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's MP14 metro has been put into commercial service on Line 14, between the stations Olympiades and Saint-Lazare, by Valérie Pécresse, President of the Île-de-France Region and of Île-de-France Mobilités, and Catherine Guillouard, CEO of RATP, in the presence of Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chairman and CEO of Alstom.
Valérie Pécresse, President of Île-de-France Mobilités and of the Île-de-France Region, Thierry Dallard, Chairman of the Management Board of the Société du Grand Paris, and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chairman and CEO of Alstom, revealed the design of the future metros for lines 15, 16 and 17 of Île-de-France at the inauguration of the exhibition Les lignes du design (Design Lines) which opens at the Fabrique du Métro where visitors will be able to see a model of the future metro.
The Province of Groningen has published a report outlining the results of the Coradia iLint tests performed in March on the 65 kilometers of line between Groningen and Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands. The tests aimed to investigate whether a hydrogen fuel cell train could be a fully sustainable alternative to the diesel trains currently running in the northern part of the country.
Despite a global shift towards renewable energy, as governments look to reverse the adverse effects of climate change, the fact remains that much of the world’s transport sector is still dependent on fossil fuels. When it comes to the future of sustainable mobility in the Middle East, however, rail transport is leading the way.
Alstom will provide digital train control, traffic management and electrification infrastructure as part of the rehabilitation and modernisation of Lot 2 (Apata-Cata) on the Sighisoara-Brasov section of the European Rhine-Danube rail corridor in Romania