Alstom news – Page 21
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NewsBattery train passenger trials begin
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 ...
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Rail Business UKArterio EMU delays lead South Western Railway to retain Class 707s
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.
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to supply driverless trains for Santiago Line 7
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.
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Metro Report InternationalBucurești metro train maintenance contract awarded
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalPune Metro Line 3 E&M contract awarded
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalPeoplemover opens at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport
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 ...
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NewsNorske Tog orders Alstom commuter trains
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 ...
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NewsSJ orders Sweden’s fastest trains
SWEDEN: National operator SJ has confirmed that Alstom is to supply the fastest trains in Sweden, which will have a maximum speed of 250 km/h for use on long distance inter-city services including routes to Denmark and Norway. The initial order will cover 25 electric trainsets ...
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NewsDouble-deck coach order
BELGIUM: National operator SNCB has ordered a further 98 double-deck M7 multi-function coaches from Alstom at a cost of €268m. Intended to meet projected growth in ridership, the order has been placed within a framework contract signed in 2015 which provides for the supply of up ...
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NewsTrains with a sea view ordered for Marseille – Nice concession
FRANCE: Alstom is to supply 16 eight-car Omneo Premium electric multiple-units for the Marseille – Toulon – Nice TER services which Transdev is to operate under contract to Région Sud from summer 2025. Transdev beat bids from incumbent operator SNCF and Trenitalia’s ...
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Rail Business UKHitachi-led joint venture to supply 54 trains to operate HS2 services
UK: A consortium of Alstom and Hitachi Rail is to supply a fleet of 54 conventional-compatible trains for High Speed 2 services under a contract worth £1·97bn, the Department for Transport and HS2 Ltd announced on December 9. The trains will be ‘designed and built’ in ...
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NewsGO Transit BiLevels to be overhauled
CANADA: Transport authority Metrolinx has awarded Alstom a C$171m contract for the mid-life overhaul and refurbishment of 94 BiLevel commuter coaches used on GO Transit commuter serves in the Toronto area. The two-year programme is to be carried out at Alstom’s Thunder Bay plant where the ...
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NewsAlstom to transfer V300 Zefiro activities to Hitachi Rail
ALSTOM: Alstom has agreed to transfer its activities relating to V300 Zefiro very high speed trainsets to Hitachi Rail, which produces the trainsets in partnership with the former Bombardier Transportation business. Divesting the Zerfiro V300 activities was one of the commitments Alstom made to the European ...
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NewsFuel cell co-operation agreement signed
HYDROGEN: Alstom and fuel cell compressor manufacturer Liebherr Aerospace & Transportation have signed an agreement to co-operate to improve the reliability and durability of fuel cells, increase their power density and reduce their costs. ‘Our ambition is to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen in the rail ...
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NewsAlstom awarded Turkish signalling contract
TURKEY: Contractor Kalyon has awarded Alstom a contract to supply electromechanical systems for the Bandirma – Bursa – Yenişehir – Osmaneli High Standard Railway Project. The 201 km line in northwestern Turkey is being built to link the cities to the Istanbul – Ankara high speed ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul Line M5 CBTC contract awarded
TURKEY: Alstom is to supply, test and commission communications-based train control systems for the 11 km Çekmeköy-Sancaktepe – Sultanbeyli eastern extension of the driverless metro Line M5 on the Asian side of Istanbul.
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NewsCAF to acquire Alstom multiple-unit ranges and Reichshoffen plant
EUROPE: Alstom has agreed to divest its Coradia Polyvalent and Talent 3 multiple-unit families to CAF, along with the production facilities at Reichshoffen in northern France.
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NewsHydrogen train refuelling standard to be developed
HYDROGEN: A agreement to optimise hydrogen refuelling equipment for passenger trains and define an international standard has been signed by Alstom and the Hynamics hydrogen subsidiary of French energy group EDF. The aim is to help minimise refuelling times, which Alstom said ...
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Rail Business UKAlstom and Eversholt to co-operate on new-build hydrogen trains for the UK
UK: Alstom and leasing company Eversholt Rail have agreed to share technical and commercial information for the development of a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell multiple-units for the UK market.
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NewsEgyptian National Railways orders 100 locomotives
EGYPT: Egyptian National Railways has awarded Wabtec a contract for the supply and multi-year maintenance of 100 ES30ACi Evolution Series diesel locomotives. The contract signed in a ceremony on November 8 is part of ENR’s ongoing modernisation programme, and is being funded by the European Bank ...
