Ansaldo STS (STS.MI), through its controlled company Ansaldo STS France S.A., has been appointed by Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) for the assignment of the framework agreement for the design, construction, supply, installation, testing and commissioning, maintenance support option of CBTC-based signalling system including ATS, and system integration of CBTC, ATS, passenger information and passenger announcement for the lines 1&5 and 2&6 of Brussels metro network (the ‘Framework Agreement’).

The framework agreement and the first contract to cover lines 1&5 for an amount of about €88m should be signed after a fifteen calendar-day standstill period starting from 2 August 2016.