Alstom, headquartered in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, France, is a global leader in rail transport and sustainable mobility solutions. The company designs, manufactures, and services a comprehensive range of rolling stock, including high-speed trains, metros, trams, and locomotives. Beyond rolling stock, Alstom provides signaling systems, turnkey solutions, and digital mobility services, enhancing the efficiency and safety of rail operations worldwide. With operations in over 60 countries and a workforce exceeding 80,000 employees, Alstom is committed to innovation and sustainability, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of transportation and promote green mobility. The company's portfolio includes renowned products like the Avelia high-speed trains and Citadis trams, which are integral to urban transit systems globally.
Alstom, global leader in green and smart mobility, continues to expand its supply of the electric locomotives Traxx DC3. Alstom has signed three new supply contracts for Traxx locomotives in the second half of January 2022 for a total of 13 locomotives.
The safety of our employees and their families is, as always, our first priority. A dedicated team has been set up to manage the situation since the beginning of the conflict, taking actions to best support them. Our thoughts are also with all the victims of this conflict. In addition to local initiatives from our teams around the globe, our solidarity towards the affected population will be primarily channelled through the Alstom Foundation.
Alstom won the tender together with a temporary grouping of companies. The framework contract involves the design and implementation of the latest ERTMS (European Rail Transport Management System) in Sicily, Lazio, Abruzzo and Umbria. First stage of technological projects, financed by the NRP (Recovery and Resilience Plan), will involve around 700 kilometres of railway lines.
Advanced Metropolis trains and signalling system to optimise capacity on Santiago Metro’s planned Line 7. Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has won a €355 million contract to provide its Urbalis CBTC signalling system, along with 20 years of maintenance and 37 Metropolis trains to Santiago, Chile.
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has been awarded a £49million signalling contract with Network Rail for the delivery of new signalling, level crossings and other assets between Farncombe in Surrey and Petersfield in Hampshire on the London Waterloo to Portsmouth line – the Portsmouth Direct route built more than 150 years ago.
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Alstom has signed a new contract to install a complete driverless communications-based train control (CBTC) signalling system and electromechanical infrastructure for the Umraniye-Atasehir-Goztepe (UAG) Metro Line, which is of great importance for the Anatolian side of Istanbul.