{"id":163849,"date":"2025-03-05T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=163849"},"modified":"2025-06-27T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:37:34","slug":"caf-snatches-multi-billion-belgian-train-contract-right-under-alstoms-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2025\/03\/05\/caf-snatches-multi-billion-belgian-train-contract-right-under-alstoms-nose\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF snatches multi-billion Belgian train contract under Alstom&#8217;s nose (update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.knack.be\/nieuws\/macro-economie-beleid\/schokkende-beslissing-nmbs-passeert-alstom-belgium-voor-contract-van-ruim-3-miljard-euro\/\">Belgian Trends-Tendances magazine reports<\/a> that Spanish-listed train builder CAF has won a tender to build hundreds of trains for Belgian railroad company NMBS\/SNCB. French player Alstom, which is firmly entrenched in Belgium, missed out on the contract worth more than 3 billion euros, even though it was cheaper than the Spanish competitor.<\/p><p>According to La Capital newspaper, the company is now exerting political pressure, and Thomas Dermine (PS), the mayor of Charleroi, is also calling for a political intervention in the Chamber of Representatives on the NMBS\/SNCB decision.<\/p><div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">This content has been archived. <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/subscription\/\">Log in or Subscribe<\/a> to a level that has access to archived content.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgian Trends-Tendances magazine reports that Spanish-listed train builder CAF has won a tender to build hundreds of trains for Belgian railroad company NMBS\/SNCB. 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