CAF Mexico builds trains for the Philippines

CAF México  delivered the first unit of the 28 trains of eight cars each that it is manufacturing at its Huehuetoca plant for Line LRT 1 of the Metro of the city of Manila, Philippines .

The construction of this project began in August 2019, it is planned to finish and deliver in its entirety in the first half of 2022.

This assembly is part of the contract that Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, SA , with a value of 225 million euros , and that was obtained through the tender carried out by the Department of Transportation of the Republic of the Philippines for the manufacture and supply of 30 trains .

Maximiliano Zurita, General Director of CAF México, mentioned that at its Huehuetoca plant, which has doubled its capacity to 40,000 square meters, it already carries out up to 95% of train manufacturing , making it the first plant of its kind. in the country in developing national supply , as well as transferring technology and know-how for the manufacture of trains in the country, made 100% in Mexico, for national and international demand.

 The scope of the contract, -the first one obtained by the company to produce the units in its plant in Huehuetoca, State of Mexico- , for export purposes, consists of the manufacture of the trains , the static tests in the plant and the transport of these to warehouses in Manila . 

"The good cost-benefit ratio of the national workforce and the experience in manufacturing place the country as an export platform for trains made entirely by Mexicans and the fulfillment of this tender for the Manila metro is an example of this" Zurita added.

 The trains will be of the LRV type (4th generation), with a length of 106 meters and can reach a speed of up to 70 km per hour. It should be noted that LRT Line 1 is an elevated Metro Line that is 20 kilometers long and runs from North to South, through the City of Manila in the Philippines.

With the above, CAF Mexico reaffirms its commitment to continue manufacturing state-of-the-art passenger trains from Mexico, with Mexican talent and developing the technology and knowledge so that the country becomes a manufacturer and exporter of passenger trains.