A CP and the Alstom/DST consortium signed the contract for the acquisition of 117 trains, the carrier’s largest purchase ever, worth 819 million euros, awarded in November 2023 and contested by other competitors.
The minister Miguel Pinto Luz pointed out that this delay “it was harming the modernization of the CP – Comboios de Portugal fleet and the service provided to the population, who increasingly use rail transport”.
Together with the Resolution of the Council of Ministers published on September 22, which mandates CP — Comboios de Portugal to activate the option to purchase 36 additional electric self-propelled units for urban services, the Government considered that this is “a giant step to overcome the lack of rolling stock” in the railway carrier.
It is also planned to installation of a train factory in Matosinhos (Porto district)which, according to the company, would represent around 300 direct jobs and 1,500 indirect jobs.
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