Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has signed a contract for ten Velaro high-speed trains with Siemens, which submitted the most favourable bid in the tender. The contract is worth around €340 million and also includes maintenance, repair and cleaning of the trains for a period of three years.
Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais (PMM), the Alstom-led consortium with SNC-Lavalin, has signed a contract with CDPQ Infra to deliver a complete automatic and driverless light metro system, including rolling stock and signalling, as well as operation and maintenance services, for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project in Montreal, Canada. The total contract is worth approximately €1.8 billion (CA$2.8 billion): Alstom’s share is estimated at €1.4 billion (CA$2.2 billion) and SNC-Lavalin’s share is estimated at €400 million (CA$600 million).
The recycled carbon fibre rail bogie will now undergo extensive tests on the Institute of Railway Research £3.5m test rig at the University of Huddersfield.
Alstom will supply a full APS ground-level power-supply solution for the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.The solution will be installed on the new ten-kilometre-long Halic “Golden Horn” line, thereby rendering it entirely catenary-free.