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ALSTOM News

Alstom delivers the first trainset for Kanpur Metro

Alstom completes handover of the first trainset for the Kanpur metro, to Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC). The unveiling was done at Alstom's rolling stock manufacturing facility in Savli, Gujarat by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath in the presence of Shri Kumar Keshav – MD, UPMRC, and Alain Spohr – Managing Director, Alstom India. These metro trains are 100% indigenously manufactured at the facility in Savli, Gujarat

Siemens News

CARGOUNIT ORDERS UP TO 30 LOCOMOTIVES FROM SIEMENS MOBILITY

Cargounit, the largest independent locomotive leasing company in Poland, has ordered up to 30 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility. The framework agreement includes the delivery of ten units by the end of 2023 and an option for 20 additional locomotives by 2024 as well as the maintenance of the vehicles. The first two locomotives will be delivered this year. The locomotives are planned for service in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia, the Netherlands and optionally Romania and Bulgaria. The leasing company previously ordered six locomotives from Siemens Mobility in 2018 and 2019. Cargounit’s Vectron fleet could grow to 36 locomotives by 2024.

ALSTOM News

Alstom presents its innovations at TRAKO 2021

Automatic Train Operations, Traxx DC3 locomotive and world-first hydrogen train Coradia iLint.

CAF Signalling News

CAF Signalling allies with Kombud (Poland) and strengthens its international presence

CAF Signalling, a technological subsidiary of the CAF Group and specialized in Railway Signalling Systems, has partnered with Kombud, a reference company in the railway sector in Poland with 30 years of experience. Thanks to this strategic alliance, the Spanish technology company strengthens its international presence and adds a new milestone in its expansion plan.

Plastic Omnium News

Alstom and Plastic Omnium partner to design onboard hydrogen storage solutions for railway

Plastic Omnium, major player in hydrogen mobility, and Alstom, the global leader in sustainable railway transportation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of high-end hydrogen storage systems for the railway sector

Actia News

ACTIA’S TRACKSIDE SAFETY WARNING SYSTEM IS APPROVED BY SNCF

ACTIA Telecom, the ACTIA Group’s telecommunications division, is deploying its wireless trackside safety warning system on several railway track work sites on France’s railway network. This second-generation radio warning system is one of the first in the market to cover a work site over 1 km long.

ALSTOM News

Alstom to provide smarter and more efficient X’trapolis trains for Melbourne

Following the budget announcement by the Victorian State government on 18th May, today Alstom signed a €300m contract with Victoria’s Department of Transport (DoT) to locally supply 25 six-car X’trapolis trains for Melbourne’s suburban rail network.

Diamond News

AVIM® FAMILY - CONNECTORS BUILT FOR DEMANDING APPLICATIONS

Fiber optics typically offers many advantages over conventional electrical and electronic systems, but often times a harsh environment can make the use of glass fiber difficult. Fortunately, the Diamond AVIM® connector family is specifically designed and built for these conditions.

ALSTOM News

Alstom hands over Turkey’s first locomotive equipped with ETCS level 1 & 2 for the Eskişehir-Kütahya-Alayunt-Balıkesir railway line

Alstom has handed over the first locomotive, out of 26, equipped with the European Train Control System (ETCS) level 1 & 2 as part of the company’s contract with Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (TCDD) to supply signalling and telecommunications systems on the line connecting Eskişehir, about 260 km East of Ankara, to Balıkesir near the Aegean coast. This 328-km long rail link also serves the city of Kütahya

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