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ADIF
ADIF
ADIF, short for Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, is Spain's state-owned railway infrastructure manager within the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
Roles and functions
ADIF's responsibilities include administering tracks, stations and freight terminals, managing rail traffic, allocating network capacity to train operators, and collecting fees for use of infrastructure and facilities.
How it works
The Railway Sector Act behind ADIF's creation implemented European requirements for independent management of infrastructure and train services. Its stated goal was to let other train operators access the network on equal terms with the incumbent, Renfe, and thereby promote competition.
History and changes
On 31 December 2012, the restructuring of Feve, which managed narrow-gauge railways, transferred to ADIF the narrow-gauge infrastructure that had not been transferred to autonomous governments.
The division of the former Renfe into separate infrastructure and train-operation companies took effect on 1 January 2005. This separated management of the railway network from the running of train services.
Scope and limitations
On 13 December 2013, the government divided ADIF into two entities. ADIF retained management of the conventional railway network, while the new Adif-Alta Velocidad assumed management and operation of high-speed infrastructure.
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