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 CAF Group has secured two new sustainable urban transport contracts. The first of these sees Metro de Granada renewing trust in CAF once more to supply 8 more units which will be added to those already supplied, whilst the other involves AT Milano increasing its fleet of Solaris buses with 75 new electric units.
The CAF Group has concluded a contract with the state-owned railway operator SAR (Saudi Arabia Railways) that covers the maintenance of the Saudi operator's train fleet, including technical support and other related services. The contract amounts to close to €200 million.
Yet again, the CAF Group consolidates its position as a global supplier of Zero Emissions Mobility solutions by securing two new contracts in the Balearic Islands. These consist, on the one hand, of the supply of five electric units to Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, and on the other, five hydrogen buses to the capital city of Palma.
NTA (Metropolitan Mass Transit Systems) has chosen the transport consortium made up of the CAF Group and the construction firm Shapir for the Tel Aviv LRV Purple Line. NTA is the company in charge of providing the most appropriate solutions to meet transport demands in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is currently building the main public transport system in the Gush Dan area, the largest transport project ever undertaken in Israel, in terms of both volume and complexity.
The contract, worth in excess of €130M, includes the maintenance of the trains until the end of 2025 and has an extension option for up to 5 additional units.
Alstom announced today that it has agreed to divest its Coradia Polyvalent platform, its Reichshoffen production site in France and its TALENT3 platform, currently developed in Hennigsdorf, Germany to CAF.
CAF, the Spanish multinational leader in the design and implementation of comprehensive mobility systems, has recently entrusted Société Générale to act as fronting and issuing bank of a 107,9 million green guarantee facility to be utilized for the supply of electric trains in the scope of an interurban passenger rail transport project with zero direct emissions.
The City of Calgary has selected CAF to supply 28 LRV units which will serve the future Green Line, that will run along a 46 km north-south route across the city. The project, which comprises the first 20 km stage of the line, is already underway and will connect Shepard Station, where the depot will be located, with the 16 Avenue North station in the north of the city.
CAF has secured the acquisition of all of the shares for Orbital Critical Systems, a company which specialises in the design and supply of critical systems for both the aerospace and railway sectors.