Abu Dhabi, February 10, 2016

The international engineering company SENER is currently involved in railway lines and urban transport systems in the Middle East, where the company has local offices in the UAE, Oman and Qatar. Some of them will be shown at the Middle East Rail event, that will take place in Dubai on March 8 and 9.

In the UAE, SENER is developing technological engineering projects in Stages 1 and 2 of the Etihad railway network, after completing the tram study for the light rail system (LRT) of Abu Dhabi. In Oman, the company is involved in the Section 1 of the national railway network and, in Qatar, it has provided services of Independent Checker Engineer and Site Supervision in the new LRT Project developed by QDVC (Qatar Diar - Vinci Construction) in Lusail. Also in the Doha Metro, SENER is carrying out the design of the civil engineering work on the elevated section of the Red Line South, as well as the detailed design and the construction phase coordination of the architectural finishing and landscaping.

This experience is completed with projects in other countries such as Saudi Arabia, where SENER has finished the tender design for the entire network of the Riyadh metro and is now currently working as Independent Checker Engineer (ICE) for the winning contractor of package 3 (Lines 4,5 and 6) FAST Consortium. The company has also worked in the tender design for the Systems package for Makkah Metro Network, Phase 1, Sections 1 and 2, after completing the tender design for Civil Works packages CW1 and CW2.

Today, SENER is a leading firm in urban transportation and railway sector worldwide. It provides integrated engineering services (design, construction, start-up, operations and maintenance) for conventional metro systems - the metros of Guadalajara, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Chennai, Santiago de Chile, Madrid, Lisbon, Bilbao, Algiers, Oran, Bogotá, Hanoi, Panama and São Paulo are SENER projects - and automated ones (driverless UTOs), for example the Barcelona metro Line 9, Light Rapid Transits (LRT) or tramways - in Porto, Valencia, Dublin, Tenerife, Kaohsiung and Oran -, monorails, Bus Rapid Transits (BRT), People Movers, passenger train lines (both conventional and high speed), freight and mixed train lines, including international railway projects such as the transnational high speed connection between Figueras (Spain) and Perpignan (France).

In total, SENER has worked on studies and projects for more than 10,000 km of track, making it one of the leading companies in this sector. The group has also earned itself a strong international reputation as a designer and supplier of intelligent transport systems that incorporate high-tech solutions.

SENER executes works to integrate new high-speed lines into the urban environment, as well as stations and rail terminals, with references such as Los Angeles Union Station (California), La Sagrera Station in Barcelona (Spain), the Puerta del Sol Transport Interchange in Madrid (Spain), which has the world's largest cavern excavated in a high density urban area, and the Shivaji Nagar and Bijwasan Stations Master Plan in India.

For more information: Oihana Casas. Communication. SENER. Tel (+34) 91 807 73 18 / (+34) 679 31 40 85 www.sener-group.com

Thanks to this expertise, SENER has a complete and integrated perspective on how transport systems are developed, which allows the company to be involved in every phase, from planning to design, construction and operation of the line, and to cover every technical function with SENER's own experts.

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SENER in MiddleEastRail 2016
Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre
March 8 and 9, Dubai

About SENER
SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956. It seeks to offer its clients the most advanced technological solutions and enjoys international recognition thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has a workforce of near 6,000 professionals distributed across its offices in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Chile, China, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, the United States, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. The group's turnover exceeds 1.305 billion Euros (2014 data).

SENER engages in the specific activities of Engineering and Construction. It also has industrial holdings in companies involved in Aeronautics, as well as in the field of Energy and Environment. In the area of Engineering and Construction, SENER has become a world leader in Aerospace, Infrastructures and Transport, Power, Oil & Gas, and Marine.

In 2016, SENER is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a long track record of projects, international experience and a team comprised of thousands of professionals who are the co-creators of the innovations that have marked its past and will shape its future.

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