CAF has secured contracts to manufacture 18 Coradia Polyvalent regional trains totalling EUR 161 million. These are the first contracts since CAF has acquired the product platform and Reichshoffen manufacturing plant in France in august last year, together with a backlog of related orders. CAF also acquired the intellectual property of the Talent 3 platform, all with a view towards further consolidating CAF’s position in the French and German markets.
CAF will supply 11 trains for the New Aquitaine Region in the south of France, and another order comes from Senegal’s Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Major Works (APIX), part of the Transport Department for 7 Coradia Polyvalent regional trains. It should be noted that these are the first extensions in a series of Coradia Polyvalent platform projects under way, which contemplate an increase in the number of trains to be delivered.
According to the transaction arrangements, both projects will be carried out in consortium with Alstom, this latter supplying the equipment for the units, whilst CAF will design and manufacture the trains – each consisting of four cars – at CAF’s French plant in Reichshoffen, Alsace.
These contracts have meant that the CAF Group has been able to increase its backlog in France to EUR 2.4 billion. An all-time high that represents 18% of the Group’s backlog, converting France into one of its most significant markets for the coming years. They have also consolidated the industrial freight plan for French plants and strengthen CAF’s position as a benchmark company and long-term partner of local, regional and national public authorities for the development of public transport in France.
CAF is currently performing contracts for some of the country’s main railway networks, including the supply of 146 trains for the Paris RER B commuter line, 28 Intercity trains for the SNCF operator to run on the Paris – Clermont and Paris – Limoges – Toulouse lines, and the projects to supply trams for the metropolitan areas of Montpellier and Marseille.
CAF says that this growth in France is in line with its 2026 Strategy Plan, specifically with regards the goal of increasing sales in key countries such as France – a high-volume market for recurring operations that fit in strategically with CAF’s range of solutions.
Part of Alstom’s transaction to acquire Bombardier Transportation, and its commitments to the European Commission, the Coradia Polyvalent platform and Reichshoffen plant were sold to CAF. Following this process, the platform train will add CAF a project portfolio of EUR 500 million.
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