Alstom signs MoU for the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation
Following Alstom's acquisition of Bombardier Transportation, the company will have a backlog of approximately €75 billion and revenues of €15.5 billion.
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Following Alstom's acquisition of Bombardier Transportation, the company will have a backlog of approximately €75 billion and revenues of €15.5 billion.
The five framework contracts awarded by Network Rail will aim to improve reliability, but also reduce delays and increase capacity on the UK's network.
Alstom's Coradia Continental battery-electric trains will be used for regional traffic on the 80 kilometres of non-electrified line between the cities of Chemnitz and Leipzig.
The £642 million contract between Avanti West Coast and Alstom will modernise the Pendolino fleet, which originally went into operation in 2003.
The €70 million contract between Alstom and BDZ Passenger Services will provide rolling stock maintenance services for 22 diesel and 24 electric units.
ONCF placed an order with Alstom for 30 Prima M4 units in 2018, with Alstom now beginning delivery of the first trainset.
The PTA contract will require Alstom to manufacture and maintain the newest generation of C-series trains for the growing rail network in Perth.
The production of Amtrak's new Acela trains has created over 1,000 jobs and is boosting businesses across 27 states.
First Trenitalia has awarded British-based train manufacturer Hitachi Rail a contract worth more than £350 million to provide and maintain 23 new InterCity trains for Avanti West Coast services.
The ordered train is part of Alstom's Coradia Stream family, and the first delivery to the region is expected to be sometime in 2022.
A second 10-year maintenance contract for ETCS has been signed by Alstom and SBB, with the value of the contract coming to over €25 million.
Bouygues has cut its stake in Alstom by 13 per cent, divesting its share in the company to 14.7 per cent, but still maintaining main shareholder status.
The Coradia Polyvalent Léman Express trains are hoped to increase the number of people using public transport for commuting, which is currently at just 16 per cent.
Alstom is set to supply an additional 12 Avelia Euroduplex trains to SNCF for the TGV Atlantique lines on top of the existing order for 55 trains currently out for delivery.
In addition to the Polyvalent's standard specification, the region has requested that the trains benefit from specific equipment such as automatic passenger counting, spaces for bicycles and frontal display of destinations.