Latvia’s national passenger operator Pasažieru Vilciens has awarded CAF a train manufacturing contract to supply 34 electrical units and 7 diesel units.
The contract is worth over €400 million and includes the maintenance of the vehicles for 30 years, as well as the construction of new maintenance facilities.
The contract is the largest rolling stock purchase ever made in Latvia, and forms a part of the framework of the Latvian government’s project for infrastructure modernisation.
Some of the trains will be produced in Latvia, where CAF will contract out part of the production to the local manufacturer RVR.
The trains are based on CAF’s Civity platform for suburban and medium distance trains, and are equipped with stage of the art technology with regards to energy consumption, environmental protection and safety equipment.
The first units are scheduled to be delivered by mid 2014 with completion required during 2015.
The order includes electric traction trains (EMUs) to run on electrified tracks at 3000 Vdc and electric diesel traction trains (DMUs) to run on non-electrified lines.
Both solutions are fitted with a Russian gauge, and consist of 3 low floor cars, with the two end cars being motor cars and the intermediate a trailer car.
The trains are able to reach speeds of up to 140 km/h.
