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This year they have participated a total of 200 companies expositoras of 15 countries and more than 8.000 visitors

Bcn Rail Closes his doors with 15% more than visitors that in 2007

Editorial Interempresas17/12/2009

Bcn Rail, the International Living room of the Rail Industry organised by Fira of Barcelona, clausuró his second edition with a very positive balance. A total of 8.073 professionals (15% more than in 2007), especially high directors, visited the living room and established multiple contacts of business with representatives of the 200 companies expositoras pertinent of 15 countries. The edition of this year has supposed the confirmation of Bcn Rail like the contest of reference for the Spanish rail industry.

Biennial, the fair has had a broad representation of all areas related to this industry. Thus, the companies most prominent in the manufacture of rolling as Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Talgo patents, Siemens and Vossloh presented their latest technological innovations, one of the keys to understand what the Secretary of State for infrastructure and planning of the Ministry of development, Víctor Morlán, called it the "second youth of the railway" during his visit to the event.

The Hall had the support of the main driving, public administrations of railway infrastructure are being carried out in our country.

The presence of engineering companies, construction companies, infrastructure, superstructure, electrification, signage and telecommunications, auxiliary equipment, operators, services and maintenance, as well as a large number of SMEs, were revealed "the good health of the rail sector Spanish" in the opinion of the President of Bcn RailWilliam yen.

Companies such as Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Talgo patents, Siemens and Vossloh presented their latest technological innovations.

Joaquim Nadal: "the 21st century is the century of the second railway revolution"

The Hall had the support of the main public administrations, drivers of railway infrastructure are being carried out in our country as the extension of the high-speed network, the construction of new lines of metro L9 of Barcelona as the bet by tram or light rail in several cities. In this regard, the Minister of Territorial Planning and public works of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Joaquim Nadal, said on the occasion of the exhibition "the twenty-first century is the century of the second railway revolution".

The Assembly XXIII of the Latin American Association of Metros and subways (Alamys) was held in the framework of the Bcn Rail. More than 300 experts from Latin America, Portugal and Spain discussed the importance of metros and tramways as means of transport in our cities.

The L9 of Barcelona, protagonist of the show

Alstom showed a wagon of the L9 of the Barcelona Metro, which already runs without a driver. The trains of the 9000 series, which are manufactured in facilities that Alstom has on the population of Barcelona Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, already circulating the L9 of the automatic mode driverless Metro of Barcelona and, in additionthey are prepared to do so by the current lines of the network in manual mode, with driver.

A wagon of new L9 of Barcelona with the evacuation front door.

The 9000 series units, reaching a maximum speed of 80 km/h, are made up of five cars, four of which correspond to cars. The bogies, of 14 tons per axle, are connected to the unit through a system that allows a better delineation of curves.

The line 9 car exhibited at the fair.

As a great novelty, these train cars have door front evacuation that permitted to leave the train in record time. If necessary, the door opens in just 30 seconds, by deploying the ramp of evacuation, which has a length of 3.5 meters and a width of 1246 mm. In this way, passengers can dislodge the car without problems in emergency situations.