Alstom news – Page 15

  • Mechan is supplying 10 bespoke mobile jacks that will operate in conjunction with an existing wheel change unit.
    Metro Report International

    Extra Heathrow peoplemover cars to be delivered from September

    2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

    UK: Alstom has told Metro Report International that the 20 Innovia APM 200 automated peoplemover vehicles ordered for use on the Terminal 5 Transit at London’s Heathrow Airport are expected to be delivered from September. The bodies are being produced in Scotland by Alexander Dennis then ...

  • Delhi RRTS train in factory
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    First Delhi RRTS trainset under construction

    2022-02-23T13:51:00Z

    INDIA: The first of the electric multiple-units ordered for the Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System commuter rail project are being assembled at Alstom’s Savli factory in Gujarat, with delivery and testing planned to begin this year. Propulsion and ...

  • Cambridge station GTR Electrostar
    Rail Business UK

    Alstom awarded Cambridge area resignalling contract

    2022-02-23T10:44:00Z

    UK: Network Rail has awarded Alstom a £130m contract covering design, delivery and commissioning works for the £194m Cambridge area resignalling project. Alstom said the contract announced on February 22 is the largest to be awarded under the Major Signalling Framework Agreement during the current five-year ...

  • Alstom Shanghai Metro Line 12 - 1
    Metro Report International

    Shanghai awards Line 12 fleet maintenance contract

    2022-02-22T12:09:00Z

    CHINA: Shanghai Metro has awarded Alstom’s local subsidiary Shentong Bombardier (Shanghai) Rail Transit Vehicle Maintenance Co a contract to perform full life-cycle based maintenance on the trains for phases 2 and 3 of the Line 12 extension project. The contract covers 204 Movia metro cars supplied ...

  • Sangritana_01
    News

    Italian regional operator orders EMUs

    2022-02-14T16:02:00Z

    ITALY: Abruzzo regional train operator Trasporto Unico Abruzzese has awarded Alstom contracts totalling €33m for the supply of three Coradia Stream electric multiple-units and the installation of ETCS Level 2 and GSM-R. The first of the EMUs is scheduled for delivery from Alstom’s Savigliano site in ...

  • NJ Transit double-deck EMU impression
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    NJ Transit orders double-deck EMU cars

    2022-02-14T15:38:00Z

    USA: The NJ Transit board has approved the purchase of a further 25 Alstom Multilevel III double-deck electric multiple-unit cars as option on a December 2018 contract for an initial 113 vehicles. The cars will replace Arrow III single-deck vehicles. The order is being funded as ...

  • Azerbaijan freight loco deliveries completed (2)
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    Azerbaijan freight loco deliveries completed

    2022-02-12T05:00:00Z

    AZERBAIJAN: The EKZ electric locomotive manufacturing joint venture of Alstom and Transmashholding has delivered the last of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A heavy freight locos which were ordered by national railway ADY in 2014. Assembled at Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, the 25 tonne axleload twin-section freight locomotives have ...

  • France and Ukraine have finalised financing agreements for Alstom to supply 130 electric freight locomotives to national railway Ukrzaliznytsia
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    Ukraine and France finalise electric locomotive financing

    2022-02-11T15:49:00Z

    UKRAINE: France and Ukraine have finalised financing agreements for Alstom to supply 130 electric freight locomotives to national railway Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced during a joint press conference when his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron visited Kyiv on February 8. Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said ...

  • Göteborg's M34 trams will be 12 m longer than that M33 (Image Västtrafik)
    Metro Report International

    Longer trams ordered for Göteborg

    2022-02-09T11:39:00Z

    SWEDEN: Alstom has been awarded a €100m order to supply 40 Flexity trams of a lengthened design to Göteborg. Funded by the Västra Götaland region, the order announced on February 9 has been and placed by regional transport authority Västtrafik using an option on a 2016 ...

  • tn_it-torino-metro-val-station_01.jpg
    Metro Report International

    Torino metro CBTC contract awarded

    2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: The city of Torino’s infrastructure manager Infra.To has awarded Alstom a €156m turnkey contract to supply its latest generation of communications-based train control and four additional trainsets for the automated rubber-tyred light metro Line 1. The CBTC supporting GoA4 unattended automatic operation will replace the ...

  • Tel Aviv from the air (Photo mfvgml, Pixabay)
    Metro Report International

    Tel Aviv light rail Green Line preferred bidder selected

    2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

    ISRAEL: Tel Aviv urban transport project promoter NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit Systems has selected the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Tramway consortium of Alstom, bus operator Dan Transportation and infrastructure contractor Electra to finance, design, built, operate and maintain the light rail Green Line. ...

  • SNCB Alstom Traxx locomotive impression
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    Framework contract agreed for 50 passenger locomotives

    2022-02-01T15:10:00Z

    BELGIUM: National passenger operator SNCB has awarded Alstom a framework contract for the supply of up to 50 third-generation Traxx electric locomotives, with a €120m firm order for an initial 24 to be delivered from 2026. The 200 km/h locomotives are be used on domestic and cross-border ...

  • Alstom Traxx locomotives for Railpool
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    Railpool orders Traxx locomotives

    2022-01-27T11:18:00Z

    EUROPE: Leasing company Railpool has awarded Alstom a contract to supply 15 Traxx 3 locomotives for use in Norway, Sweden and Italy, with an option for five more. The electric locomotives with last mile diesel engines are to be delivered from Alstom’s plants at Kassel in ...

  • Alstom Talent BEMU in Baden-Wurttemberg
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    Battery train passenger trials begin

    2022-01-26T13:14:00Z

    GERMANY: Alstom’s prototype battery-electric Talent 3 multiple-unit has entered trial passenger service with DB Regio. On January 24 the battery-powered train was launched on the Stuttgart – Horb line in Baden-Württemberg, where it will operate on weekdays. From February 5 it will also operate on the ...

  • SWR Class 707 EMU
    Rail Business UK

    Arterio EMU delays lead South Western Railway to retain Class 707s

    2022-01-12T10:18:00Z

    UK: South Western Railway has extended its lease on 12 Class 707 electric multiple-units until August, following delays to the introduction of its Arterio Class 701 EMU fleet and the decision to bring forward the end of its lease on the two-car Class 456 units from February to January 17.

  • tn_cl-Santiago_metro_NS16_2.jpg
    Metro Report International

    Alstom to supply driverless trains for Santiago Line 7

    2022-01-06T15:06:00Z

    CHILE: Metro de Santiago has selected Alstom to supply and maintain for 20 years the driverless trains and train control systems for the 25·8 km metro Line 7 now under construction.

  • Bucuresti metro train maintenance (Photo: Alstom)
    Metro Report International

    București metro train maintenance contract awarded

    2022-01-04T15:52:00Z

    ROMANIA: București metro operator Metrorex has awarded Alstom a 15-year contract to provide full preventive and corrective maintenance and overhaul services for its train fleet. The contract covers 82 trains totalling 492 cars which are currently in service, as well as the new trains on order ...

  • tn_in-pune_metro_train_impression_titagarh_firema.jpg
    Metro Report International

    Pune Metro Line 3 E&M contract awarded

    2022-01-03T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: A consortium of Siemens companies and Alstom Transport India has been awarded a 39-month contract to provide electrical and mechanical systems for Pune metro Line 3. Siemens will provide project management and turnkey electrification services and signalling, communications and depot equipment with a total value ...

  • Shenzen_APM
    Metro Report International

    Peoplemover opens at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport

    2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

    CHINA: A 2·6 km automated peoplemover has been opened to serve a new airside satellite hall at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. The Innovia 300 APM was supplied by the CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems joint venture under a 453m yuan contract awarded ...

  • Norske Tog Alstom Coradia Nordic cross-section
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    Norske Tog orders Alstom commuter trains

    2021-12-22T16:01:00Z

    NORWAY: National rolling stock owning body Norske Tog has selected Alstom for a contract to supply 30 commuter electric multiple-units, with options for 170 more which could take the total value to NKr4·2bn. The first 30 EMUs are scheduled to enter service on the Østfoldbanan in ...