrid-Sevilla line and start of the line, and tests of the ERTMS Level 2 system.
- Implementation of track configuration changes at Puertollano station. - Reconfiguration of the Atocha Cercanías track yard.
- Doubling of the high-speed track on the Río Duero – Valladolid section of the Madrid-Valladolid line.
- Commissioning of several sub-phases of the Valladolid Bypass.
- New Cabezuela Branch (Puerto Real).
- Migration of telecommunications networks LAV Córdoba-Málaga.
- Renovation of video surveillance, access control, and anti-intrusion equipment on the Madrid – Lérida – Barcelona HSR.
- Detailed engineering and initial implementation of a Cybersecurity solution with the capability of self-discovery of assets, connectivity topologies, and anomaly detection in Adif's operational environments.
Bizkaia Transport Consortium
- Maintenance, evolution, and updating of the Barik Card Administration and Management System.
- Hardware and Software evolution of the Bilbao Metro Central Control Station to manage obsolescence.
ETS/RFV (Basque Rail Network)
- Design, implementation, and maintenance of an ERTMS/ETCS system on the Basque Railway Network managed by ETS.
- - New Anoeta station: project for the installation of signaling, adaptation of communications, and the power system for these facilities.
Cantabria Government
- Control center, information management and compensation, and security platform of the unified payment system integrated with Cantabria transportation.
RENFE
- Maintenance of security facilities and motorization of switches in BMSs and BMIs of RENFE Fabrication and Maintenance.
Spanish Ports
- Development of new functionalities for the security facilities of the railway terminals located inside the port of Huelva.
- Automation and monitoring of the Port of Marín, in Pontevedra.
Egypt
- Egypt's railway network has taken another great step forward with the successful commissioning of Sohag Station, the latest of the Asyut – Nagh Hammadi Corridor, which is now fully modernized.
- On the Cairo – Alexandria Corridor, in commercial operation by ENR (Egyptian National Railways) since 2024, the Cairo CTC has been put into service, allowing centralized operation of this entire line, the main one in the country.
- On the Cairo – Beni Suef Corridor, the design phase of the Project has been successfully completed, with deployment and installation activities of signaling and telecommunications equipment under way at Bashteel Station, the main station of this line.
Mexico
- Supervision, communication, signalling and ticketing for Mexico–Toluca interurban line
Turkey
- Installation of advanced ETCS Level 1 for this section and Level 2 for the Köseköy - Eskişehir section, as well as an updated interlocking system.
- Installation of a centralized traffic control system, electronic interlockings, ETCS Levels 1 and 2 on the Kayas-Yerkoy section.
- Modernization of the suburban network in the Gaziray urban area.
- Signaling solutions, such as interlockings, centralized traffic control (CTC) and ETCS L1 for the Ankara-Yerköy high-speed section. Temporary speed restriction systems on the Kirikkale-Yerköy section.
- Installation of a centralized traffic control system, electronic interlockings, ETCS Levels 1 and 2 in the new Ankara - Baskent station, suburban, freight, and high-speed network.
- Installation of interlockings and ETCS Level 1 & 2 and telecommunications for the Geyve-Dogançay (15km) and Inönü-Köseköy sections.
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
- Maintenance of traffic control facilities and complementary facilities of the Madrid-Zaragoza – Barcelona – French Border high-speed line
- Maintenance of interlocking facilities, train protection systems, centralized traffic control, auxiliary detection systems, fixed telecommunications, and protection and safety facilities of the New Chamartín – Torrejón de Velasco Branch High-Speed Line.
- 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.
- Level 1 maintenance support for Traffic Control Systems on a conventional network through the MIS contract in the operational sub-directorates Center, North, South, and Northeast.
- Level 1 maintenance support for Telecommunications Systems on a conventional network through the MIT contract in the operational sub-directorates Center, North, South, and Northeast.
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
- Support for the maintenance of the MdM MUS IP network
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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