The centre's mandate is to develop the future platforms for hybrid, battery or hydrogen propulsion, emitting low or zero emissions.

Alstom's industrial centre in Trápaga, Spain, will be in charge of supplying the propulsion system for the new Zefiro Express high-speed trains, which Alstom will supply to Sweden’s national operator SJ.

There are several intelligent systems that enable a metro to operate without a driver. Sensors and components on the metro communicate with digital objects on the ground like balises as they pass them by. As the metro travels along its route, these systems communicate back and forth with each other continually to ensure that everything is going smoothly.

Contract also includes supply of train control and telecommunications systems.

New train offers energy efficient, safe and comfortable transport for NS passengers while being 95% recyclable at the end of lifetime.

Around 80 Alstom suppliers met on June 14th at the Santa Perpètua industrial site.

All locomotives will be assembled at the Alstom plant in Vado Ligure (SV).

The research project “Automated regional trains in Lower Saxony, Germany” is entering the next phase. Together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the TU Berlin, Alstom is developing technical solutions to gradually digitise rail passenger transport in Germany.

Three eloquent examples: automatic train operation, energy efficiency and zero-emissions trains.

Transport is one of the biggest global emitters of CO₂, and while rail is one of the most environmentally friendly ways to travel, there is still work to be done to reduce and eliminate the industry’s carbon footprint and other emissions.