Two Italian cities awarded CAF rolling stock contracts covering the supply of new trams and metros. Ente Autonomo Volturno, the company responsible for the regional and metropolitan public transport service in Naples, ordered from CAF 6 metro units, as well as their corresponding depot parts and comprehensive maintenance of the vehicles for 3 years.
These trains are intended to operate on the Piscinola/Scampia – Aversa line and eventually also on the line running from Piscinola to Miano, Secondigliano and Di Vittorio and connected to Line 1 of the Neapolitan metro network.
This agreement forms part of the framework contract between CAF and the Ente Autonomo Volturno which was entered into in mid-2020 and which comprises the supply of 10 metro units, the first four of which were ordered in the first call.
The new six 6-car trains, with the same features and equipment as the units that CAF also previously supplied for Line 1 of the city’s metro network. Designed to guarantee high efficiency, availability and safety performance, they are noted for their capacity and easy access, being spacious and featuring unobstructed gangways for increased passenger comfort and easier passenger distribution.
Another rolling stock contract comes from the city of Palermo which awarded a joint venture made up of the Italian company Sis Scpa and CAF which has 5 months to prepare the executive project before the work begins. Under the contract CAF will manufacture and commission 9 new tramways for lines A, B and C. The contract also includes an option to extend this supply with a further 35 additional units.
More than EUR 400 million is the value of the contract, which will be partially financed with funds from Patto per il Sud (Pact for the South) granted under Matteo Renzi’s government in 2016.
These newly-awarded sections have been arranged in order of priority by the Municipality of Palermo such that sections C and B will be built first, while analysis must first be carried out for section A to establish which is the most suitable route. The new sections will complete the railway network in the Italian city. Section C will be an extension of the existing Line 4 to the Central Station, while section B will be an extension of Line 1, running from Notarbartolo station to via Duca della Verdura.
Besides these two Italian cities, CAF also was awarded a contract to deliver Cagliari 98 electric buses, with the three contracts totalling EUR 150 million.
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