ALSTOM Transport wins maintenance and infrastructure order for Santiago de Chile’s metro07 January 2004Printer friendlySantiago Metro, Santiago de Chile’s metro operator, has awarded ALSTOM an order for the maintenance of Santiago de Chile’s metro.The contract covers a total of 87 metro cars and will be on for a period of 6 years.Santiago Metro has also chosen ALSTOM for the supply of infrastructure for Santiago de Chile’s metro. ALSTOM will supply and install a 10 km single track, in tunnel, for the extension of metro line 2 (North) to Vespucio expressway.ALSTOM Transport has supplied rolling stock to Santiago Metro over the past 30 years. The whole fleet composed of 488 cars, used on their 3 lines network, were manufactured by ALSTOM Transport. Additional 180 cars for line 4 are being manufactured in Brazil. The first delivery will take place in November of this year.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, signaling, 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 4.9 billion euros in financial year 2003-2004, is among the world's leading suppliers to the railway industry. |