CAF Mexico closes deal to manufacture and export 23 trains to New Zealand

The contract is an extension of a contract awarded to the company’s parent company in Spain, Grupo CAF, in 2011. 57 power units15 units were added in 2017.

Likewise, the potential expansion of this project Five additional units.

The trains are composed of two end motor cars with three cars each, carriages and an intermediate trailer car.

Its structure will be made of stainless steel, each incorporating two doors on its side for users to enter and exit. The intermediate car will have a low floor to provide access to the unit for those with reduced mobility and wheelchair users.

There will be trains Type of electric region, a train with a length of 72 meters and a speed of kilometers per hour. Apart from that, it will have technology to accurately know the number of users boarding and alighting the trains at each railway station and the number of passengers.

CAF is the second export project for Mexico, which recently completed the delivery of 28 trains for LRT 1. Manila, PhilippinesAs part of a deal worth €225 million.

Additionally, the company is currently working with the central government to expand suburban rail Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA).