Image: Aventra Class 701 South Western Railway Arterio trains at London Waterloo railway station (Credit – South Western Railway) Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a four-and-a-half-year Technical Support and Spares Supply Agreement (TSSSA) with South Western Railway (SWR) to support the operation and performance of their new Class 701 Arterio […]
Elizabeth line customers in London are closer to getting more brand new trains, as construction has begun by Alstom on the first of an additional ten to be introduced to the network. These new trains are being built at Alstom’s historic Litchurch Lane Works in Derby to support both increasing demand for the hugely popular […]
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, secures a new contract in Romania for the modernisation of the Bucharest-Giurgiu railway section, lot 2, by implementing ERTMS Level 2 signalling and electrification. This project, totalling approximately 450 million euro, of which Alstom’s share is approximately 25%, will enhance capacity, energy efficiency, and service reliability on […]
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, will welcome almost 40,000 railfans from around the globe this weekend, as its Derby Litchurch Lane Works in the UK hosts the world’s largest-ever gathering of historic and modern trains – The Greatest Gathering. Alstom’s three-day sold-out charity extravaganza forms part of the wider festivities for Railway 200, […]
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, will supply SYTRAL Mobilités with 26 new-generation automatic metros worth 145 million euro and will upgrade systems and automation on line D of the Lyon metro for 158 million euro. A new phase for this historic line, the busiest in Lyon’s metro network, as part of an overall […]
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, today announced that it has exercised the second option with Kawasaki Rail Car Inc. to supply propulsion components for 435 additional new generation subway cars, known as the R211 series, for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT). The R211 cars are being introduced […]
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, announced an important milestone in the production of the trains for Santiago Metro’s Line 7. The first carbody shell (the fundamental building block of a train) has been completed at Alstom’s factory in Taubaté, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. A total of 37 trains, each […]
Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has delivered the first train for Line 6-Orange. It belongs of the fleet of 22 six-car trains produced at Alstom’s manufacturing site located in Taubaté, in São Paulo state. Each train will have the capacity to carry up to 2,044 passengers and reach speeds of up […]
Avelia Stream Nordic X80, developed for Swedish conditions, recognised for its innovative design High-speed train capable of operating at up to 200 km/h in extreme weather conditions from –40 to +35 °C A train designed with a focus on safety, accessibility and environmental responsibility Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has been awarded […]
The first of the planned four new Metropolis “Boa” trains to implement the current fleet was delivered today to the new workshop in Collegno. The Alstom trains will already be equipped with the new automation system and will enter into service at the same time as the activation of the new signalling and train running control […]
