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General information

Subject type: Optional

Coordinator: Valeria Bernardo

Trimester: Second term

Credits: 5

Teaching staff: 

Rosa Romero Serrano

Academic year: 2026

Teaching course: 4

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Spanish

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Specific skills

  • Show knowledge and skills for the coordination of the departments of purchasing, supply, production and distribution of a product to any company, analyzing different types of techniques

  • Show knowledge of the organization of maritime, land, air and multimodal transport, customs management and international trade in order to manage and / or contract transport

Presentation of the subject

Description: The railway is studied with its possibilities and limitations for its integration into the logistics chain.

Learning outcomes: Have knowledge of the suitability of the railway for a given logistics chain
Work methodology: Presentation on the subject platform through pps presentations supported by web navigations that will be requested from the student during classes. Complementary study material will be offered such as articles, videos and sector conferences.

 

The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free from sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, both towards students and teachers. We trust that, among all of us, we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer the prejudices of others.

Contents

Topic 1.
Railway news.
1.Railday 2025.
a.Mediterranean Corridor.
b. National Commission on Markets and Competences.
c.Port of Tarragona.
d.Combiverkher.
e. The Association of European Vehicle Logistics.
f. Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers.
2.Railday 2024.
a.National Commission for Markets and Competences.
b. Mediterranean Corridor.
c. Railway highways.

3.Railday 2023.
Topic 2.
History of the Spanish railway, with references to other railways.
1.First attempts.
2. The report Subercase - Santa Cruz
3.The first General Railway Law.
4.The Barcelona Mataró railway.
5.Expansion of railway lines.
6.Political framework and concessions regime.
7.First economic crisis of the railway.
8.Definition of large railway companies.
9.The State begins to rescue the railway: from Francesc Cambó to Miguel Primo de Rivera.
10. State. West-Andalusians
11.The Second Republic and the Civil War.
12.The constitution of RENFE.
13.Modernization plans.
14. The European Union splits into railway infrastructure and traffic operations. Renfe Operadora and GIF are born.
15. ADIF is born.
16. Parallelism with the history of the remaining European railways.

Topic 3.
Infrastructures and circulation.
1. Track design and its limitations.
2.Roadbed.
3.Ballast.
4. Sleepers.
5. Lanes.
6.Track equipment.
7. Tunnels and viaducts.
8.One way.
9.Double track.
10.The third thread.
11. Stations, terminals and other railway management facilities.
12.Power supply.
13.General Traffic Regulations.
14.Signaling and communications.
15.The corners and the running corner.
16.Automatic driving assistance systems.
17.Automatic driving.

Topic 4.

rolling stock
1.Electric traction and diesel traction.
2.Locomotives.
3.Locotractors.
4.Automotive.
5. Passenger cars.
6.Freight wagons.
7.High speed.
8. Head traction and distributed traction.
9. Articulated trains.

Topic 5.
Commercial exploitation.
a)Travelers:
1.Suburban, regional and long distance.
2.High speed and High speed.
3.The French model. The German model. The Spanish model. References of the models on the political and economic reality of the territory.
b)Goods:
1. Customer trains.
2. Multi-client trains.

3. Multi-product trains.
4.Automotive trains.
5.Steelworkers.
6.Intermodal trains.
7. Railway companies and existing connections.
8. Existing rail corridors.

Topic 6.
Future of the railway in Europe.
1.EU policies.
2. Runners in the European Union.
3.European regulations.
4. Intermodality with the railway.
5.The European Railway Agency.
6.Railway safety.

Topic 7.
Management authorities:
1.ADIF.
2.The State Railway Safety Agency.
3.Certifying entities.

Topic 8.
Case study:
1.CIM port charter.
2.COTIF.
3.Freight rail accident.

Activities and evaluation system

Small group work and other activities, and mandatory final exam:

  • 40% small group work and other activities such as researching commented articles or small follow-up tests on the subject
  • Compulsory final exam. 60%

(To consider it passed and to be able to increase the overall grade with the continuous evaluation systems, it will be necessary to pass with a minimum grade of 5) In the event of failure in the final exam, a new make-up exam will have to be taken, which - to overcome it - will again require a minimum grade of 5, and without losing the points obtained by the continuous evaluation systems)

 

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

Bibliography

Basic

Rail Freight Transport. (Ignacio Sanz, Iñigo de Peñaranda, Joan Carles Enguix, Jordi Mas and Miguel Ángel Dombriz.) ISBN: 978-84-15340-80-5, Publisher: Marge Books. Barcelona, ​​3rd edition June 2025

Complementary

HISTORICAL-ECONOMIC STUDY OF SPANISH RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE 19TH CENTURY Author: ANIBAL CASARES ALONSO
Publisher: INSTITUTO IBEROAMERICANO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO. Year 1973
ISBN84-500-6036-2

EXPLOITATION OF RAILWAY LINES Andrés Lópe Pita EDICIONES UPC

ISBN 10: 84988003543 - ISBN 13: 9788498803549

TRANSPORT ENGINEERING - Julio Fuentes Losa EDITORIAL UNED
ISBN 9788436263879

RAILWAY ENGINEERING - Fco. Javier González Fernández and Julio Fuentes Losa EDICIONES UNED
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