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CITEF  
(Centro de Investigación en Tecnologías Ferroviarias)

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Postal address 
C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2.
28006, Madrid. Spain
Telephone +34 815 051 891   E-mail citef@citef.es   Web www.citef.es
Company data
Management team

Jose Manuel Mera, Director.

Activity Engineering and Consulting, and Other.

Main products and services

Railway studies and developments (Operation, Signaling, Energy, Dynamics, Pantograph-Catenary), Training Simulators (Driving, Traffic Control, Operation and Maintenance), Simulators for Verification and Validation (CCO, ERTMS, CBTC, Automation, etc.), Training.

 

Top products: TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, RESEARCH: 1. Comprehensive Simulator for Driving, Fault Finding and Operation. ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING: 2. Studies and optimization of operation, signaling and traction and medium voltage power systems, based on simulation with HAMLET.

 

Activities by year

-    ALSTOM and BARCELONA METRO. Driving and Failure Simulator for the new 7000 and 8000 series trains for Barcelona Metro. 
-    ALSTOM and FERROCARRILS DE LA GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA (FGC). Driving and Failure Simulator for the new trains for the El Prat Airport Line, Barcelona. 
-    LIMA METRO LINE 2. Ride comfort and running safety analysis of Stage 1A in revenue service, Lima, Peru. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for Sydney commuter lines, TfNSW, Australia. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Simulation-based test environment for the CBTC system of the Jurong line, Singapore Metro. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Training simulator for drivers and CTC operators based on simulation of the CBTC system of the Blue Line of the Lisbon Metro, Portugal. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Simulation study of the operation of the light rail for the future Linha Violeta of the Lisbon Metro, Portugal. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Simulation-based test environment for interlockings and CTC of lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Madrid Metro, Spain. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Development of a Simulation-based Test Environment for the new CTC for EESTI RAUDTEE (Estonian Railways), Estonia. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Simulation-based test environment for the CBTC system of the Bangalore Metro, India. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Simulation-based test environment for the CBTC system of the Kolkata Metro, India. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Simulation-based test environment for the ERTMS system of the Lielahti – Rauma Pori line, Finland. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for the Brightline West high-speed line, USA. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for a high-speed line in Morocco. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for a high-speed line between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for a mixed passenger and freight line between the UAE and Oman. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for commuter lines 11, 12 and 13 of São Paulo, Brazil. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with CBTC for line 2 of the Bogotá Metro, Colombia. 
-    SIEMENS, Spain. Operational simulations with CBTC for line 1 of the Istanbul Metro, Turkey. 
-    INGEROP, Spain. Traction power system simulations for a 2x25 kV system, Poland. 
-    INGEROP, Spain. Simulation study of pantograph-catenary interaction for a high-speed line, Poland. 
-    MADRID METRO, Spain. Maintenance of the driving and failure simulators for the 8000/8400 series, 3000 series, 7000/9000 series and Light Rail. 
-    MADRID METRO, Spain. Development and integration into the Line 3 Driving Simulator of the line extension to El Casar. 
-    SIEMENS, United Kingdom. Development of the visual environment for the Northern Line, for the ERTMS Integration Environment on the East Coast Main Line, United Kingdom. 
-    WMATA, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, USA. Driver Training Simulator for the 7000 Series, Kawasaki, and the Orange, Silver, Blue, Yellow, Green and Red lines. 
-    BELO HORIZONTE METRO, Brazil. Driver Training Simulator for the 7000 and 2000 Series, and lines 1 and 2. 
-    LINHAUNI, Brazil. Driver Training Simulator for the 6000 Series and line 6 of the São Paulo Metro. 
-    STADLER, Spain. Driver Training Simulator for the new DM locomotive for KiwiRail, New Zealand. 
-    TICTRENS, Brazil. Operational simulations with ERTMS Level 2 for the São Paulo – Campinas line and commuter Line 7, São Paulo, Brazil. 
-    VLT CARIOCA, Brazil. Upgrade of the Driver Training Simulator for the Rio de Janeiro light rail. 
-    PARLA TRAMWAY, Spain. Development of a detection and protection system against signals at danger and speed limits during operation. 
-    TRANSPORTS METROPOLITANS DE BARCELONA, Spain. Maintenance of the comprehensive training simulator for lines 1, 3 and 5. 
-    TRANSPORTS METROPOLITANS DE BARCELONA, Spain. Training simulator for the Metro Control Centre (CCM) of lines 2, 4 and 11. 
-    HITACHI RAIL, USA. Driver Training Simulator for the 8000 Series of the Washington Metro, WMATA, and the Orange, Silver, Blue, Yellow, Green and Red lines. 
-    HITACHI RAIL, USA. Simulator for the Customer Experience Center at the new Hitachi Rail factory in Hagerstown, USA. 
-    HITACHI RAIL, Japan. Simulation-based test environment for the CBTC system, Mito Works. 
-    EUROPEAN RAILWAY TRAINING CENTRE, Spain. Maintenance of driver training simulators for the Railway Traffic Regulations. 
-    MOTIVA, Brazil. HAMLET Simulator licence for the simulation study of the operation and electrical sizing of railway lines, Salvador de Bahia. 
-    MEDWAY, Spain. Development of the ASFA version 4.2 system simulation for its Railway Traffic Regulations training simulators. 
-    ALSA RAIL, Spain. Development of the ASFA version 4.2 system simulation for its Railway Traffic Regulations training simulators. 
-    ALSA RAIL, Spain. Driver training simulator for the Railway Traffic Regulations, based on the Euro6000 locomotive. 
-    CAPTRAIN, Spain. Maintenance of two driver training simulators for the Railway Traffic Regulations at its Training Centre in Tarragona. 
-    CETREN, Spain. Development of mini-simulators for driver training in the ERTMS system, Levels 1 and 2. 
-    TRANSFESA, Spain. Maintenance of driver training simulators for the Railway Traffic Regulations. 
-    ENYSE, Spain. Development of a Simulation-based Test Environment for ERTMS Level 2. 
-    ENYSE, Spain. Development of a Simulation-based Test Environment for the CTC of the FGV tramway lines.
 

Innovations

Operation
Driving assistance system for energy saving: ECOs

Maintenance
Methodology for automatic corrugation detection in metro lines

Training simulators
Integration of simulators with Moodle platform

Areas Europe, Latin America, USA, Asia and Australia.

Certifications

Quality and Environment: ISO 9001, ISO 14001.

Turnover 28.500.000 € (3.330.000 € from railway)
No. of employees 255 (35 in railway)
R&D Investment 12% of turnover and 100% of income
Results 490.000 €
Activities Engineering and consulting, Others.
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