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Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes Ferroviarios
The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviarios (CIAF) is an agency of the Spanish Government which investigates rail accidents. It is a division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Its head office is in Madrid.Contáctenos
." ''Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes Ferroviarios''. Retrieved on 4 May 2013. "Ministerio de Fomento Paseo de la Castellana, 67 Despacho A-212"


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Spanish Government
The government of Spain () is the central government which leads the executive branch and the General State Administration of the Kingdom of Spain. The Government consists of the Prime Minister and the Ministers; the prime minister has the overall direction of the Ministers and can appoint or terminate their appointments freely. The ministers also belong to the supreme decision-making body, known as the Council of Ministers. The Government is responsible before the Parliament (), and more precisely before the Congress of the Deputies, a body which elects the Prime Minister or dismisses them through a motion of censure. This is because Spain is a parliamentary system established by the Constitution of 1978. Its fundamental regulation is placed in Title IV of the Constitution, as well as in Title V of that document, with respect to its relationship with the , and in Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of the Government. According to Article 97 of the Constitution and Article 1.1 of ...
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Ministry Of Public Works And Transport (Spain)
The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MITMA) (), traditionally known as the Ministry of Development (MIFOM), is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for preparing and implementing the government policy on land, air and maritime transport infrastructure and the control, planning and regulation of the transport services on this areas. It is also responsible for guaranteeing access to housing; urban, soil and architecture policies; planning and controlling the postal and telegraph services, directing the services related to astronomy, geodesy, geophysics and mapping, and planning and programing the government investments on infrastructure and services related to this scope. The Ministry's headquarters are in the New Ministries government complex. MITMA is headed by the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, who is appointed by the King of Spain at request of the Prime Minister. The Minister is assisted by two main officials, the Secretar ...
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Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ...
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Castelldefels Train Accident
The Castelldefels train accident occurred on 23 June 2010 when a passenger train struck a group of people who were crossing the railway on the level at Platja de Castelldefels station to the southwest of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. Twelve people were killed, and fourteen injured: all victims but one Romanian were of Latin American origin, with a majority from Ecuador. The accident occurred on St. John's Eve,. a major celebration in Spain and in several other European countries. The victims were apparently trying to get to the beach less than from the station, where a concert by Ecuadorian singer Rubén de Rey had been organized. It was the worst railway accident in Spain since the Valencia Metro derailment in July 2006 killed 43 and injured 47 others.. Accident At 23:23 local time (21:23 UTC), an express train ploughed into a large group of people crossing the track at Platja de Castelldefels station, killing 12 of them and injuring 14.. Three of the injured we ...
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Santiago De Compostela Derailment
The Santiago de Compostela derailment occurred on 24 July 2013, when an Alvia high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, Galicia, Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, Derailment, derailed at high speed on a bend about outside of the Santiago de Compostela railway station, railway station at Santiago de Compostela. Of the 178 people injured, the provisional number of deaths in hospital had reached 79 by the following 28 July. Spanish Government's Ministry of Public Works Commission for Railways Accidents Investigation – accident final reportArchive
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Civil Aviation Accident And Incident Investigation Commission
The Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (, CIAIAC) is the Spanish national agency responsible for air accident investigation. It is a division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The CIAIAC investigates all accidents and incidents of civil aircraft that take place in Spanish territory. The CIAIAC also maintains detailed statistics of all the air accidents and incidents in Spain. The headquarters of the CIAIAC are in Latina, Madrid.Contáctenos
." Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission. Retrieved on September 17, 2010. "Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil: C\ Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid

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Standing Commission For Maritime Accident And Incident Investigations
The Standing Commission for Maritime Accident and Incident Investigations (, CIAIM) is an agency of the Spanish government that investigates maritime accidents and incidents. It is a division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Its head office is in Madrid.Contáctenos
" Standing Commission for Maritime Accident and Incident Investigations. Retrieved on 4 May 2013.


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Rail Accident Investigators
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Government Of Spain
The government of Spain () is the central government which leads the executive branch and the General State Administration of the Kingdom of Spain. The Government consists of the Prime Minister and the Ministers; the prime minister has the overall direction of the Ministers and can appoint or terminate their appointments freely. The ministers also belong to the supreme decision-making body, known as the Council of Ministers. The Government is responsible before the Parliament (), and more precisely before the Congress of the Deputies, a body which elects the Prime Minister or dismisses them through a motion of censure. This is because Spain is a parliamentary system established by the Constitution of 1978. Its fundamental regulation is placed in Title IV of the Constitution, as well as in Title V of that document, with respect to its relationship with the , and in Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of the Government. According to Article 97 of the Constitution and Article 1.1 ...
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Organisations Based In Madrid
An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences) is an legal entity, entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an Voluntary association, association—comprising one or more person, people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret society , secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements. And in some cases may have obstacles from other organizations (e.g.: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, MLK's organization). What makes an organization recognized by the government is either filling out Incorporation (business), incorporation or recognition in the form of either societal pressure (e.g.: Advocacy group), causing concerns (e.g.: Resistance movement) or being considered the spokesperson o ...
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Transport In Madrid
Madrid is served by highly developed transport infrastructure. Road, rail and air links are vital to maintain the economic position of Madrid as a leading centre of employment, enterprise, trade and tourism, providing effective connections with not only other parts of the region, but also the rest of Spain and Europe as a whole. Three quarters of a million people commute into the city to work,''Estructura Economica de le Ciudad de Madrid''
''Ayuntamiento de Madrid'' (Madrid City Council), August 2013
and these and other local travellers have available a high-capacity metropolitan road network and a well-used