CITEF Latest News
The Rail Driver Training Simulator developed by CITEF, in line with the Spanish Railway Operation Regulation (RCF), was installed at the ALSA Railway Training Centre in Madrid at the beginning of October. The training system features the Driver Position, which recreates the cockpit of the Stadler Euro 4000 locomotive, and the Instructor Position, from where […]
More
The new CBTC system is now a reality on Line 1 of the Metro of Santiago de Chile. One of the main values of the system is reducing the headway between trains by 20 seconds, which translates into an increase in the frequency of passing trains and therefore in the capacity of Line 1, which […]
More
At the beginning of June, personnel of Metro de Madrid completed a Course on Rolling Stock Simulation Models taught by CITEF. The classroom course lasted 32 hours and was divided into two modules: on the one side, training in the use of a multi-body simulation tool and its application to railway dynamics, and on the […]
More
A few months ago, we announced the meeting of the consortium for the Railway Maintenance Simulators project (Spanish acronym: SIMAFE) co-financed by MINECO through INNPACTO 2012 (IPT-2012-0225-370000) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). At the beginning of this year, as a result of collaboration among the companies in the consortium, the track ballast tamper […]
More
Metro de Madrid has started the training process scheduled for 2016. The process involves the planned training of the 380 new professionals who are to join current staff to make a total of 1,898 drivers. Their training includes theory and practical. The theoretical block includes subjects concerning regulations, safety, emergency plans and knowledge of customer […]
More
In this post we share a series of training videos on the highly realistic driving and traffic simulator we have built in conjunction with the European Centre of Railway Training (CEFF). The project was launched in the first quarter of 2014 and comprises two freight locomotive driving simulators and a post for the instructors responsible […]
More
We assess the success of the 1st course on “Railway Dynamics”, organized by CEFF and taught by CITEF, and the results could not be more positive. The course comprised 40 classroom hours divided into two modules during the months of September and October, focusing primarily on technically trained staff employed by companies working in the […]
More
International Workshop on Training Simulators for Locomotive Crews initiated and organized by the JSC” Russian Railways” within the framework of the UIC Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly was held in Moscow (Russian Federation) on February 17-18, 2015. The event was attended by over 40 representatives of the railway companies and research centers from 15 countries – Russia, […]
More