Press releases

2008/02/08

CAF has been awarded extensions for the Rome Metro and Santiago de Chile Metro contracts

COMUNE DI ROMA has awarded CAF the extension of the supply of trains for Line A of the ROME METRO, specifically consisting of 8 additional train units, each with 6 cars.

These units are added to the 45 units already supplied by CAF for the ROME METRO since the signing of the initial contract in 2002, which are already providing passenger services.

Also, as an extension to the recent contract awarded to CAF for the supply of 144 cars for the Santiago de Chile cars, an additional contract has been signed with this customer for the supply of a further 36 cars, whereby the total fleet to be supplied by CAF is increased to 180 cars, a total of 20 trains, each with nine cars.

Both operations, which also include the maintenance of the units, exceeds 100 million euros.