Latest Alstom News
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Design Unveiled for Amtrak's Next-Generation High-Speed Trains
Building upon 16 years of high-speed rail service in the Northeast, Amtrak is working with Alstom to produce the next-generation of high-spe…
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Transport Secretary Opens Alstom’s New Academy for Rail
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling last week (October 4 2017) opened a new north-west rail academy which is due to train 500 apprentices ove…
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Alstom Unveils Latest Generation of Coradia Regional Trains
Coradia Stream is a high-performance low-floor electric multiple unit for regional and intercity transport, developed for the European marke…
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Siemens and Alstom Join Forces to Create New 'European Rail Champion'
Siemens and Alstom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to combine Siemens’ mobility business including its rail traction drives busine…
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Alstom Awarded Traction Systems Contract in China
Alstom has been awarded a contract by Chengdu Metro Corp. Ltd. to supply the traction systems for 496 metro cars to circulate on Line 5, the…
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New Lick of Paint for Virgin Trains' Iconic Pendolino
Virgin Trains’ Pendolino is sporting a new look as part of a fleet repaint programme. The first train came off the depot last week, and foll…
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India: Lucknow Metro Begins Commercial Operations
A host of Indian officials gathered to inaugurate the first phase of the new Lucknow Metro on September 5, ahead of the official opening to …
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Alstom UK to Repaint Virgin's Pendolino Trains
Alstom has started work to repaint the 56-strong Pendolino fleet of Class 390 ‘tilting’ trains, which are used by Virgin on the West Coast M…
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Alstom Signs Maintenance Contract for Regional Trains in Sweden
Alstom has signed an eight-year contract with Arriva for the maintenance of Skånetrafiken’s 99 Alstom Coradia Nordic regional trains, also k…
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Donated Eurostar Delivered to National College for High Speed Rail
Alstom and Eurostar donate a refurbished power car to the Doncaster campus of the National College for High Speed Rail. The 25-tonne power c…
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World’s First Citadis X05 Light Rail Vehicle Delivered to Sydney
Alstom has delivered the first of 60 Citadis X05 light rail vehicles (LRVs) to Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) in Sydney, Australia, a…
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Lower Saxony Receives First Modernised Coradia Lint Train
Alstom has handed over the first of 26 modernised Coradia Lint 41 regional trains, on schedule, to the Lower Saxony Transport Authority, LNV…
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Algeria's New Citadis Trams Enter Commercial Service
Alstom’s Citadis trams in Sidi Bel Abbes, north-west Algeria, was inaugurated yesterday by the Minister of Transport and Public Works, Abdel…
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Alstom Begins Overhaul of PKP Intercity's Pendolino Trains
The overhaul of each train is going to take a month and the completion of works on all Pendolino trains is planned in 20 months. This schedu…
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RTA Inspects Progress of New Trains for Dubai Metro
A delegation from the Roads and Transport Authority has visited France to check the work progress in the manufacturing of 50 new trains for …
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New Lightweight Regional Trains Delivered to Denmark
Alstom has delivered on-time 13 Coradia Lint regional trains to Nordjyske Jernbaner, just two years after contract signature.
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Alstom and SNCF Réseau Collaborate on Traffic Management Tool
Following a call to tender launched in 2016, SNCF Réseau has selected Alstom to design a new operational traffic management tool.
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Eurostar Power Cars to be Donated to National College for High Speed Rail
Following the decision to retire some of these hard-working vehicles, two of the power cars will be given to the National College for High S…
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France: Citadis Dualis Tram-Train Enters Service on Le Bourget Line
Alstom's Citadis Dualis tram-train entered commercial service on 01 July 2017 on the section of the T11 Express line that runs between Epina…
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Alstom Opens New Centre for Rolling Stock Modernisation in UK
Alstom has opened the largest and most sophisticated rolling stock modernisation centre in the UK. Based in the northwest, it supports a loc…
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New Metropolis Train for Panama Metro Begins Service
Line 1 of Panama Metro is approximately 16km long, with 14 stations, and runs through Panama City, from North to South. Since its start of..…
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Alstom Secures Ottawa Light Rail Vehicle Contract
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth close to €200 million by Rideau Transit Group (RTG) to supply 38 Citadis Spirit light rail vehicles…
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Alstom Wins Contract to Overhaul 23 Locomotives for Akiem
The locomotive maintenance work covers overhauls to be carried out after 20 years, including bogie overhauls, obsolescence monitoring, the r…
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India: Bangalore Metro’s Green Line Enters Commercial Service
Alstom is proud to be associated with the Bangalore metro's much-awaited launch of operations on the Green Line that will connect...