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Talgo. He secured his largest contract in Uzbekistan, 80 million

The company will sign a ten-year agreement with the country's public railway company for the comprehensive maintenance of six Talgo 250 trains.

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Factoría de Talgo Las Matas, a 27 de agosto de 2024, en Las Rozas, Madrid (España). La Junta de Inversiones Extranjeras del Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa ha denegado la Oferta Pública de Adquisición (OPA) presentada por el grupo húngaro Magyar Vagon para hacerse con el 100% de Talgo, aludiendo a razones de seguridad nacional, según fuentes del Gobierno.



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Talgohas signed a ten-year comprehensive maintenance contract with the Uzbekistan PublicRailway Company (UTY), which will carry out the maintenance of the Talgo 250 train fleet.

The agreement assumes Talgo's largestmaintenance contract in Uzbekistan after more than 15 years of cooperation, as confirmed by the company itself in a statement.

The partnership began in 2009with the purchase of the first trains that came into service in 2011, and since then Talgo and Uzbekistan have continued to operate, as between 2011 and 2019 the fleet was expanded with new trains and cars. Today, six trains of eleven cars form the basis of this comprehensive maintenance contract.

The 250 talgooperate at a maximum commercial speed of 230 km/h, although they are designed to reach 275 km/h, and have natural pendulum technology to increase the speed of curves.

Talgo, which specializes in the design, manufacture and maintenance of high-speed light trains, has an industrial presence in Spain, Germany, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United States.

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