Talgo
Company
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Company
Schema.org type: Corporation
Country: Spain
Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
Founded: 1942
Sector: Rolling-stock manufacturing - Spanish designer and manufacturer of high-speed and other passenger trainsets, including its articulated-carriage architecture and variable-gauge systems, and provider of related maintenance services
Notable DACH relationship: FlixTrain (approx. EUR 1.06B high-speed trainset supply order, March 2025)
Official website: https://www.talgo.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talgo
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talgo
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250960
Entity Profile
Overview
Talgo is a Spanish designer and manufacturer of high-speed and other passenger trainsets, established in 1942 in Madrid and now organised as Talgo SA and listed on the Spanish stock exchange, known for its articulated-carriage trainset architecture and variable-gauge running-gear systems, and a supplier of trainsets and maintenance services to national and open-access operators in Europe and beyond.
What it is
Talgo was established in 1942 in Madrid and today operates as Talgo SA, listed on the Spanish stock exchange. The company designs and manufactures passenger trainsets, including high-speed trainsets and its characteristic articulated-carriage architecture and variable-gauge running-gear systems, and provides related maintenance services. Talgo supplies national rail operators and open-access rail entrants in Europe and beyond, and in March 2025 was announced as the trainset supplier for FlixTrain under an order reported at approximately 1.06 billion euros.
DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage
Talgo is the Spanish rolling-stock manufacturer selected as the trainset supplier for FlixTrain, the open-access long-distance rail subsidiary of Flix. In Startuprad.io's Unicorn Atlas cluster around Flix, Talgo is recorded as the counterparty of a March 2025 high-speed trainset order for FlixTrain reported at a value of approximately 1.06 billion euros - the largest single equipment procurement announced for the FlixTrain brand to date.
Public source context
Public information on Talgo used for this record is drawn from its official https://www.talgo.com , its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talgo and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1250960 , and public reporting on the March 2025 approx. EUR 1.06B high-speed trainset supply order for FlixTrain.
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