2001/06/27
RENFE´s board of directors has awarded today to CAF the making of 21 new regional diesel trains, for a total of 15,800 million pesetas.
The new units will develop a 1,352 Kw power with a maximum speed of 160 Km/h. They will consist of three coaches with a total capability for carrying 190 passengers and will be equipped with the SIBI rocking system in bends, developed by CAF, which allows to keep a sideway acceleration non compensated in winding routes.
It is expected that these new regional diesel trains start to run within a two-year period
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