Latest Alstom News
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The InnoTrans Innovation Report: a Bonanza of World Premieres
The InnoTrans Innovation report lists all the new products and world premieres that will be featured at the show due to start in 19 days!
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Alstom to Design and Build New Amtrak High-Speed Train
Alstom have won a contract to design and build the new Amtrak high-speed train. The 28 trains will operate on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).
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Alstom Completes Paris RER Signalling Works
Alstom have completed a month-long series of RER signalling works on Line A, on schedule, to dismantle and reassemble signalling and speed c…
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RENFE High Speed Train Bidders Announced
Spanish rail operator RENFE have announced the shortlist for the provision of a nw RENFE high-speed train and maintenance for a period of 30…
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Trenitalia Order 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains
Italian national operator, Trenitalia, have placed an order for 150 Alstom Coradia Meridian Trains in a frame contract worth approximately €…
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Chengdu Metro Line 3 Enters Service.
The first phase of Chengdu Metro Line 3 entered service on 31 July 2016, which is in excess of 20km long and features 17 stations.
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Lima Metro Line 1 Orders Alstom Metropolis
Alstom has won a contract worth approximately €200 million with Graña y Montero Ferrovias for 120 Metropolis cars to operate on Lima Metro L…
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Trenitalia Maintenance Programme a Success
The Trenitalia maintenance programme uses a remote diagnostics system on Jazz regional trains has substantially improved the reliability of …
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Alstom win Qinghai-Tibet Signalling Contract
Alstom and its Chinese joint venture CASCO Signalling Co. Ltd. have won the Qinghai-Tibet signalling contract to deliver ITCS.
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KZ4AT Locomotive Sets Kazakhstan High Speed Record
The Alstom KZ4AT locomotive set the Kazakhstan high speed record – hitting 200 km/h on test runs on the Moiynty-Kiik line South East of Asta…
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79 Alstom Coradia Trains to Netherlands
Alstom has won a contract worth more than €800 million to deliver 79 Alstom Coradia range of modular trains to NS in the Netherlands.
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Alstom Win Pendolino Fleet Repainting Contract
Alstom have won Pendolino fleet repainting contract for the West Coast Main Line. The fleet are owned by Angel Trains and operated by Virgin…
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Alstom to Supply Chengdu Metro
Alstom has won a contract from Chengdu Metro Corp Ltd for 288 metro cars for the new Chengdu Metro Line 3, which is 50km long with 37 statio…
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Alstom ETCS Pilot in New South Wales
Alstom has delivered, installed and tested its Alstom ETCS Level 2 signalling system in New South Wales as part of a pilot trial.
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Poland: Alstom Pendolino Celebrates 10m km
Alstom Pendolino high speed train has run 10 million kilometres in revenue service in Poland for rail operator PKP Intercity.
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Alstom Regiolis Trainset Reaches End of Waranty
Two years after the first deliveries, Alstom is celebrating the first end of the general warranty of an Alstom Regiolis (Coradia Polyvalent)…
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Riyadh Metro Line 5 Tunnel Excavation Complete
A milestone was reached on 8 June 2016 in the Riyadh Metro Project with the completion of tunnel excavations on the Green Line.
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Alstom Opens Rio Tramway Ahead of Olympic Games
Alstom celebrated the start of operations of the Rio Tramway, its first tramway line in Rio de Janeiro, in time for the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Alstom Win TransPennine Maintenance Contract
Alstom have won a TransPennine maintenance contract for works on the new fleet of TransPennine intercity trains. Alstom maintenance contract…
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Alstom Unveil Ile-de-France MP14 Trainset Design
Alstom have unveiled the new design for the MP14 trainset which will begin operating passenger services in in Ile-de-France from 2019.
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TransPennine Express Orders 126 New Carriages
TransPennine Express order 126 new carriages from CAF, supplementing a previous order from Hitachi Rail for bi-mode trains.
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High-Speed Trains Suppliers Shortlisted by RENFE
Spanish infrastructure operator RENFE have announced a shortlist of four high-speed train suppliers to deliver up to 30 high-speed trains.
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Alstom Win Shanghai Metro Car Modernisation Contract
Alstom win metro car modernisation for Shanghai Metro Line 5, to overhaul 28 metro cars and fit traction control systems to 198 new cars.
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Alstom Receive Coradia Lint Homologation
Alstom have received coradia lint homologation for their best selling regional train to operate cross-border services in Poland.