ALSTOM Supplies Metro Cars to Argentina
12 January 2006 10:35
This order corresponds to an option included in a contract for the delivery of 80 cars, which was signed in 1999 and reactivated in December 2004.
So far six trains (30 cars) have been delivered from this contract. They are currently in service on line D between Catedral and Congreso de Tucuman stations and operated by Metrovias.
The new metro cars will enable Metrovias to transform the current five-car trains into six-car trains: each of the 16 cars will be added to the trains already configured with the 80 cars from the first contract, thus increasing passenger capacity and comfort.
All metro cars will be finished and assembled in a six-car train configuration in ALSTOM's workshops in Los Hornos situated near La Plata City, Argentina. The first metro car will be delivered beginning of 2007. The delivery of the last car is scheduled for the end of 2007.
Through this contract, ALSTOM reinforces its contribution to the reconstruction of the Argentinian railway network. The Argentinian government has awarded ALSTOM an order for the supply of 16 metro cars for the Buenos Aires City subway.
In addition to the metro cars, ALSTOM is currently providing a new signalling system for metro line A and has already delivered signalling equipment for lines B and E, as well as the operations control centre for all the modernised lines of the Buenos Aires subway.
With more than 35 product lines and a presence in more than 60 countries, ALSTOM's Transport sector offers complete products and services for new rolling stock, signalling, and electrical and mechanical infrastructure as well as maintenance and rehabilitation services to four distinct types of customers: urban transit authorities and operators, intercity passenger rail operators and rolling stock owners, rail freight operators and intercity railway infrastructure owners. ALSTOM's Transport sector, with sales of €5.1 billion in financial year 2004-2005, is among the world's leading suppliers to the railway industry.
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