ALSTOM and Transmashholding (TMH) signed an agreement with Russian Railways (RZD) at the 1520 Strategic Partnership forum in Sochi on May 30 to develop a new design of dual-voltage electric locomotive.
IRJ at the 60th UITP Congress Geneva: Alstom has developed a modular light metro system called Axonis which is designed to be quick to build and economic to construct and operate.
IRJ at UITP 60th World Congress Geneva: Alstom has unveiled its new simplified CBTC called Urbalis Fluence which is designed to reduce the amount of lineside equipment by 20% by transferring the interlocking functions to the train. The system has been under development since 2010.
Nanjing Metro Group has awarded Alstom and its Chinese joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment (Satee) a contract worth around €28m to supply traction systems for the fleet of 174 vehicles it has ordered for metro Line 4.
GERMANY's Altona – Kaltenkircken – Neumünster Railway (AKN) has signed a contract with Alstom worth around €60m for 14 Coradia Lint 54 regional dmus, which will replace life-expired rolling stock on the company's 131km network in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
ALSTOM has unveiled the first completed Metropolis train for Chennai metro at its Lapa plant in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
UK Power Networks has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €1m to supply its Harmonic and Energy Saving Optimiser (Hesop) for a test installation on London Underground's Victoria Line.
A CONSORTIUM led by Brazilian companies CCR Group and Invepar has been selected as the preferred bidder for a PPP contract to design, build, operate, and maintain the 28km light rail network in Porto Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro.
Specialist operations management tools are designed to oversee all aspects of an operator's activities with the aim of improving the performance, reliability and availability of services. Kevin Smith and Anitra Green look at the systems delivered by Quintiq and Alstom to NTV.
SPANISH infrastructure manager Adif and Alstom have signed an agreement to develop a new dual-gauge signalling system for 1668mm-gauge and 1435mm-gauge trains operating on the same tracks.
