German operator association Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL) has placed an order with CAF for 10 battery-powered trains for use in the North Rhine-Westphalia area. The contract announced earlier this week follows on a 2021 deal together...Read more
The German transport authorities Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) and Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL) have awarded DB Regio a contract for the operation of five routes on the Niederrhein-Münsterland network. In addition, VRR and NWL have ordered a...Read more
Local transportation company Metro de Granada has awarded CAF with a contact to supply eight Urbos light rail vehicle sets. The units are expected to enter service in early 2024.Read more
Spain’s CAF Group has inked a new deal with Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR). While the bulk of the contract involves maintenance work on trains, it also includes setting up a joint engineering department and a...Read more
Spanish research facility Centro Nacional de Hidrógeno (CNH2) will take delivery of the remaining 3 hydrogen fuel cell modules from Toyota Motor Europe this month out of a total of 6 units to be installed...Read more
Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF partners with energy company Iberdrola for the use of green hydrogen in rail. Iberdrola will deliver green hydrogen for the pilot project of a Renfe Civia train prototype refitted with...Read more
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this month inaugurated a new 102-kilometre section of the country’s high-speed railway network. The new section is an extension of the existing Ankara-Konya line that now reaches the city...Read more
Alstom announced 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 the Spanish company CAF. This was one...Read more
Spanish train manufacturer CAF will remodel a Renfe Cercanías Civia unit into a hydrogen train demonstrator. It will be a bi-mode train, which can run on electrified sections as well as sections which are not.Read more
The Spanish hyperloop company Zeleros has brought three new partners on board in a new investment round: infrastructure company Acciona, energy specialist EIT InnoEnergy and train builder CAF. According to Zeleros, all three will make...Read more
Renfe is replacing the tender for 72 Medium Distance and Cercanías commuter trains. The company will refrain from buying hybrid diesel-electric trains, and will prioritise technologies such as hydrogen for trains that run on non-electrified...Read more
In order to give new entrants to the market for train protection systems a chance and thus a smoother transition from the existing Class-B systems to ERTMS, The Signalling Company advocates making the system specifications...Read more
Toyota Motor Europe will supply and integrate its fuel cell modules into the zero-emission prototype train that is to be realised by the EU FCH2RAIL project. A consortium made up of partners from Belgium, Germany,...Read more
The European Commission will start negotiations for a grant agreement value of 10 million euros towards the development of a hydrogen-powered train prototype. The FCH2RAIL project will be carried out by a consortium led by...Read more
The city of Lund is gearing up to launch a tram network in the mid-December. Two Urbos 100 light rail vehicles have been already delivered from Spain for tests and adjustment works. Lund will be...Read more
