201807 – Arana – The High Speed Railways in Spain – Digitalization

Recent years have seen a spectacular development in the Spanish railway sector. The introduction of the High-Speed network, the development of new urban transport modes, and the guidelines established by the European Union, have boosted the Spanish railways and industry as a top reference in high technology.

The ERTMS is an Automatic Train Protection standard originally created in Europe but today taken as the reference in many countries. Thales participated from the very beginning in the deployment of the ERTMS, with key references worldwide and particularly in the Spanish High Speed Lines.

Digitalization is changing how Operators and customers plan and interact with their traditional transportation modes. Digital technology and daya analytics also provide a new enabler for operation and maintenance of railway assets. Many big railways companieshave understood the challenge, introducing the Digitalization of their critical operational systems as a key strategy in theor plans. Thales is running an ambitious program with clear priorities applying new Digital technologies to railways.