Alstom news – Page 2
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NewsEurostar orders Celestia double-deck high speed trains
EUROPE: Eurostar has announced a €1·4bn order for 30 Alstom Avelia Horizon double-deck high speed trainsets, with options for 20 more.
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NewsMelbourne’s first G Class tram arrives at purpose-built depot
AUSTRALIA: Victoria’s Minister for Public & Active Transport Gabrielle Williams has officially opened the depot in Melbourne where Alstom will maintain 100 G Class trams which it is supplying for the world’s largest tram network.
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Rail Business UKPendolino toilet overhaul contract awarded
UK: Alstom has awarded Knorr-Bremse Rail Services (UK) an eight-year contract to repair and overhaul 510 toilet systems fitted to Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino trainsets.
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NewsAlstom names next Chief Executive Officer
INTERNATIONAL: The Alstom board has appointed Martin Sion as Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1 2026.
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NewsTrenitalia and Alstom unveil 200 km/h regional train
ITALY: Alstom and Trenitalia have unveiled a variant of the Coradia Stream regional electric multiple-unit family with a higher maximum speed of 200 km/h to enable operation on the Firenze – Roma Direttissima high speed line.
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NewsAlstom tests diesel to hydrogen shunting locomotive conversion
GERMANY: A diesel shunter which has been converted to the direct combustion of hydrogen is on test to assess the viability of reducing carbon emissions from existing locomotives with many years of life remaining.
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NewsFirst Irish trainset equipped with ETCS
IRELAND: Alstom has completed the first installation and assessment body certification of ETCS onboard equipment for national railway Iarnród Éireann, on a Class 22000 diesel multiple-unit.
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NewsDSB’s first IC5 trainset arrives in Denmark
DENMARK: The first of the Alstom IC5 multiple-units order by national passenger operator DSB as part of its plans to switch to a fully-electric fleet by 2030 has arrived in Denmark for testing, with entry into service now expected from 2027. The ...
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NewsNJ Transit to take over River Line operations from Alstom
USA: The operation and maintenance of the 55 km River Line inter-urban diesel light rail service in New Jersey is to transfer from Alstom to state transport agency NJ Transit by the end of the year.
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NewsAlstom to supply Tūhono battery-electric trains to provide better connections in Wellington
NEW ZEALAND: Greater Wellington Regional Council has awarded Alstom a NZ$1·066bn contract to supply and maintain 18 battery-electric multiple-units for the Wairarapa and Manawatū lines as part of the Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility programme.
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NewsAlstom selected for PKP Intercity double-deck train order
POLAND: PKP Intercity has announced that Alstom submitted the best offer for a contract to supply and maintain 42 double-deck 200 km/h electric multiple-units.
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Metro Report InternationalDublin MetroLink metro project bidding consortium formed
IRELAND: A consortium has been formed to bid for the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the proposed MetroLink automated metro line in Dublin.
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Metro Report InternationalMumbai Metro Line 4 signalling and rolling stock contract awarded
INDIA: Mumbai Metro Regional Development Authority has awarded Larsen & Toubro and its partner Alstom the rolling stock and signalling systems contract for Mumbai Metro Line 4 (Green).
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NewsRomania awards contract to electrify line to Ukrainian border
ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR SA and the RailEC consortium of Alstom and A&S Turism Construct have signed a contract for electrification of the 30 km line from Dărmănești to the Ukrainian border.
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NewsAmtrak’s first NextGen Acela high speed train enters service
USA: National passenger operator Amtrak has put the first of its long-awaited NextGen Acela trainsets into passenger service on the Northeast Corridor.
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Metro Report InternationalToronto to order metro trains through single-source contract to support Canadian jobs
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has cancelled a competitive tender for the supply of metro trainsets in favour of a single-source contract with Alstom.
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Rail Business UKGWR and Alstom sign £75m Class 175 DMU support contract
UK: Great Western Railway has awarded Alstom a £75m eight-year Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement for the 26 Class 175 diesel multiple-units it is to put into service in southwest England later this year.
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NewsRomanian Traxx electric locomotive on test
ROMANIA: The first of 16 Alstom Traxx Universal locomotives ordered by national railway reform authority ARF is undergoing dynamic testing at the Făurei test centre.
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NewsBucurești to Bulgaria railway modernisation contract awarded
ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR SA has awarded the Asocierea RailWorks consortium of Arcada and Alstom a €450m contract to modernise the line from București to the Bulgarian border.
