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On 28 February, the Syndicat des Mobilités de Touraine (SMT) signed a contract with the CAF for the delivery of 19 Urbos trams for the future line 2 of the Tours tramway.

The national Slovak freight operator ZSSK CARGO has already taken over all locomotives from the 20-strong batch of modernised Class 742 locomotives delivered by CZ LOKO under the EffiShunter 1000M designation.

On 26 February 2025, ONCF has awarded CAF a contract to supply 30 intercity ten-car EMUs with a maximum speed of 200 km/h and more than 500 seats.

Following a two-year programme of design, testing, certification and training, the first train fitted with CAF’s latest ERTMS technology has entered passenger service on SAR’s (Saudi Arabia Railways) Riyadh to Dammam network.

SNCF Voyageurs has once again entrusted CAF with the supply of 22 Intercités EMUs, branded as Oxygène, which will serve the Bordeaux - Marseille line.

CAF's signalling division has completed an ambitious technological innovation project focused on the implementation of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) up to GoA4 level (fully autonomous) in the Netherlands.

The actuators are integrated in LRVs for Boston´s Green Line and raise or lower a train at the station’s platform so that passengers can board and de-board without any barrier.

CAF secured two new agreements to expand the number of units in its current projects: it will supply the Dutch operator GVB with 13 additional trains for the Amsterdam metro, and it will increase the number of units for the new Palermo city tram network.

On 21 October 2024, the Paris metro operator, Régie autonome des transports Parisiens (RATP), has commissioned Stadler to manufacture and supply twelve customised locomotives.

On 23 September 2024, a bimodal locomotive from CAF built for RATP arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

The surprise of the recent time will certainly be the TRA01 locomotive.

On 11 September 2024, a Civity Nordic EMU from a contract for the Swedish operator Krösatågen arrived at the VUZ Velim test centre.

CAF has sent its first of 28 Civity Nordic EMUs for Swedish operator Krösatågen from its plant in Spain to the VUZ test centre Velim.

29 July 2024, Alstom has signed a 10.4 million GBP contract extension with TPE to maintain its Class 397 fleet. 

Regular tram operations have started on the Uithoornlijn on Sunday 21 July 2024 after the celebration inauguration the day before.