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    Alstom to supply 3 extra metros to line m2 in Lausanne

Alstom to supply 3 extra metros to line m2 in Lausanne

Alstom will supply three extra metro train sets to Transports Publics de la Région Lausannoise SA (tl) for line m2 of the automatic, rubber-tyred metro of Lausanne in Switzerland. The train sets, consisting of two cars each, will be identical to the first 15 train sets delivered in October 2008.

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    Alstom to deliver 25 additional “Jazz” regional trains to Trenitalia

Alstom to deliver 25 additional “Jazz” regional trains to Trenitalia

Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth around €170 million by Trenitalia, the Italian national train operator, for the supply of 25 additional “Jazz” regional trains. These new orders, which are exercised as two options under a contract signed in 2012, bring Trenitalia’s Jazz fleet to 95 trainsets. “Jazz” is the

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    Alstom Citadis tram technology debuts in China

Alstom Citadis tram technology debuts in China

The joint venture of Alstom and Shanghai Rail Traffic Equipment Development Co., Ltd. (SRTED) – Shanghai Alstom Transport Co. (SATCO) – has been awarded a contract worth about €72 million by Shanghai Songjiang Tramway Investment and Operation Co. Ltd to provide 30 Citadis trams for the two first tramway lines of

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    Alstom to supply five extra Citadis trams to Bordeaux Métropole

Alstom to supply five extra Citadis trams to Bordeaux Métropole

Alstom will supply 5 new Citadis trams to Bordeaux Métropole, completing the existing fleet of 100 trams already in circulation on the 79 km of track which makes up the network. With a total of 105 trams ordered since the year 2000, Bordeaux will own one of the largest tram

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    KZ4AT passenger locomotive enters service

KZ4AT passenger locomotive enters service

The first KZ4AT passenger locomotive, jointly developed by Alstom and Transmashholding and delivered to Kazakh Railways by EKZ, has entered commercial service on the Astana-Kokshetau line. Two other locomotives, currently performing dynamic tests in Kazakhstan, are to be delivered in 2015. The one-section alternative current passenger locomotive KZ4AT has been

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    Alstom secures EUR 9 million power supply contract of Kochi metro

Alstom secures EUR 9 million power supply contract of Kochi metro

Alstom was awarded a contract worth €9 million from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to provide receiving and auxiliary main substations for the Kochi metro. This contract includes high voltage cabling from the state grid for the new 25 kilometer long metro line. Alstom is the main supplier of Kochi

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    Alstom and German Calw district sign letter of intent on the development of a zero emission train

Alstom and German Calw district sign letter of intent on the development of a zero emission train

Alstom and German Calw district have signed a letter of intent for the planned use of new emission-free fuel cell drive trains on the Hermann-Hesse railway line. “The new trains for Hermann-Hesse railway line will be completely emission-free. In times of increasing energy costs and higher level of pollution, the

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    UK’s first real-time on-board train information screens launch on First Hull Trains

UK’s first real-time on-board train information screens launch on First Hull Trains

Passengers travelling with First Hull Trains will now have access to on-board information screens fed by live real-time train running information thanks to the launch of a new trial that could help pave the way for the development of a wider roll-out across other operators. The UK’s very first real

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    Alstom Coradia Lint commuter trains start commercial service in Ottawa

Alstom Coradia Lint commuter trains start commercial service in Ottawa

On 2 March 2015, the Alstom Coradia Lint trains delivered to OC Transpo entered into service on the 8-kilometre light rail O-Train Trillium Line in Ottawa, Canada. In 2012, OC Transpo, the urban transit service for the City of Ottawa, entrusted Alstom with the supply of six Coradia Lint diesel

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    Alstom signs EUR 2 million contract to maintain Trensurb metros for Porto Alegre Metro line 1

Alstom signs EUR 2 million contract to maintain Trensurb metros for Porto Alegre Metro line 1

Alstom signed a contract with Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre (Trensurb) to provide preventive maintenance for 15 metro trains. The contract is worth around EUR 2 million and covers 5-year maintenance starting from this month. The metro trains are Metropolis ordered to Alstom through FrotaPoa’s consortium1 in 2012.

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