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Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) is a rail equipment manufacturer based in Beasain
Beasáin

Beasain is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Guip?zcoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country , northern Spain....
 in the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.The Basque Country was granted the status of Historical regions in Spain within Spain with the Spanish Constitution of 1978....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Equipment manufactured by CAF includes railroad car
Railroad car

A railroad car or railway carriage is a vehicle on a rail transport that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotive....
s and locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
s, as well as variable gauge axles
Variable gauge axles

A variable gauge system allows railroad car in a train to travel across a break of gauge caused by two railway networks with differing track rail gauges....
 that can be fitted on any existing truck or bogie
Bogie

A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In Machine terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar tracked vehicle....
.

CAF has manufactured rail cars for the MTR
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
, Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
, Port Authority Transit
Port Authority of Allegheny County

Port Authority of Allegheny County is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 11th-largest in the United States. When considering that its service area is the 20th largest in the U.S....
 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
, and Sacramento Regional Transit
Sacramento Regional Transit District

The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly referred to as the RT, is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Sacramento, California area....
. One of the latest clients is Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann

Iarnr?d ?ireann is the national railway system operator of Republic of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of C?ras Iompair ?ireann ....
, the state rail company of the Republic of Ireland, which have placed a large order for coaches and DVTs
Coaching Stock of Ireland

A wide variety of hauled Coach es have been used on the railways of Ireland. This page lists all those since 1945....
.






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Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) is a rail equipment manufacturer based in Beasain
Beasáin

Beasain is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Guip?zcoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country , northern Spain....
 in the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an Autonomous Community in northern Spain.The Basque Country was granted the status of Historical regions in Spain within Spain with the Spanish Constitution of 1978....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Equipment manufactured by CAF includes railroad car
Railroad car

A railroad car or railway carriage is a vehicle on a rail transport that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. Cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by one or more locomotive....
s and locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
s, as well as variable gauge axles
Variable gauge axles

A variable gauge system allows railroad car in a train to travel across a break of gauge caused by two railway networks with differing track rail gauges....
 that can be fitted on any existing truck or bogie
Bogie

A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In Machine terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar tracked vehicle....
.

CAF has manufactured rail cars for the MTR
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
, Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
, Port Authority Transit
Port Authority of Allegheny County

Port Authority of Allegheny County is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 11th-largest in the United States. When considering that its service area is the 20th largest in the U.S....
 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
, and Sacramento Regional Transit
Sacramento Regional Transit District

The Sacramento Regional Transit District, commonly referred to as the RT, is the agency responsible for public transportation in the Sacramento, California area....
. One of the latest clients is Iarnród Éireann
Iarnród Éireann

Iarnr?d ?ireann is the national railway system operator of Republic of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of C?ras Iompair ?ireann ....
, the state rail company of the Republic of Ireland, which have placed a large order for coaches and DVTs
Coaching Stock of Ireland

A wide variety of hauled Coach es have been used on the railways of Ireland. This page lists all those since 1945....
. CAF will also manufacture the train sets for the high speed rail line between Istanbul
Istanbul

Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
 and Ankara
Ankara

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the country's List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Turkey after Istanbul....
, which is expected to open in 2008. In February 2004, RENFE
RENFE

Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "Standard gauge" networks of the Spain national railway infrastructure company :es:Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ....
 placed orders for 45 CAF/Alstom 25 kV AC/ 3kV DC, variable gauge EMUs for 250 km/h regional services, between October 2006 and May 2009 (€580 million). As of August 24, 2005, CAF also obtained a 30 year concession to supply rolling stock, build and operate the Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana de México in the Mexican Federal District.

History

The name CAF is the acronym for Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, although in the beginning it stood for Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles.

Fábrica de Hierros San Martín

In 1860 Domingo Goitia, Martín Usabiaga and José Francisco Arana established this company, whose main activity was puddling furnaces and cylinder rolling.

La Maquinista Guipuzcoana

In 1892 Francisco de Goitia (Domingo Goitia's son and heir) joined the Marquis of Urquijo to set up La Maquinista Guipuzcoana, whose main activity was the operation of machinery and the forging and construction of railway rolling stock.

Since 1898 it sets up its plan in Beasain
Beasáin

Beasain is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Guip?zcoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country , northern Spain....
, Gipuzkoa.

In 1905 it changed its name to Fábrica de Vagones de Beasain (FVB).

Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF)

Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) is founded in 1917, specializing in freight car production and with a total of 1,600 employees.

In 1940 the Irun factory is set up, following the expansion of activity after the Spanish Civil War (CAF took part in reconstructing the Spanish rail fleet).

In 1954 CAF took control over Material Móvil y Construcciones (MMC) from Zaragoza, a company with extensive experience in manufacturing long-distance and subway trains.

Since 1958 the company modernized, extended the plant in Beasain and expanded its activity to all kinds of rolling stock. In line with this, CAF created in 1969 its Research and Development
Research and development

The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications [sic]" ...
 Unit, which increased the company's competitiveness and intensified the focus on self-developed technology.

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF, S.A.)

In 1971 the existing Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) merged with Material Móvil y Construcciones (MMC) and the company adopts its current name Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles.

See also

  • Karlos Arguiñano
    Karlos Arguiñano

    Karlos Argui?ano Urkiola is a chef, popular TV presenter and producer.His devotion to cuisine started when he was a child and helped at home because he was the eldest of four brothers and had a disabled mother....
    , a former worker at CAF who later became famous as a TV chef.
  • Variable gauge axles
    Variable gauge axles

    A variable gauge system allows railroad car in a train to travel across a break of gauge caused by two railway networks with differing track rail gauges....
     


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