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Staff Shortages and High Pressure Define Working Conditions in Adif Control Centers

Railway control centers managed by Adif face a critical combination of personnel shortages, a lack of experienced staff, and increased operational pressure during a period of accelerated generational turnover…
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Atocha Control Center: Staffing Pressures and Advanced Software Amidst Urda Tragedy

Unions criticize working conditions and high turnover at Adif's Atocha Control Center, the hub managing Spain's high-speed rail network, following a fatal collision in Urda. While the infrastructure manager defends…
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Atocha Controllers Ordered Wrong Protocol Before AVE-Iryo Collision: 'I Was Getting Confused'

Investigators and experts reveal that Madrid's Atocha control center instructed the AVE 2080 to follow protocol LZB 4 instead of the required LZB 3 following a transmission failure, allowing the train to travel at…
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Israeli Settlers Fear Arab Party Inclusion in Government: 'No One Will Protect Us'

Residents of the Efrat settlement in the West Bank express deep anxiety over recent legislative election results, fearing that a government including Arab parties will halt expansionist plans and leave them unprotected…
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