Legally relevant information

Duties and basic regulations

Commitment to responsibility
Adif is responsible for managing a large part of the rail infrastructure investments and running the General Interest Rail Network. Adif is generally governed by the Railway Sector Act.

Adif plays a leading role in promoting the railway sector, facilitating access to infrastructure under equal conditions. Its goal is to strengthen Spanish rail transport by developing and managing a safe, efficient, environmentally sustainable infrastructure system with high quality standards.


Adif oversees:

  • Administration of rail infrastructure (e.g., tracks, stations, freight terminals)
  • Management of railway traffic
  • Allocation of capacity to railway operators
  • Collection of fees for the use of infrastructure, stations and freight terminals
All this is enshrined in our commitment of social responsibility to the general public. Social responsibility that is based on ethical principles related to management and the role of the company in society. Its backbone is transparency and dialogue with stakeholders; and its ultimate purpose is to contribute to the sustainability of the development that our activity fosters, from an integral perspective.

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