CAF is securing foothold in the uk market with the award of new contracts for the First Group Operator

CAF has signed contracts with the First Group Operator and the finance companies Eversholt Rail Group and Beacon Rail which include the supply and maintenance of 66 passenger cars and 12 electrical units of 5 cars of the CIVITY UK platform. This company operates the TransPennine franchise that runs through the Northern Region of England.

These new contracts add to those signed by the company also in the UK for €740 million in January, with the Arriva Rail North Limited operator and the Eversholt Rail Group finance company, for the manufacture of two fleets of 43 electric trains and 55 diesel trains, also of the CIVITY platform, which are meant for the Northern region (north of England).