The enforcement of the awarded contract is subject to precedent conditions related to the financing of the project, which are expected to be met in the coming months.
The project includes the construction of the units at the Alava (Rivabellosa) and Madrid (Las Matas) plants, as well as their maintenance at Talgo’s existing facilities in Egypt, for a period of 15 years. According to the established calendar, the units will start to be delivered as of 2024.
The trains, belonging to the Intercity car platform with which Talgo recently won contracts in countries such as Germany and Denmark, will make it possible to offer long-distance services that will contribute to reducing carbon emissions in Egypt.
With this new award, ENR once again shows its confidence in Talgo, precisely when the first on-track tests of the six complete towed trains acquired in April 2019 have been completed.
The first six trains from the 2019 contract are already being delivered and consist of a locomotive and up to 15 passenger cars each. They will be used by ENR on the country’s backbone track, which goes practically parallel to the Nile River, connecting the Mediterranean port of Alexandria with Aswan, Egypt’s southernmost city.
This first project, which started in 2019 and is now being fully accomplished, reached a total amount of €158 million, which includes not only the supply of the units being manufactured, but also their integral maintenance for eight years.