Talgo S.A., established in 1942 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, is a renowned manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high-speed passenger trains. The company specializes in designing and producing lightweight, energy-efficient trains with articulated bogies, enhancing passenger comfort and operational efficiency. Talgo's innovative technologies include variable gauge systems, allowing trains to adapt to different track widths, facilitating seamless international travel. With a strong presence in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, Talgo collaborates with various rail operators to deliver customized train solutions that meet diverse infrastructure and market requirements.
This additional order under the framework agreement will double the initial Talgo fleet with trains featuring a higher seating capacity than the original ones.
LE TRAIN, France's leading private high-speed train operator, and Talgo, a European designer and manufacturer of railway rolling stock, today signed an agreement in Bordeaux for the future development of a fleet of high-speed trains adapted to the French market and based on the leading high-speed Avril platform.
The German operator will use the train designed and manufactured by Talgo, ICE L, to foster the decarbonization of mobility in central Europe with long-distance services, thanks to the vehicle’s lighter weight and lower energy consumption.
Today, the national railway company of Egypt ENR (Egyptian National Railways) has awarded Talgo with a new contract for the manufacturing of passenger trains. Under the new order, the Spanish company will be responsible for building seven passenger trains for night services for an approximate amount of 280 million euros.
Today, Talgo initiated the dynamic tests of its dual Vittal-One renewable hydrogen train at its factory in Las Matas, Madrid, which is a key milestone in applying hydrogen to the railway.
Talgo has developed a new type of its characteristic running gear frames -rodals- which makes it possible to further reduce the tare weight of the vehicles it manufactures, starting with Avril very high-speed trains.
They have signed a strategic agreement to be a Founding Member and join the Governing Board of Europe's Rail, which, with a budget of 1.2 billion euros, takes over from the previous program, Shift2Rail, and becomes the largest European rail RDI program in history.