Santiago de Compostela accident: no ERTMS installed at site
Reports from ADIF suggest that on the location where accident with the RENFE Class 130 occured on Wednesday, was not equipped with ERTMS L1 (as is the case on the rest of the High Speed Line) but only...
View ArticleERTMS installed, but not used on Ourense-Santiago high speed line, says ADIF
Days after the tragic accident with the Alvia Class 130 train in Galicia, Spain, ADIF now recognizes that the six passenger trains that run on the High Speed Line between Ourense and Santiago de...
View ArticleTrain-track integration problems caused ERTMS to be inactive on...
Soon after the news had emerged that ERTMS was installed, but not operational on the High Speed Line from Ourense to Santiago de Compostela, ADIF confirmed that ERTMS had not been in operation due to...
View ArticleRENFE elaborates on ERTMS L1 problems with Alvia between Ourense and Santiago
President of RENFE, Julio Gómez-Pomar, elaborated on the ERTMS problems of Alvia. He says that “on the hybrid trains S730 (formerly S130) we started to install the more advanced version of ERTMS. On...
View ArticleRENFE asked to switch off ERTMS nearly nine months before the Santiago accident
RENFE asked its drivers in an internal message on the 20th of November of last year already to switch off ETCS because the usage of ERTMS has been causing delays in the transition areas to ASFA. These...
View ArticleSpanish Ministry puts ERTMS and signaling up for tender on Olmedo-Zamora
The Spanish Ministry of Public Works has announced today that it will put of for tendering the signalling and communications subsystem for the section Olmedo-Zamora High Speed Line – part of the High...
View ArticleSpanish government mandates a committee to study safety in Spanish Rail Sector
The Spanish Ministry of Public Works announced yesterday that there will be a committee installed on Monday that will advise the government on how to improve safety in the Spanish rail sector,...
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