Alstom will be responsible for ensuring the AirTrain is running twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and for maintaining the vehicle fleet, station doors, guideways, power distribution systems, car wash, signalling system and facilities.

The facility is a benchmark for railway manufacturing in the Latin American market and a global reference for excellence in the production of stainless-steel train cars.

As the rail industry requires increasingly efficient and reliable solutions, Alstom is perfectly positioned to offer a broad portfolio of premium components and solutions.

The work will be performed at Alstom’s facility in Kanona, NY, a Center of Expertise for Vehicle and Component Overhauls in the United States.

Alstom is a long-term and dedicated partner of Metrolinx providing rolling stock, signalling, maintenance, and rail operation services to Ontario for close to 50 years.

Stéphane Guy, Vice President for Product Introduction (PI), explains how railway products and systems are looked after in their first years of life.

The contract is for a term of four years during which Alstom will maintain 26 Alstom-made Metropolis trains, as well as traction substations and signaling systems.

This contract award is an extension of the successful partnership that Alstom has built with Metrolink, dating back to the delivery of the first Bilevel coaches for Metrolink more than 30 years ago.

Alstom is boosting operations in numerous ways, from improving train scheduling, managing train speeds and predicting passenger demand to enhancing asset management, signalling and object detection.

The contract includes operation and maintenance of the Automated People Mover (APM) system equipped with Alstom’s latest Innovia APM R vehicles and Innovia APM cars of the first generation.