Talgo maintenance contract Uzbekistan: 10-year UTY deal

Talgo maintenance contract Uzbekistan has been signed with Uzbekistan’s public railway operator, Uzbekiston Temir Yollari (UTY), under a 10-year agreement that covers the country’s full fleet of six Talgo 250 high-speed trains, as Talgo notes in a statement on its website (Talgo).

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Valued at around EUR 80 million, the deal puts Talgo in charge of long-term maintenance for the trains now running on Uzbekistan’s high-speed network. The maintenance contract is intended to support fleet reliability and availability over the next decade as Uzbekistan continues developing its high-speed rail services, as reported by Railway News.

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In Uzbekistan, the Talgo 250 units operate at commercial speeds of up to 230 km/h and are designed for a maximum speed of 275 km/h. The agreement also builds on more than 15 years of cooperation between Talgo and UTY.

UTY’s Talgo 250 high-speed trains: how the fleet grew

Uzbekistan introduced Talgo high-speed trains in 2011 after buying two nine-car Talgo 250 units in 2009. A second contract signed in 2011 added two eleven-car trains, which entered service in 2017. The fleet expanded again in 2019 with two additional eleven-car units that began operations in 2021. As part of that expansion, four extra cars were added to the original trains, bringing them to eleven cars each. The broader evolution of Uzbekistan’s Talgo high-speed fleet has also been covered by Railway Supply.

Talgo 250 technology and Uzbekistan’s 1,520 mm broad-gauge network

In Spain, the Talgo 250 platform operates under Renfe’s Alvia service as the Series 130 and 730. The trains are equipped with natural pendulation technology, enabling higher speeds through curves by means of passive carbody tilting. In Uzbekistan, the trains operate exclusively on the 1,520 mm broad-gauge network, removing the need for gauge-changing capability required on some Spanish routes.

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