At CAF, we are international leaders in the design and supply of integrated transport systems. We develop sustainable solutions in rail and bus transport that improve people's lives. Always at the forefront of technology, investing in decarbonisation, automation and digitalisation for sustainable, interconnected and safe mobility.

With a workforce of more than 17,000 people, we are present in more than 60 countries around the world. We have production facilities in Spain, France, the United Kingdom and Poland in Europe, as well as other factories in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. In addition, we have numerous maintenance centres spread across five continents.

Key facts:

+ 5,200 trains delivered
+ 2,900 cars modernised
+ 3,500 electric and hydrogen buses in operation

Executive Chairman: Andrés Arizkorreta.
CEO: Javier Martínez Ojinaga.

Trains

We provide safe, comfortable and accessible mobility solutions for everyone. We are proud to lead the way in rail transport towards a greener and more connected future, offering our customers and society at large a transport alternative that combines innovation with environmental responsibility. CAF's range includes the following solutions:

-    High speed: Our high and very high speed OARIS train platform is the maximum exponent of innovation. With its own technology and capacity for more than 500 seats, its modularity allows for different configurations, always guaranteeing maximum comfort for users.
-    Regional and commuter trains: The CIVITY Family, a modular low-floor platform, can be tailored to each operator’s requirements in terms of configuration, design and performance, and includes versions with electric, diesel and diesel-electric traction, as well as zero-emission solutions powered by batteries and hydrogen.
-    Metros: INNEO metros are equipped with the latest technological advances in safety, performance and comfort. Their design seeks maximum energy efficiency by optimising passenger capacity per unit.
-    Light Rail: Our family of URBOS tramways meets the highest demands in terms of eco-design and accessibility, integrating into the environment and maintaining a high level of performance. They give each city its own identity thanks to their avant-garde design and flexibility.
-    Locomotives: BITRAC diesel and electric locomotives are the optimal solution for passenger and freight transport, thanks to their flexibility and interoperability. The line includes the latest developments in terms of driver comfort.

Buses

Solaris leads the market with its zero-emission vehicles. Its diverse range of solutions supports sustainable and multimodal mobility, adapting to customer demands in urban transport.

Its fleet includes the following types of vehicles:
-    Zero emissions: Solaris leads the market with its zero-emission vehicles, which include electric buses, hydrogen buses, trolleybuses and hybrid buses.
-    Low emissions: Urbino Hybrid, Urbino Mild Hybrid, Urbino CNG low-floor city buses combine design with reliable and practical technology, ensuring safety and environmental friendliness.
-    Conventional drive systems: The buses are equipped with engines that comply with the strict Euro 6 standard.
-    Special: The most popular are the buses for airport transfers, based on the Urbino or Urbino LE models.

Signalling

We design and supply state-of-the-art, comprehensive control and signalling solutions.

-    QUASAR Q4: Electronic interlockings. QUASAR Q4 is the basis of CAF's signalling solutions. A pioneer in the application of EN-50126 and other derived standards, the QUASAR Q4 electronic interlocking has evolved to support new functionalities and compatibility with ERTMS systems.
-    AURIGA: ETCS level 1 and 2 & ATO. Integral solution for the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO), both for the infrastructure part and for the on-board systems in vehicles. AURIGA guarantees high performance ERTMS solutions for both Level 1 (AURIGA L1) and Level 2 (AURIGA L2) and also mixed systems in which both levels coexist, ensuring interoperability. It brings significant operational and maintenance benefits.
-    NAOS: Integrated control centres. NAOS has been specifically developed for the integrated and multifunctional control centres required by today's control, command and signalling systems for railway infrastructures.
-    OPTIO is CAF's CBTC system that includes ATP (Automatic Train Protection), ATO (Automatic Train Operation) and ATS (Automatic Train Supervision), in accordance with the IEEE 1474 and IEC 62290 standards.

Services

CAF's maintenance and after-sales activities aim to maximise reliability, availability, maintainability and safety values throughout the fleet's lifecycle.

- Intelligent maintenance: CAF employs the most innovative digital maintenance and optimisation technologies to maximise service parameters and reduce lifecycle costs.

- Spare parts and component overhaul: CAF manages the supply of spare parts and components with a focus on operational improvement of maintenance activities in order to ensure optimal availability.

- Refurbishment and modernisation: The replacement of obsolete equipment with new, more efficient systems with lower energy consumption allows the useful life of trains to be extended, as well as improving their availability and reliability.

Digital Mobility

LeadMind is CAF's digital solution for data-driven railway fleet management. We enhance the passenger experience and optimise railway operations with real-time monitoring and advanced analytics, integrating sustainability through technologies that increase efficiency, safety and promote green practices, striving for a greener future and responsible mobility.

-    Units in service
-    Passengers on time
-    Safe journeys
-    Improved availability and reliability
-    Reduced life cycle cost
-    Anticipation of breakdowns

Propulsion and components

CAF guarantees the quality and traceability of key components, optimising the supply chain, reducing lead times, and minimising the carbon footprint.

- Wheels, axles and axle assemblies: Complete solutions using proprietary technology. The wheels set the standard for performance, safety and durability; the axles ensure optimum performance; and the elastic wheels reduce wear and noise in trams and light rail vehicles. 
- Comprehensive axle assembly solutions: In-house manufacturing with full traceability, reduced weight, improved logistics, and a lower carbon footprint.
- Gearboxes: Over 50 years’ experience in the design and supply of lightweight, robust and efficient gearboxes for all types of rolling stock.
- Component services: Proactive maintenance for reliable operations and end-of-life management focused on recyclability.
-  Power and control: Energy storage systems (GREENTECH) for catenary-free operation and utilisation of braking energy; TCMS and communications for monitoring and safe operation. 
-  Locomotive solutions: Upgrades featuring AC traction (IGBT/SiC inverters) and lithium-ion batteries, compatible with various energy sources, offering greater tractive effort, improved reliability, and reduced maintenance and energy consumption.

Integrated Transport Systems

At CAF we lead the development of comprehensive sustainable mobility infrastructure projects. We design, build and integrate high-capacity, high-performance transport systems on a turnkey basis.

- Railway systems: We approach projects integrally from an interdisciplinary perspective, managing all their complexity to provide a sustainable turnkey mobility solution.
- e-Bus infrastructures: e-Bus charging systems and development of integral e-BRI projects.
- Consultancy and engineering: Mobility and Smart Cities solutions.
- Solar Energy: Turnkey photovoltaic solar energy plants.

Top products: ROLLING STOCK AND TRACTION EQUIPMENT: 1. OARIS. 2. ALIVE. OTHERS: 3. CYOS. SIGNALLING: 4. OPTIO CBTC.

RECENT CONTRACTS

ROLLING STOCK
AUSTRALIA – Supply of 5 trams for Canberra Metro Operations 
BELGIUM – Supply of 6 EMUs for Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij (De Lijn) 
BELGIUM – Supply of 180 EMUs for SNCB
CHILE – Supply of 6 metro units for Metro Chile
COLOMBIA – Supply of 13 metro units for Metro Medellín
FRANCE – Supply of 60 trams for Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
FRANCE - Supply of 19 trams for the Syndicat des Mobilités de Touraine
FRANCE - Supply of 9 additional DEMUs and 24 additional Régiolis EMUs for SNCF Voyageurs
FRANCE – Supply of 36 Régiolis EMUs and 12 additional units for SNCF Voyageurs
FRANCE - Supply of 38 trams for the Syndicat Mixte des Mobilités de L’Aire Grenobloise
FRANCE – Supply of 15 trams for the Régie des Transports Métropolitains
GERMANY – Supply of 42 trams for Üstra – Hanover 
GERMANY – Supply of 3 additional long BEMUs for VRR 
GERMANY – Supply of 10 long BEMUs for NWL 
GERMANY – Supply of 22 trams and 15 additional trams for Stadtwerke Bonn Verkehrs 
HUNGARY – Supply of 51 additional trams for BKK
ITALY – Supply of 40 trams plus a further 40 for ATAC S.p.A.
ITALY – Supply of 9 trams plus a further 14 for the Municipality of Palermo
ITALY – Supply of 33 trams for the Municipality of Bologna
ITALY – Supply of 4 additional metro trains for the Municipality of Naples
ITALY – Supply of 6 additional metro trains for Ente Autonomo Volturno
MOROCCO - Supply of 30 intercity trains for ONCF 
NORWAY - Supply of 20 metro trains for the City of Oslo 
NEW ZEALAND - Supply of 23 EMU trains for Auckland Transport 
NETHERLANDS - Supply of 10 EMU units for Qbuzz 
NETHERLANDS - Supply of 13 additional metro units for GVB 
NETHERLANDS – Supply of 60 EMUs for NS Lease 
PHILIPPINES – Supply of 7 EMUs for the Department of Transportation 
SENEGAL – Supply of 7 DEMUs for APIX 
SWEDEN – Supply of 25 EMUs for SJ AB
SPAIN – Supply of 5 EMUs for Euskotren
SPAIN – Supply of 40 standard-gauge and 40 narrow-gauge metro units for Metro Madrid
SPAIN – Supply of 8 additional metro trains for Metro Madrid 
SPAIN - Supply of 9 trams plus 3 additional extra-long trams for Euskotren 
SPAIN – Supply of 5 EMUs for Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca 
SPAIN – Supply of 2 additional trams for Tranvías de Zaragoza. 
SPAIN – Supply of 5 trams for TUSSAM 
SPAIN – Supply of 28 BEMUs for RENFE 
SPAIN – Supply of 8 trams plus 6 additional ones for AOPJA
SPAIN – Supply of 1 high-speed inspection train for ADIF 
SPAIN – Supply of 29 commuter BEMUs for RENFE 
SPAIN – Supply of 3 medium-distance BEMUs for RENFE 
SPAIN – Supply of 3 additional trams for Metro Málaga 
SPAIN – Supply of 7 additional EMUs for FEVE 
SPAIN – Supply of 5 trams for Metro Sevilla
TAIWAN - Supply of 14 trams for the Department of Rapid Transit Systems of Taipei
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Supply of 9 push-pull trains for Etihad Rail
UNITED KINGDOM - Supply of 10 trimode trains for London North Eastern Railway 
UNITED KINGDOM - Supply of 11 additional driverless metro units for DLR 
UNITED STATES – Supply of 6 trams for the Omaha Street Authority
UNITED STATES – Extension for 2 trams for Kansas City 
UNITED STATES – Supply of 102 trams for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 

SIGNALLING
SAUDI ARABIA – Retrofit of ERTMS L1 and L2 on-board signalling system for SAR
BULGARIA – ERTMS N2 on-board signalling system for SKODA
CROATIA – ERTMS N2 on-board signalling system for KONCAR
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – ERTMS L2 signalling system for Etihad
SPAIN – ERTMS L1 and ERTMS L2 signalling system for ADIF
SPAIN – Traffic Control Centres for ADIF
ISRAEL – Signalling system and control centre for the Tel Aviv tramway
MEXICO – ERTMS N2 & ATO Toluca on-board signalling system
MEXICO – ERTMS N1 signalling system, control centre and telecommunications for Ferrocarriles Suburbanos.
MEXICO – ERTMS L1 signalling system, control centre and telecommunications for SCT and SEDENA.
NEW ZEALAND – ERTMS L1 on-board signalling retrofit for Kiwi Rail
NETHERLANDS – ERTMS L2 BL4 on-board signalling system for QBUZZ
POLAND – ERTMS L2 on-board signalling system for various customers
CZECH REPUBLIC – ERTMS L2 on-board signalling system retrofit for various customers
CZECH REPUBLIC – POLAND – SLOVAKIA – HUNGARY – ERTMS L2 retrofit for PKP
ROMANIA – ERTMS L2 on-board signalling system for PESA
SWEDEN – ERTMS L2 on-board system for SJ
BULGARIA – ERTMS L1 signalling and telecommunications system for NRIC
URUGUAY – ERTMS L1 on-board signalling system for various customers.
URUGUAY – ERTMS L1 signalling system, control centre and telecommunications for Consorcio Constructor Ferrocarril Central
BELGIUM – Signalling system and control centre for the Liège tramway for Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport

SERVICES
ALGERIA – Maintenance of the Algiers metro
ARGENTINA – Maintenance of the Buenos Aires metro
BELGIUM – Maintenance of De Lijn tramways, Liège tramways and the Brussels metro using LeadMind
BRAZIL – Maintenance of CPTM’s S/2070, S/8000 and S/8500 EMUs using LeadMind. Maintenance of the S/7000 and S/7500 EMUs for CPTM, the São Paulo Metro, the Salvador de Bahía tramways and the Trivia regional units
CANADA – Maintenance of the Calgary tramways system with LeadMind
CHILE – Maintenance of trains on Lines L1, L3 and L6 for the Santiago Metro with LeadMind
COLOMBIA – Modernisation of 43 units and maintenance of 38 units for the Medellín Metro
ECUADOR – Comprehensive maintenance of the Quito Metro
EGYPT – Modernisation of 23 units on Line 1 and 39 on Line 2 for Cairo Metro
GERMANY – Maintenance of the Essen LRV and maintenance using LeadMind for the Schönbuchbahn EMUs and VRR-NWL BEMUs
GREECE – Modernisation of 14 units on Line 1 for Athens Metro
ITALY – Maintenance of the Cagliari tramway and Naples metro. General overhaul of Sardinian regional trains and Trieste electric trains for Trenitalia
MAURITIUS – Maintenance of the Mauritius tramway
NETHERLANDS – Maintenance of the Amsterdam LRV and Amsterdam tramway network using LeadMind
NEW ZEALAND – TSSA maintenance of the EMU series with LeadMind Wayside for Auckland Transport
NORWAY – Maintenance for Sporveien and Flytoget AS using LeadMind
PORTUGAL – Lisbon tramway network using LeadMind, Porto tramway network using Wayside
SAUDI ARABIA – Maintenance for the Riyadh Metro using LeadMind
SPAIN – Maintenance of RENFE’s S/120 high-speed fleet, S/463, S/464, S/446 and S/465 commuter EMUs, and S/449, S/594, S/598 and S/599 medium-distance DMUs. Maintenance of the Bilbao tramways, MetroCentro Seville, Zaragoza tramways, Cádiz tramways and the Metro Málaga tramway. Comprehensive maintenance of Euskotren’s S/900, 940, 950 and 980 EMUs. Major overhaul of the bogies on Metro Bilbao’s 600 series units. Refurbishment of S/2000, S/3000 and S/4000 trains for TMB
SWEDEN – Maintenance of regional trains for AB Transitio. Maintenance for Snälltåget. Maintenance for passenger carriages and the RC6 locomotive series for SJ AB and Green Cargo’s X2000 high-speed trains; Lund tramway with LeadMind
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Maintenance of the Etihad Rail Push-Pull with LeadMind
UNITED KINGDOM – Maintenance with LeadMind for Serco Group Plc, West Midlands Trains Ltd DMUs and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR); maintenance of TransPennine Express EMUs; NIR and Wales & Borders DMUs. TSSA Northern Arriva maintenance

INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
SPAIN - Maintenance service for the electrification, energy and tramway charging systems for Tranvías de Zaragoza
SPAIN - Maintenance service for the electrification and energy systems for Metro Granada
SPAIN - Support service for the management and control of the railway installation works for the new Topo bypass of the San Sebastian Metro
MEXICO - Comprehensive project management and EPC execution, including civil works and communications, energy and electrification systems for the New Mexico City suburban branch line to the International Airport (AIFA)
EGYPT - Refurbishment of Cairo Metro Line 1 maintenance building for the rehabilitation of the existing vehicle fleet
GERMANY - Construction of depot for maintenance of regional vehicle fleet for VRR-NWL
ITALY – Engineering, supply, testing and commissioning of the traction systems, multi-service telecommunications network and platform screen doors for the Naples Metro

Spanish projects:
DIAVOLO (ELKARTEK), INNOFILT (ELKARTEK), MOREDIGI (ELKARTEK), VIRTREN 2 (ELKARTEK), DATATECH (ELKARTEK), SARETWIN (ELKARTEK), EOS (HAZITEK), CAPACITY (HAZITEK), ABEDI (HAZITEK), GOATECH (HAZITEK), TRAMTECH (HAZITEK), ERTMSIM (HAZITEK), EMERSIM (HAZITEK), NECTAR (HAZITEK), DIGIMAF (HAZITEK), RNRXRAIL (SMART INDUSTRY), SPERYA (SMART INDUSTRY), (CDTI), PLATIA (RED GUIPUZCOANA), WIRAXLESS (RED GUIPUZCOANA), GREENCOMPUTING (RED GUIPUZCOANA), EDMO2ZERO (GAIA-X), RAILSAFE (CDTI, MUBASEC (CDTI), SISCOMLOOP (CDTI), ALINE (CDTI), TRENERGY (CDTI).

European projects:
CLUG2.0 (H2020), MOTIONAL (EURAIL-HE), R2DATO (EURAIL-HE), IAM4RAIL (EURAIL-HE), RAIL4EARTH (EURAIL-HE), FUTURE (EURAIL-HE).