SPANISH rolling stock manufacture CAF has signed three contracts worth a total of over €450m with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), covering the modernisation and maintenance of rolling stock operating on Line 2 of the Cairo metro, as well as maintenance of the Line 1 fleet.
The contract for modernising 39 trains on Line 2 comprises work to extend service life by 30 years, including replacement of traction equipment, the train control and management system (TCMS), and auxiliary converters. The braking system will be upgraded.
Interiors will be refurbished, and CAF will install new passenger information systems, CCTV, and onboard Wi-Fi. The workshops at Shubra will also be upgraded for maintenance operations and for mass production under the fleet modernisation programme.
CAF will also maintain the trains for 10 years, under a separate contract running concurrently with the modernisation programme.
The third contract covers the complete maintenance of 23 trains operating on Line 1. The contract has a term of 10 years, commencing when CAF completes the modernisation of this fleet under a separate contract that was signed in 2021. CAF is also refurbishing the Line 1 fleet maintenance depot at Kozzika.
CAF says that the three contracts awarded by NAT will be financed by the Business Internationalisation Fund (FIEM), administered by Spain’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business. This provides funding for projects being undertaken by Spanish companies in export markets.
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