Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF, literally "Construction and Other Railway Services") is a Spanish publicly listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment and buses through its

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subsidiary. It is based in Beasain,

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. Equipment manufactured by Grupo CAF includes light rail vehicles,

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trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as

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that can be fitted on any existing truck or bogie. Over the 20 years from the early 1990s, CAF benefited from the rail investment boom in its home market in Spain to become a world player with a broad technical capability, able to manufacture almost any type of rail vehicle. CAF has supplied railway rolling stock to a number of major

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operators around Europe, the US, South America, East Asia, India, Australia and North Africa.

History

''CAF'' was an acronym for the earlier name of ''Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles'', as well as for ''Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles''.

Fábrica de Hierros San Martín

In 1860, Domingo Goitia, Martín Usabiaga and José Francisco Arana established this company, whose main activity was puddling furnaces and cylinder rolling.

La Maquinista Guipuzcoana

In 1892, Francisco de Goitia (Domingo Goitia's son and heir) joined the

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to set up La Maquinista Guipuzcoana, whose main activity was the operation of machinery and the forging and construction of railway rolling stock. In 1898, it set up its plant in Beasain,

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. In 1905 it changed its name to Fábrica de Vagones de Beasain (FVB).

Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) was founded in 1917, specializing in freight car production and with a total of 1,600 employees. In 1940, the Irun factory was set up, following the expansion of activity after the Spanish Civil War (CAF took part in reconstructing the Spanish rail fleet). In 1954, CAF took over Material Móvil y Construcciones (MMC) from

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

( Aragon), a company with extensive experience in manufacturing long-distance and subway trains. Since 1958, the company has modernized and enlarged its Beasain plant and expanded its activity to include all kinds of rolling stock. In line with this, in 1969 CAF created its Research and Development Unit, which increased the company's competitiveness and intensified the focus on in-house technology.

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

In 1971, the existing Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) merged with Material Móvil y Construcciones (MMC) and the company adopted its current name ''Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles''.

Subsidiaries

CAF U.S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of CAF, was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Elmira, New York. It manufactures rolling stock for the North American market at a plant in Elmira that the company acquired from ADtranz in 2000. The company from Beasain continued its expansion during the third millennium. On 24 May 2019, it announced the acquisition of the Swedish company Euromaint at a cost of circa €80 million, following other international contracts to supply Flemish and English railway and underground networks in 2017. CAF Rolling Stock U.K. Ltd. is the CAF subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Its

factory A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. ...

is based at Celtic Springs Business Park, at

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near

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as a result of an agreement made between CAF and the

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. The Newport factory has built stock for

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Arriva Rail North Arriva Rail North, branded as Northern by Arriva (legal name Arriva Rail North Limited) was a train operating company in Northern England which began operating the Northern franchise on 1 April 2016 and inherited units from the previous operato ...

, the

Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England and provides a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of Lo ...

, and potentially

High Speed 2 High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...

if CAF win the bid process.

Train defects

In April 2014, two carriages of an

Urbos 3 The CAF Urbos is a family of trams, streetcars, and light rail vehicles built by CAF. The Basque manufacturer CAF previously manufactured locomotives, passenger cars, regional, and underground trains. In 1993, CAF started building trams for Metr ...

tram in Belgrade separated during passenger service, due to the cracking of screws connecting the cars. Half of the Belgrade tramway's CAF fleet were found to have been affected by similar cracking of screws in the two weeks prior to the incident. In March 2016, 19

British Rail Class 332 The British Rail Class 332 was a type of electric multiple unit passenger train built between 1997 and 1998 by CAF, with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. Fourteen units were built for dedicated use on Heathrow Exp ...

units were taken out of service after a crack was discovered in the underframe of one unit during routine maintenance. In December 2017, the

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discovered cracks in their Urbos 3s vehicles around the bogie box area of the bodies, which in December 2020 CAF paid for remedial work to be performed with each unit affected requiring one month downtime for the work to be completed. In April 2021, 22

British Rail Class 195 The British Rail Class 195 '' Civity'' is a class of diesel multiple-unit passenger train manufactured by CAF, owned by Eversholt Rail Group and currently operated by Northern Trains. A total of 58 units have been built; 25 two-car units and ...

Civity units were temporarily removed from service after routine maintenance revealed a yaw damper bracket had detached from the body of unit 195121. On June 11, 2021,

West Midlands Metro The West Midlands Metro (originally named Midland Metro) is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. Opened on 30 May 1999, it currently consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between the cities of Birmi ...

(operating between

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and

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) were forced to suspend their services due to similar cracks being discovered in the bogie box areas of their Urbos 3s vehicles, with ongoing investigations continuing to identify any other issues relating to the cracks and to find options for remedial works to be performed. Full service only began once more in February 2022. On June 24, 2021,

Flytoget The Airport Express Train ( no, Flytoget) is a Norwegian high-speed airport railway service connecting Oslo Airport to Oslo Central Station in nineteen minutes. Run by Flytoget AS (formerly NSB Gardermobanen AS), it operates on the high-speed ...

were forced to withdraw their entire CAF Oaris fleet after 19 days of service due to the discovery of cracks in the chassis. They remain out of service as of September 2022, with plans to reinstate them by the end of the year. In the meantime, CAF has paid an unknown amount to Flytoget in compensation. Following on from these instances, in November 2021 the

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transport minister

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announced that the Sydney L1 Dulwich Hill Line would be decommissioned for up to 18 months, due to serious design flaws in all 12 of the CAF Urbos 3s tram sets that were running on the line. Stokes stated that the flaws (in the bogie boxes) were likely to be far broader in scope than those identified in Sydney due to the thousands of the same tram type operated around the world. In March 2022, the West Midlands Metro was again forced to suspend its services due to the discovery of more cracks, this time on the bodywork of the trams.

Political activity

During the 2019 United Kingdom general election, CAF Rail UK Limited made a donation of £50,000 to the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

. In 2019, it entered into litigation that affects its corporate image. Participating in a consortium, JNET, together with the Israeli company Shapir Engineering and Industry, has won a tender promoted by the Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety to supply railway equipment, in addition to building, extending and operating light rail lines from Jerusalem to nearby settlements in disputed territories, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. In turn, Shapir is on the list of companies that benefit from the occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, as denounced by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Rolling stock

Carriages

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* Mark 5A *

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Viewliner The Viewliner is a single-level railroad car type operated by Amtrak on most long-distance routes operating east of Chicago. The first production cars, consisting of an order of 50 sleeping cars, entered service in 1994. From 2015-2016, 70 View ...

EMU and DMU

Serie 121 de Renfe llegando a Roda de Bará

* Cepia * Oaris * Class 598 * IZBAN E22000 * TRD * TEMD * TDMD * Class 440 * Class 444 * Civity ** Sprinter New Generation *

Civia Civia is a class of electric multiple unit trains built by CAF and Siemens for the Renfe Cercanías commuter railway networks in Spain. The first units entered service in 2003. The Civia train concept was created with passenger comfort and bu ...

* Class 446/ 447 *

IE 29000 Class The 29000 Class is a type of four-car Diesel Multiple Unit operated by Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail). The units were built in Spain by CAF in two batches between 2002 and 2005. Description Each set comprises two driving end cars (DM1 and DM ...

* AM class EMU, Auckland *

VR Class Sm4 The Sm4 electric multiple unit (EMU) is a low-floor train used by the VR Group for longer-distance Helsinki commuter rail services. The initial order was for ten EMUs with the first unit entering service in 1999. Another 20 units were ordered in 20 ...

* MTR Adtranz-CAF EMU

Locomotives

* Class 250 * Class 252 For

FEVE Renfe Feve is a division of state-owned Spanish railway company Renfe Operadora. It operates most of Spain's of railway. This division of Renfe was previously a stand-alone company named FEVE (Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha,Law 11/1965 of ...

, now part of Renfe Operadora: *

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Class 1900 * Class 2600 DMU * Class 2700 DMU * Class 2900 DMU For

Euskotren Euskotren, formally known as Basque Railways ( eu, Eusko Trenbideak, es, Ferrocarriles Vascos), is a public railway company controlled by the Basque Government and officially established in 1982 to operate several narrow gauge railways inside ...

: * UT200 * UT300 * UT900 * UT950 * UT3500 * Euskotren XXI For

Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca () or SFM is a company which operates the metre gauge railway network on the Spanish island of Majorca. The total length, including Palma Metro, also operated by this company, is 85 km. Overview In 1977, t ...

: * DMU Class 61 * EMU Class 71 * EMU Class 81 For other operators: * BITRAC CC 3600 (Class 601) electro-diesel (Ordered by FESUR, currently operated by Captrain España)

Metro

For Madrid: * Class 300 * Class 1000 * Class 2000 * Class 3000 * Class 5000 * Class 6000 * Class 8000 * Class 8400 For Barcelona: Metro Barcelona train type 5000

* Class 1000 * Class 2000 * Class 3000 * Class 4000 * Class 5000 * Class 6000 * Class S/2100 * Class S/300 For Helsinki: * M300 For Bucharest: * BM3 For Amsterdam: * Metromaterieel S3/M4 * Metromaterieel M7/M8 For Brussels: *

Trams

* Urbos 1 (Tranvía de Bilbao) * Urbos 2 (Tranvía de Vélez-Málaga, Tranvía de Vitoria and Metro de Sevilla). *

(Metrocentro de Sevilla, Tranvía de Zaragoza, Metropolitano de Granada, Metro de Málaga and Tranvía Metropolitano de la Bahía de Cádiz).

Outside Spain: trains

* Algeria: DMUs * Argentina: 9 articulated units for Tren de la Costa * Brazil:

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EMUs and

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* Germany: Commuter train NEXIO for

Schönbuch Railway The Schönbuch Railway (german: Schönbuchbahn) is a branch line in the Stuttgart region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is single-track and standard gauge, and is long. It links Dettenhausen with Böblingen, where a connection is ...

* Hungary:

MÁV Hungarian State Railways ( hu, Magyar Államvasutak, MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV START Zrt." (passenger transport), "MÁV-Gépészet Zrt." (maintenance), "MÁV-Trakció Zrt." and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freig ...

vagon * Italy: DMUs for Sardinia * Netherlands: Sprinter New Generation for the

Nederlandse Spoorwegen Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS; ; en, "Dutch Railways") is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The Dutch rail network is one of the busiest in the European Union, and t ...

. * Portugal: EMUs (UQE´S) for Lisboa * Saudi Arabia:

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/ SRO Diesel Push-Pull Trainsets * UK: British Rail Class 331 (

Northern Trains Northern Trains, branded as Northern, (legally Northern Trains Limited) is a publicly owned train operating company in England. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail N ...

) * UK:

in partnership with Siemens (

Heathrow Express Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and . Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway and Heathrow ...

) * UK:

British Rail Class 333 The British Rail Class 333 are electric multiple unit passenger trains built by CAF between 2000 and 2003 for Northern Spirit (later Arriva Trains Northern), with traction equipment supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. All have passed ...

in partnership with Siemens ( Arriva Trains Northern) * UK: Northern Ireland Railways Class 3000 and Class 4000 * UK:

British Rail Class 397 The British Rail Class 397 '' Civity'' is a class of electric multiple unit built by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF for lease to TransPennine Express by Eversholt Rail Group. A total of twelve five-car units were built to operate serv ...

(

TransPennine Express TransPennine Express (TPE), legally First TransPennine Express Limited, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major ci ...

)

Newport factory, South Wales, UK

CAF Rolling Stock U.K. Ltd announced in 2017 its UK factory location was selected as Celtic Business Park at

in Newport,

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. It has at least five confirmed UK projects from 2019 onwards and would have been the construction site for their unsuccessful bid to deliver stock for High Speed 2. The site was funded with support from the

Inward Investment Programme. * UK: CAF Oaris ( Prospective bid for HS2) * UK:

(

) * UK:

British Rail Class 196 The British Rail Class 196 '' Civity'' is a class of diesel multiple unit built for West Midlands Trains by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. A total of 26 units have been built; 12 two-car units and 14 four-car units. They are the first ...

(

West Midlands Trains West Midlands Trains (WMT) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates passenger trains on the West Midlands franchise between London and the English Midlands under two trade names: West Midlands Railway (WMR) (within the ...

) * UK: British Rail Class 197 (

)

Outside Spain: metros and trams

* Algeria: Algiers Metro * Argentina:

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5000 and 6000 series; Tren de la Costa * Australia: Canberra,

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and Sydney light rail. * Belgium:

Brussels Metro The Brussels Metro (french: Métro de Bruxelles, nl, Brusselse metro) is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of four conventional metro lines and three ''premetro'' lines. The me ...

M6 and M7 Series * Brazil:

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* Brazil: Cuiabá tram * Brazil: Recife Metro * Canada: Calgary Transit Urbos 100 (On Order) * Chile: Santiago Metro * Colombia: Medellín Metro * Estonia: Tallinn tram * Finland: Helsinki Metro, M300 series * France: Nantes Tramway#CAF Urbos 3, Nantes Tramway * France:

* Germany: Freiburg tram and Bonn Stadtbahn (on order) * Hungary: Trams in Debrecen, Debrecen public transport * Hungary: Trams in Budapest#Current fleet.5B18.5D, Budapest public transport * India: Delhi Airport Metro Express * Indonesia: Greater Jakarta LRT * Italy: Rome Metro * Italy: Naples Metro * Luxembourg: :fr:Tramway de Luxembourg Urbos 3 * Mexico: Mexico City Metro#Rolling stock, Mexico City Metro (NE-92, NM-02, FE-07, FE-10, NE-16) * Mexico: Tren Suburbano, Mexico City suburban rail * Mexico: Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail (under construction) * Netherlands: S3 and M4 units of the Amsterdam Metro#Rolling stock, Amsterdam Metro and from 2018 the Uithof tram line in Utrecht * Norway: Trams in Oslo, Oslo trams, delivery from 2022 * Philippines: Manila LRT Line 1 * Romania: Bucharest Metro Line M2 * Serbia: Trams in Belgrade, Belgrade Tram * Sweden: Trams in Stockholm, Stockholm Tram * Taiwan: Kaohsiung Tram * Turkey: Antray(Antalya LRT) * Turkey: Istanbul Metro * UK: CAF Docklands Light Railway rolling stock#Future stock, DLR replacement programme (

, Transport for London, TfL) * UK: New

vehicles * UK: Edinburgh Trams * US: Sacramento Regional Transit District#Light rail, Light Rail of Sacramento, California Class 200 * US: Pittsburgh Light Rail, Pennsylvania Class 4300 * US: Washington Metro, Washington Metro rolling stock#5000-series, 5000-Series * US: METRORail, (Houston, TX) * US: Kansas City Streetcar * US: Cincinnati Streetcar * US: MBTA Green Line Type 9 LRV and Type 10 (on order - delivery starting 2027) * US: Maryland Transit Administration, MTA Maryland Purple Line (Maryland), Purple Line (On order) * Venezuela: Caracas Metro

References

External links

Official website
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History

Fábrica de Hierros San Martín

La Maquinista Guipuzcoana

Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

Subsidiaries

Train defects

Political activity

Rolling stock

Carriages

EMU and DMU

Locomotives

Metro

Trams

Outside Spain: trains

Newport factory, South Wales, UK

Outside Spain: metros and trams

See also

References

External links