Alstom news – Page 13

  • Alstom ELS-96 wheel detection system Poland
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    Polish approval for wheel detector

    2022-08-06T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK has approved the use of Alstom’s ELS-96 rail-mounted wheel detector for axle counters. The ELS-96 provides full digital transmission without lineside electronics with fully automatic adjustment as well as a remote diagnostics and software upgrade capability. It can withstand high and ...

  • Barcelona tram connection impression
    Metro Report International

    Barcelona tram link to get ground-level power supply

    2022-08-02T09:45:00Z

    SPAIN: Barcelona transport authority ATM has awarded Alstom a contract to supply its APS ground-level power supply for the first phase of the project to connect the city’s Trambaix and Trambesos tram networks. The currently separate networks are to be linked by building a 3∙9 km ...

  • CAF has completed the acquisition of Alstom’s Reichshoffen plant (Photo: CAF)
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    CAF completes acquisition of Alstom’s Reichshoffen plant and two train designs

    2022-08-01T16:12:00Z

    EUROPE: CAF has formally completed the acquisition of the Alstom plant at Reichshoffen in France, along with the Coradia Polyvalent rolling stock portfolio and intellectual property related to the Talent 3 platform. Alstom agreed to the divest the former De Dietrich plant in Alsace and two ...

  • Azerbaijan_Training_Centre_Classroom_Alstom_Train
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    Alstom and Azerbaijan Technical University launch rail training centre

    2022-07-31T05:00:00Z

    AZERBAIJAN: Alstom and Azerbaijan Technical University are developing a training centre in Baku, with the first intake of 20 engineering students expected in October. The centre will provide access to over 140 h of unique courses developed and owned by Alstom University, the company’s in-house training ...

  • Rio de Janeiro Alstom Citadis tram in Cinelândia (Photo Alstom)
    Metro Report International

    Rio de Janeiro tramway extension contract

    2022-07-26T12:00:00Z

    BRAZIL: Alstom has been awarded a contract to build a 700 m extension of Rio de Janeiro’s VLT Carioca tramway to the Terminal Gentileza bus interchange, which is under construction in the port area as part of a bus rapid transit scheme. The double-track extension will ...

  • SWR Class 701 Arterio Bombardier Transportation Aventra EMU
    Rail Business UK

    SWR to agree fresh milestones for Class 701 EMU introduction

    2022-07-25T13:00:00Z

    UK: New milestones for the significantly delayed roll-out of South Western Railway’s Class 701 Arterio electric multiple-unit fleet are to be agreed with the Department for Transport as part of the operator’s Business Plan for 2022-23. No firm dates are given, but the Business Plan says ...

  • SBB Twindexx EMU
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    SBB drops active suspension on Twindexx fleet

    2022-07-12T09:00:00Z

    SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has announced that it will no longer pursue plans to introduce active suspension on its fleet of Twindexx double-deck electric multiple-units. SBB had planned to launch the technology on inter-city versions of its Twindexx fleet in 2027 as a means of saving ...

  • Cambridge station GTR Electrostar
    Rail Business UK

    Digitising signalling data saves time

    2022-07-12T05:00:00Z

    UK: Alstom says it has achieved a 30% reduction in the time taken up by administrative tasks for the Cambridge resignalling scheme by using EviFile’s data collection and management software, and it expects to increase this to between 50% and 60% in the future. The deployment ...

  • Kanpur metro train under construction (Photo: Alstom)
    Metro Report International

    Bhopal and Indore metro trains ordered

    2022-07-06T11:29:00Z

    INDIA: Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corp has awarded Alstom a contract to supply and maintain trainsets, communications-based train control and telecoms for the Bhopal and Indore metro projects. The €387m order announced on July 7 covers the supply of a total of 52 three-car Movia metro ...

  • NS ICNG at Rotterdam Centraal station (Photo NS)
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    NS unveils its Intercity Next Generation trainset

    2022-07-04T15:48:00Z

    NETHERLANDS: The Intercity Next Generation trainset was officially unveiled by Acting President of national passenger operator NS Bert Groenewegen and Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge at Rotterdam Centraal station on July 2, ahead of entry into service later this year. NS said the trains would become an ...

  • Alstom has completed the transfer its activities relating to V300 Zefiro high speed trainsets to Hitachi Rail
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    Alstom transfers V300 Zefiro activities to Hitachi Rail

    2022-07-01T14:22:00Z

    EUROPE: Alstom has completed the transfer of its activities relating to V300 Zefiro high speed trainsets to Hitachi Rail, which produces the trainsets in partnership with the former Bombardier Transportation business. Divesting the V300 Zefiro activities was one of the commitments which Alstom made to the ...

  • Alstom's Reichshoffen plant
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    CAF close to acquiring Alstom’s Reichshoffen plant

    2022-06-20T12:40:00Z

    FRANCE: CAF is in the final stages of taking over Alstom’s Reichshoffen rolling stock factory in Alsace, the Spanish company said on June 20. Alstom offered to divest the former De Dietrich plant and the Coradia Polvalent train family produced there in order to obtain European ...

  • LNVG Alstom Coradia Lint (Photo: Alstom)
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    Driverless regional train research gets underway

    2022-06-20T11:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Work has started on a project to develop and test technology for the driverless operation of regional passenger trains, and to identify the regulatory changes which would be needed to permit future use. The project is being undertaken by Alstom, the DLR aerospace research centre ...

  • Alstom Coradia Polyvalent
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    CAF cleared to acquire Talent 3 and Coradia Polyvalent designs

    2022-05-30T15:35:00Z

    EUROPE: Alstom’s divestment to CAF of the Coradia Polyvalent and the former Bombardier Transportation Talent 3 platforms has been approved by the European Commission.

  • Alstom and fuel company PKN Orlen have signed a strategic agreement to co-operate to supply fuel cell trains and hydrogen.
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    Polish hydrogen train co-operation agreement

    2022-05-26T10:10:00Z

    POLAND: Alstom and fuel company PKN Orlen have signed a strategic agreement to co-operate to supply fuel cell trains and hydrogen. Sławomir Cyza, President & Managing Director of Alstom in Poland, Ukraine & the Baltic States, said he hoped Alstom would the first company to introduce ...

  • Transport agency PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta has signed memoranda of understanding with Alstom and Thales to explore technology and procurement options for future urban rail projects.
    Metro Report International

    MoUs to explore Jakarta urban rail options

    2022-05-26T05:00:00Z

    INDONESIA: Transport agency PT Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta has signed memoranda of understanding with Alstom and Thales to explore technology and procurement options for future urban rail projects. There are plans to expand Jakarta’s urban rail network to 235 km by 2035, to reduce traffic congestion ...

  • DSB Alstom Coradia Stream EMU impression
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    Composite floors ordered for Danish EMUs

    2022-05-21T05:00:00Z

    DENMARK: In its largest project to date, Portuguese company MCG Transportation is to manufacture the floors for the 100 five-car Coradia Stream electric multiple-units which Danish national operator DSB has ordered from Alstom. The composite floor units are being designed and produced to meet Alstom’s specific ...

  • Tel Aviv Green Line Alstom Citadis tram impression
    Metro Report International

    Tel Aviv Green Line light rail contract awarded

    2022-05-18T10:15:00Z

    ISRAEL: Tel Aviv urban transport project promoter NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit Systems has formally awarded the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Tramway consortium a €2·6bn contract to design, finance and build the Green Line light rail route and provide 25 years of maintenance. The consortium of Alstom, local ...

  • The first trainset for the Delhi Regional Rapid Transit System has been rolled out at Alstom’s former Bombardier Transportation Savli plant in Gujurat.
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    First Delhi RRTS trainset handed over

    2022-05-10T07:59:00Z

    INDIA: The first trainset for the Delhi Regional Rapid Transit System has been rolled out at Alstom’s former Bombardier Transportation Savli plant in Gujurat. The first of 40 trainsets being built for the 82 km Delhi – Meerut corridor was handed over ...

  • Baden-Württemberg Alstom Coradia Stream EMU impression (2)
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    Alstom signs its biggest rolling stock contract in Germany

    2022-05-09T13:29:00Z

    GERMANY: Alstom has signed its largest-ever order in Germany, a €2·5bn contract to supply Baden-Württemberg rolling stock agency SFBW with 130 Coradia Stream High Capacity electric multiple-units equipped for automatic operation. The partly double-deck EMUs are to be used on regional services from Stuttgart to Karlsruhe, ...