We innovate to move forward

Our R+D+I engine

Since the beginning of our operations, innovation and research have been of the utmost importance to us. Our vision of innovation is focused on the client, to meet the needs of society and be a driving force in the industrial sector that stimulates the participation of companies, startups, universities and technology centres, guiding them to develop technological solutions for our challenges.

CTF (Railway Technology Center)

The Railway Technology Centre (CTF, as per its acronym in Spanish) is an innovation hub where Adif provides companies with facilities and resources to develop state-of-the-art, high-impact projects.
 

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Funding

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We have funding instruments and grants to boost our research activities.

Challenges. Preliminary market consultations

At Adif we are always looking for ideas for new products or technologies that
can help solve the challenges identified by different areas of our organization.

The Innovation Challenges Map is the document that outlines the key areas where we focus our innovation efforts to implement these solutions.

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Innovation proposals

We know that no one innovates alone, which is why we have enabled a channel through which any person or entity can send us their proposals for rail innovation. All the proposals must contain ideas or projects that can be applied to the infrastructure managed by Adif, whether directly or indirectly. Please bear in mind this is not a channel for presenting commercial products. All proposals sent to us will be analyzed in accordance with Adif's R&D+I management system, certified by the UNE 166002 standard.

There are two ways to send us a proposal:

  1. By email, to the address innovacion@adif.es, explaining who you are, what your proposal consists of, how it can be applied to Adif's infrastructure, as well as the advantages you think would involve. Leave us your contact details so that we can acknowledge receipt of your proposal, ask for more information if needed and keep you up to date with the progress of the process.
  2. Please fill out the questionnaire at this link and answer all questions clearly and concisely so we can fully understand your proposal: 

    OPEN QUESTIONNAIRE

Proposals must be aligned with Adif's innovation challenges. You can consult these in the Challenges section or download the Challenge map in pdf format.

You may ask any question you may have by email, by writing to the following address: innova@adif.es.

Your personal data will be added to a file owned by Adif. This file is intended to facilitate access to services offered on the website. 

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