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Adif launches in El Berrón (Asturias) a new Multi-network Circulation Regulation Center (CRC), expanded and innovative, equipped with cutting-edge technology, which integrates the management of the circulation of conventional and metric gauge networks in the region from Asturias.
From El Berrón, 80 professionals manage 7 operating positions of 976 km of conventional and metric gauge network on which 579 trains circulate a day: 477 Cercanías trains, 19 MD trains, 8 LD trains, 34 freight trains and 41 technical trains. Adif). Trains that travel 163,600 km daily through the regions of Asturias, Galicia and León.
CRC Multi-Red: an innovative concept that improves exploitation
The Multi-network CRC integrates the circulation operations of the conventional and metric gauge network, taking advantage of synergies, by governing different CTCs (Centralized Traffic Control) from a single location and concentrating in the same space the teams involved in regulating the traffic. rail traffic in the territory, thus reinforcing coordination and efficiency.
The CRC of El Berrón maintains the management of the five posts of the metric gauge network (754 km): Ferrol-Cudillero, Oviedo-Unquera, Gijón Sanz Crespo-Cudillero and San Esteban de Pravia-Oviedo, Trubia-Collanzo and Gijón Sanz Crespo-Laviana.
In addition, it incorporates the management of rail traffic of the conventional gauge network (222 km) with two stations: La Robla-Oviedo and Soto de Rey-El Entrego; and Oviedo-Gijón Sanz Crespo, Villabona de Asturias-San Juan de Nieva and Tudela Veguín-Lugo de Llanera.
El Berrón also has stations for remote control of traction energy for the electrified lines in its area. CRC professionals maintain permanent communication with the drivers of the passenger and freight railway operators that circulate in their area, as well as with other external services, such as Civil Protection, Firefighters, health services, etc.
Strategic environment
Located 12 km from Oviedo, in a strategic environment and in a unique building, the former 'Casa del Colegial', the El Berrón CRC has a 343 m2 control room, a 49 m2 video wall and ultra-panoramic monitors and high resolution in each position, which represent the railway lines and the elements for traffic management.
The room also has a unique element: the ODS Clock, which has become a hallmark of the new Adif CRCs. Its design, developed by an internal team, has a second hand that refers to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoted by the United Nations to which the company is affiliated.
In fact, this action contributes to the achievement of SDG 9, which encourages the promotion of sustainable, reliable and quality infrastructures.
A long history at the service of the railway in Asturias
The CTC of Oviedo entered service in 1966. It has been a pioneer in the Spanish railway for introducing the first banalized line (suitable for circulating on both tracks in both directions) and the first line with radiotelephony with the drivers of the trains of the Spanish railway network.
The service for the metric gauge network was installed in 1981 in La Maruca (Avilés), the first CTC that regulated the Avilés-Gijón route, which later, in 1990, was incorporated into the CTC of Gijón.
In April 1997, the El Berrón Command Post was created, to which the Gijón CTC and the old FEVE Command Post in Oviedo were moved. Between 2000 and 2012, the management of the metric gauge sections was incorporated into the unique building of the 'Casa del Colegial', which now also houses the Oviedo CTC with a conventional network.
The rest of the traffic on the railways that cross the region - La Robla-Campomanes (Variante de Pajares) and León-La Robla on a conventional network - are managed from the León CRC.
Circulation management nerve centers
The CRCs are nerve centers for railway traffic management, operational 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Adif has 19 CRCs in Spain, which manage the circulation of two million trains a year on more than 15,600 km of the railway network in Spain.
The CRCs ensure compliance with transportation plans and optimize the network's capacity with criteria of reliability, punctuality and quality. Adif's CRCs simultaneously integrate and regulate the systems involved in the control and regulation of railway traffic: signaling, electrification, communications and information systems, and energy, among others.
The Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) is the heart of the CRC, which directly regulates the signals and points located on the route from a single point, through computer systems, establishing the route of the trains in conditions of safety and reliability.
Adif is promoting an investment of 72 million in the renewal of its management systems for the conventional and metric width network, implementing the latest advances and redundant systems.
Strengthened to respond to the growth in traffic associated with the expansion of the network and the liberalization of passenger transport, the team that makes up the CRCs in Spain adds the talent of more than 1,400 professionals and the most advanced technology.
