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    Hydrogen train to be demonstrated in Québec

    2023-02-03T11:53:00Z

    CANADA: An Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell multiple-unit is to operate demonstration passenger services on the Chemin de fer de Charlevoix from June 17 to September 30. The return service along the St Lawrence River between Parc de la Chute-Montmorency on the outskirts of Québec ...

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    Hauts-de-France unveils Premium EMU

    2023-01-31T16:06:00Z

    FRANCE: The first of 19 Omneo Premium double-deck inter-city electric multiple-units ordered by the Hauts-de-France région for the Paris – Amiens and Paris – Saint Quentin – Cambrai/Maubeuge ‘Picardie Y’ routes has been rolled out at Alstom’s Crespin plant.

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    Metro Report International

    København metro train mid-life refurbishment contract awarded

    2023-01-31T14:36:00Z

    DENMARK: København metro operator Metroselskabet has awarded Alstom a €30m contract to undertake the mid-life refurbishment of the 34 three-car AnsaldoBreda driverless trainsets used on lines M1 and M2. Alstom is to undertake the work at a workshop in Rotterdam in the Netherlands over three years. ...

  • RENFE metre gauge Class 2400 DMU at Arriondas on a Oviedo to Santander service (Photo Mike Bent).
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    Automatic block for Gijón to Pravia line

    2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Alstom and Técnicas Eléctricas Asturianas a €25m, 13-month contract to upgrade the signalling and train control systems on the 51 km single track electrified metre gauge line between Gijón, Aviés and Pravia. The existing system of telephone block working is ...

  • Alstom Metropolis working Santo Domingo metro Line 1.
    Metro Report International

    Next Santo Domingo metro trains to feature design enhancements

    2023-01-17T14:00:00Z

    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Santo Domingo metro operator OPRET has awarded Alstom a contract to supply a further 10 three-car Metropolis trainsets.

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    Further Cluj-Napoca – Oradea route modernisation contracts signed

    2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

    ROMANIA: Contracts have been signed to modernise the 30 km Cluj-Napoca – Aghireș and 36 km Aghireș – Poieni sections of the Cluj-Napoca – Oradea – Hungarian border line, deploy ETCS and undertake electrification. The two packages have been agreed between infrastructure manager CFR SA and ...

  • ScotRail Class 334 EMU (Photo Eversholt)
    Rail Business UK

    Eversholt awards Class 334 overhaul contract

    2023-01-06T04:55:00Z

    UK: Eversholt Rail has awarded Alstom a £12m contract for the mileage-based overhaul 40 three-car Class 334 electric multiple-units which are leased by ScotRail. The contract announced on January 5 covers the overhaul of pneumatic and electrical components on the Alstom-built 25 kV 50 Hz EMUs, ...

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    Metro Report International

    Phoenix airport peoplemover extended and trains lengthened

    2023-01-04T14:23:00Z

    USA: Passenger services on a 4 km extension to the PHX Sky Train automated peoplemover system at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona began on December 20.

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    Metro Report International

    First T-series tram enters service in Frankfurt

    2022-12-22T11:30:00Z

    GERMANY: The first of 58 T-series trams that Alstom is supplying to Frankfurt am Main entered service on Route 17 with the December 11 timetable change.

  • Preliminary impression of Alstom Coria Stream for RENFE
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    RENFE orders more Coradia Stream EMUs

    2022-12-15T14:51:00Z

    SPAIN: Alstom has been awarded a €370m contract to supply a further 49 Coradia Stream partly double-deck electric multiple-units to national operator RENFE. The firm order announced on December 15 has been placed an option on a March 2021 contract which covered an initial 152 EMUs ...

  • Toshkent street (Photo Vladimir Waldin)
    Metro Report International

    Toshkent tram revival planned

    2022-12-06T10:12:00Z

    UZBEKISTAN: Proposals to return trams to the streets of Toshkent are being developed with the support of Alstom. The company told Metro Report International that it is ‘actively following’ project development, and working with the Uzbek authorities to share best practice for design and organisation. A ...

  • ATO tests in GoA4
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    Autonomous shunting loco copes with the unexpected

    2022-12-01T15:50:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: Alstom, infrastructure manager ProRail and Belgian freight operator Lineas have completed testing of an automated shunting locomotive near Breda. The Lineas diesel-hydraulic locomotive was fitted with Alstom’s automatic train operation system supporting Grade of Automation 4 unattended starting, movement and stopping. ...

  • IE Alstom DART+ multiple-unit impression
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    Iarnród Éireann battery-electric train order approved

    2022-11-30T11:58:00Z

    IRELAND: National railway Iarnród Éireann has been given the go-ahead to place a firm order for a further 18 five-car Alstom battery-electric multiple-units as part of the DART+ programme to expand Dublin commuter services. The order was approved by the cabinet on November 29 and is ...

  • Paris RER NG EMU interior (Photo: Jérémie Anne)
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    Novel interior layout in next-generation Paris RER fleet

    2022-11-29T08:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Paris regional transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités and Alstom unveiled the first RER NG EMU at Valenciennes Petite-Forêt on November 22.

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    Nestlé Waters to use hydrogen last-mile freight trains

    2022-11-22T16:28:00Z

    FRANCE: As part of a strategy to decarbonise its supply chain, Nestlé Waters is to use a high-power fuel cell generator wagon to enable electric locomotives to haul trains on non-electrified tracks. This will be the first application of fuel cell and renewable hydrogen ‘last mile’ ...

  • Cairo Metro Line 6 Alstom agreement signing with NAT
    Metro Report International

    Cairo metro Line 6 framework agreement signed

    2022-11-22T12:35:00Z

    EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has signed a framework agreement with Alstom covering the design, supply and maintenance of rolling stock and railway systems for the planned Cairo metro Line 6. Signed on the fringes of the COP 27 climate conference, the agreement will facilitate ...

  • Cairo metro Line 3 (Photo: Alstom)
    Metro Report International

    Fund African rail projects through private investment and road taxes, study recommends

    2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

    AFRICA: Increased urban rail investment would offer a range of societal benefits for African cities, including improved air quality, reduced congestion and better access to socio-economic opportunities, according to a study published on November 14. The Role of Urban Rail in Sustainable Africa study has been ...

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    Metro technology co-operation accord

    2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

    SINGAPORE: SMRT Trains is to collaborate with Alstom to explore a range of emerging technologies with potential applications in the metro sector. The collaboration will draw on SMRT Trains’ operational experience and Alstom’s global research and development resources. The companies plan to investigate the use of 3D-printing ...

  • Alstom Chennai metro
    Metro Report International

    Alstom to supply 312 cars for Delhi metro extensions

    2022-11-17T15:32:00Z

    INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Alstom a €312m contract to design, manufacture and commission 312 cars as part of the network’s Phase IV expansion programme.

  • RMV Alstom iLint hydrogen train (Photo: RMV/Arne Landwehr)
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    RMV prepares to deploy world’s largest hydrogen train fleet

    2022-11-17T13:44:00Z

    GERMANY: Rhein-Main transport authority RMV has demonstrated the first of 27 Cordia iLint fuel cell multiple-units being delivered by Alstom, which are due to begin entering revenue service from December. ‘Not only are we putting the world’s largest hydrogen train fleet on the rails, we are ...