• The public railway company of Uzbekistan, UTY, entrusts Talgo with the maintenance service of its six Talgo 250 trains for ten years, for a value of around €80 million

Talgo, a leading Spanish company in the design, manufacture and maintenance of high-speed, lightweight rail vehicles, has signed a ten-year comprehensive maintenance contract worth nearly €80 million with the public railway company of Uzbekistan (UTY) for the current fleet of six high-speed Talgo 250 trains operating in the country.

This is Talgo’s largest maintenance contract in Uzbekistan, after more than 15 years of several successive agreements, which have consolidated the presence of Spanish high-speed rail technology in Central Asia. The Talgo 250s operate there at a maximum commercial speed of 230 km/h, although they are designed to reach 275 km/h.

Timeline in Uzbekistan

Talgo’s history in Uzbekistan began in 2009 with the acquisition of two Talgo 250 trains of nine cars each, which entered service in 2011. Subsequently, in 2011, a second contract was signed for two additional eleven-car units, operational since 2017. In 2019, UTY expanded the fleet with two more Talgo 250 trains of eleven cars each which started operating in 2021, plus four additional cars to bring the number of cars in the two trains of the first contract to eleven.

Talgo 250 trains in Uzbekistan operate as Series 130 and 730 in Spain under the Alvia commercial name for Renfe. They have natural pendulation technology, which allows to increase speed in curves thanks to the passive tilting of the boxes. Unlike the Spanish models, in Uzbekistan they do not require a change of track-gauge width, as they operate only the Russian broad gauge of 1,520 mm.

With this contract, Talgo reinforces its role as a strategic partner of UTY and guarantees the reliability and availability of the fleet for the next decade. The company thus consolidates its position in a key market, where its trains represent a technological and connectivity leap for the country.

About Talgo

Talgo is a leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of high-speed and intercity trains, with industrial presence in Spain, Germany, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the United States. Recognised worldwide for its capacity for innovation, unique and distinctive technology and reliability, the company has a team of more than 3,500 people in 11 countries.

Talgo is the main supplier of high-speed and very high-speed trains to Renfe, and the supplier of trains for the “Haramain” project between Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Talgo is the manufacturer chosen by state-run companies in Germany and Denmark to decarbonise their mobility with up to 100 and 16 Talgo 230 Intercity trains, respectively. Talgo has also been chosen by giant Flix to become the first private train operating company in the European market.

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