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Activity: first variable-gauge, high-speed train. The company is also
Leading Spanish company in the railway sector focused on the deploying a new range of digital platforms for optimising the
design, manufacture and maintenance of rolling stock, with operating capacity of transport systems and maximising the
advanced digital platforms providing maintenance services availability, reliability, and operating safety of the train fleet.
for the management of rail mobility. With a high international
presence, it has gained worldwide recognition due to its inno- The following projects stand out: guía de empresas
vative capacity, reliability, quality, and customer orientation.
Avril Renfe (Spain). The Talgo Avril model has an innovative
Main products and services: 3+2 internal distribution to increase capacity without redu-
Talgo is a Spanish company that is internationally renowned cing passenger comfort. Half of these trains also mount an
in high-speed and long-distance rail. automatic track-gauge changing system for very high-speed
(300 km/h), for the first time in history. The train is already
Trains: Very high-speed (Talgo Avril, Talgo 350), high-speed in service.
(Talgo 250, Talgo 250 Dual), Intercity (Talgo 230), Commuter
& Regional (Talgo Vittal, Vittal ONE) and locomotives. Avril Adif (Spain). Spain rail infrastructure manager Adif com-
missioned Talgo to supply a train made up of two dual-voltage
Maintenance Equipment: Talgo supplies maintenance equip- power heads and six variable-gauge coaches, with 8,000 kW
ment to operators around the world, with three main product of power and a top speed of 330 km/h. The order includes the
categories: underfloor wheel lathes to re-shape the wheels wi- train, as well as its comprehensive maintenance for 5 years,
thout having to disassemble the bogies, measurement equip- and equipping it with high-technology dynamic monitoring
ment to analyse wheel imperfections, and Talgo shunting cars and control instruments.
designed to move trains in a simple and effective manner.
Talgo also develops advanced maintenance engineering solu- Talgo 230 Deutsche Bahn (Germany). In 2019 Talgo signed a
tions, based on the extensive use of digitization, big data, and contract with Deutsche Bahn to manufacture up to 100 Talgo
machine learning. 230 intercity trains, with an initial order for 23 units that are
currently being manufactured, and a second order for another
Smart Maintenance Engineering: Talgo develops advanced 56 units that was awarded in May 2023. DB will use these
digital platforms to support mobility solutions in the rail sec- units, which include locomotives and cab-cars, and have a
tor, based on new Industry 4.0 technologies and making ex- maximum speed of 230 km/h, in domestic and international
tensive use of technologies such as: IoT, Machine and Deep long-distance routes, thereby connecting the German capital,
Learning, Big Data Cloud Computing, digital twins, artificial Berlin, with that of the Netherlands (Amsterdam).
vision, and augmented reality, to optimise the operating ca-
pacity of transport systems and maximise the availability, re- Talgo 230 DSB (Denmark). Danish operator DSB has awarded
liability, and operating safety of the train fleet. To that end, it Talgo a contract to supply a batch of 16 Talgo 230 intercity
has developed a digital platform called Tsmart© for real-time trains, which form part of a more extensive framework con-
monitoring and predictive maintenance based on artificial in- tract. These wide-body trains will have a passenger capacity
telligence, as well as the Talvi© platform for automatic train of 440 and a maximum speed of 200 km/h, and will include
inspection based on artificial vision. cab-cars as the DB units.

Maintenance services: Talgo provides comprehensive main- Intercity ENR (Egypt) After signing a contract in 2019, Talgo
tenance services and vehicle refurbishment, both for the ve- has already delivered to the Egyptian operator ENR 6 trains,
hicles it manufactures and for 3rd-party rolling stock. each composed of a locomotive and 14 cars, and will be in
charge of their maintenance for 8 years. At the same time, ENR
Top products: ROLLING STOCK AND TRACTION EQUIPT- has awarded Talgo the manufacturing of seven night trains.
MENT: 1. AVRIL RENFE. 2. Talgo 230 DSB. 3. Talgo 230 ICE
L. Innovations:
Talgo is currently focusing its innovation activity on a four-
Activities in the year: pillar approach: digitalization, sustainable mobility, optimiza-
Activities in 2024: Talgo continued to consolidate its interna- tion of passenger experience, and innovation enhancement.
tional presence with new contracts abroad, with the entering
into service of Avril (Renfe Series 106), which is the world’s Within each line, the company has been working on key

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