Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), headquartered in Beasain, Spain, is a global leader in the design and supply of comprehensive transportation systems. The company's extensive portfolio includes trains, buses, components, signaling systems, and turnkey mobility solutions. CAF is renowned for its innovation and commitment to sustainable mobility, providing customized solutions across all phases of transportation projects. With a presence in numerous countries, CAF serves as a strategic partner for cities worldwide, addressing the challenges of urban and interurban mobility.
The media in Boston has reported that on 31 August the Board of Directors of TheMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) agreed to designate CAF USA as thesuccessful bidder for the project to supply 102 LRVs to run on the Green Line in the City ofBoston for $811 million.
In compliance with article 226 of the Consolidated Text of the Securities Market Act approved by Royal Legislative Decree 4/2015, of October 23rd, and complementary regulations, the company Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. (“CAF” or the “Company”) proceeds to communicate the following relevant information.
This week, CAF has started dynamic track testing of the hydrogen-powered demonstrator train being developed for the FCH2RAILproject. FCH2RAIL is a consortium of the following companies: CAF, DLR, Toyota, Renfe, ADIF, CNH2, IP and Stemmann-Technik.
CAF has once again been selected by two European cities to execute two contracts to improve their urban public transport services. In one case, it will refurbish the light metro units running on line 1 in Athens, and in the other, it will supply new trams for Seville. These two contracts amount to a value of over 100 million euros.
The Swedish state-owned operator SJ AB has selected CAF to supply the 25 regional units, which could be extended to a total of 60 units should the contract extension options be triggered.
The German operator association Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL), which manages part of the rail transport services in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, has placed its trust in CAF once again, with an agreement to extend the contract awarded last year. In this case, the extension consists of the supply of 10 battery-powered trains, as well as fleet maintenance for a term of 33 years.
The CAF Group has achieved further success in France on being selected to supply the new fleet of trams for Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, a French metropolitan area located in the Occitania region, surrounding the city of Montpellier.
At the end of May, at its plant in Zaragoza, CAF started static tests on the hydrogen-powered demonstrator train being developed for the FCH2Rail project. FCH2RAIL is a consortium of the following companies: CAF, DLR, Toyota, Renfe, Adif, CNH2, IP and FAIVELEY Stemmann Technik.
The Australian capital joins the Railway Digital Transformation by implementing CAF ́s LeadMind solution for the light rail line linking Gungahlin to the city centre. It is a fleet of 14 units that will have the latest technologies for data acquisition and the subsequent management of advanced analytics with the clear objective of improving availability, reliability and safety thanks to predictive maintenance.