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CAF Oaris

🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2015· High-speed train built by CAF

CAF Oaris, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Jordi Verdugo· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

Oaris is a modular high-speed train platform developed by the Spanish manufacturer CAF.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 350 km/htop speed
  • power 10.6 MWpower output

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 11 years ago, in 2015.
  • Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 7 minutes.
  • 10.6 MW is about 124 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 202 m long: about 45 cars parked nose to tail.

high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.

spec sheet

built
2015
in service from
2015
number built
—
kind
high-speed train
traction
electric
origin
🇪🇸 Spain
builders
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
operators
Renfe Operadora, Flytoget
top speed
350 km/h
power
10.6 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
15 kV 16.7 Hz,, 3 kV DC, 1.5 kV DC
length
202 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q752962, Wikipedia: CAF Oaris (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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