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Spanish Railways Foundation (FFE)

ENTITY PROFILE
The Spanish Railways Foundation (FFE) is a public non-profit foundation constituited in 1985
by RENFE and FEVE. Its board of trustees brings together the most relevant agents of the
sector: Renfe, Adif, Adif Alta Velocidad, Euskotren, FGC, FGV, SFM, ETS, Metro Madrid,
Redalsa, Cetren, Asociación Turística Ferroviaria and Puertos del Estado. FFE's mision is to

promote awareness and use of rail transport, research and training on railway and ensure the
custody of the historical railway heritage.
It develops own research through its four Research Groups and a R&I management
programme aimed at promoting innovation, competitiveness and internationalisation of the
Spanish Railway Sector, which is carried out from the Technical Secretariat of the Spanihs
Railways Technological Platform (PTFE).

AREAS OF ACTIVITY FOUNDATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHERS

Transport economics and operations Sociology of Transport Research Group.
Research Group.
Energy and emissions Research Group.
Geography and rail traffic Research Group.

R&D: PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS
Py Pr N I
OFE. Spanish National Railway Observatory. Annual. Ongoing.

SAFER-LC. Level Crossing by integrating and optimizing road-rail infrastructure
management and design. Ongoing.
E-LOBSTER. Electric, Losses Balancing through integrated STorage & power
Electronics. Ongoing.

TER4RAIL. Transversal Exploratory Research Activities for Railway. Ongoing.

YO CRUZO SEGURO. Design, implementation and evaluation of a railway-road
awareness and educational programme.

RESTRAIL. Reduction of Suicides and Trespass on RAILway property.

MERLIN. Sustainable and Intelligent Management of Energy for Smarter Railway
Systems in Europe.

Atlas: High Speed Rail in Spain. 25 years.

OPTIRED. Development of a regulatory framework for the introduction of
competition in interurban passenger transport by rail in Spain.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
C/ Santa Isabel, 44 Ángeles Táuler
28012 Madrid Deputy Director for Strategy, Innovation and Training
Tel: +34 911511099 / 53 Tel: +34 911511099 / 53
www.ffe.es angelestauler@ffe.es