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The floor height is 760 mm
throughout the train, which allows
all passengers to enter at the
same height as the platform, thus
reducing dwelling times.

In Avril trains,
accessibility and
comfort for people
with reduced mobility is
guaranteed, both when
accessing the car and
once inside.

as Spain’s leadership in the high-speed segment.
These trains are not designed for specific lines
in particular, being used to rearrange the fleet as they
are added, both on existing lines and to meet new
ones that are placed into service.
The forecasts point to the incorporation
of the first ten units in thirty-eight months. The covers the entire lifecycle of the trains acquired, in
contract will be financed with Renfe Viajeros’ own order to ensure that the winning bid guarantees the
resources, without resorting to borrowing, and by lowest operating costs for Renfe during no less than
revenues generated by the activity itself. three decades.
The manufacture of the trains will have an Renfe has reserved secondary maintenance
effect on economic activity and the creation of and main components repair activities for its own
employment, calculated at a thousand jobs during subsidiary. Those amount to around a 30% of the
the five years of manufacture, and one hundred jobs, total maintenance the new fleet will need.
as an annual average, in maintenance years. For Renfe this work represents about 30% of
the total maintenance that the new fleet will need
Maintenance and it will make it possible to preserve know-how
throughout useful life and technology transfer of the rolling stock within years of Spanish high speed rail
the Renfe Group, in addition to controlling the costs
For the first time the maintenance contract for Renfe Viajeros.

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