Alstom completes Bombardier purchase for 5.5 billion
The takeover of Bombardier by French train manufacturer Alstom is completed, the company announced on Friday. This makes the company the second largest train builder after the Chinese train manufacturer CRRC.Read more
First Greek high-speed train journey will be in March
The first upgraded Alstom Avelia Pendolino ETR470 high-speed train has arrived in Thessaloniki, Greece. The first of the five trains, also named ‘white arrows’, will run between Athens and Thessaloniki starting on 25 March 2021...Read more
German Coradia iLint hydrogen train project wins European Railway Award
German operator LNVG won the European Railway Award on Monday with the hydrogen train project iLint. General Director Carmen Schwabl of LNVG received the prize at an online ceremony. Two of Alstom’s Coradia iLint hydrogen...Read more
First Alstom hydrogen trains go into serial production in 2021
French train manufacturer Alstom sees great market potential for hydrogen trains. In Western Europe alone, 5,400 diesel engines have to be replaced. After multiple test drives and small-scale use in commercial service in Germany, the...Read more
Succesful ATO test with Prima BB 27000 locomotive on French mainline
A consortium led by SNCF has taken a crucial step in operating a Prima BB 27000 locomotive at Grade of Automation 2 (GoA2) on the national rail network. The vehicle was running on the French...Read more
Alstom receives contract for Toulouse Aerospace Express metro line
Alstom has been awarded the contract for the design, building and maintaining of the Toulouse Aerospace Express metro line in France. The new 27-kilometre line will be the third automatic metro which will serve the...Read more
Alstom invests 7 million US dollars in Israeli railway cybersecurity company
Alstom completes a deal where the company invests 7 million US dollars in a cooperation with Cylus, an Israeli company specializing in railway cybersecurity. This deal allows the French company to acquire a small stake...Read more
Bombardier sell to Alstom papers complete
December 1 marks the day Bombardier and Alstom have completed all the necessary administrative approvals to complete the sell of Bombardier Transports to Alstom. The talks to sell the Canadian company’s rail division to Alstom...Read more
Austrian government approves iLint hydrogen train for operation
Coradia iLint, Alstom’s first hydrogen train, has completed three months of passenger operated tests with Austrian operator ÖBB on December 1st. Earlier this year, it received official approval from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate...Read more
Alstom will hybridize TER train in early 2021
Alstom has successfully completed trial tests of a new energy storage system to hybridize the French regional TER trains, which will start at the beginning of 2021. Manufacturing of the pre-series began in September this...Read more
Ferrovie Nord Milono will operate Italy’s first hydrogen trains
Railway operator Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM) has come to an agreement with Alstom for the delivery of six hydrogen trains. These trains will run on the Brescia-Iseo-Edolo line in Lombardy, in the north of Italy....Read more
64 customized trams worth 363 million euros to be delivered to Cologne
Cologne Public Transport Authority has signed a contract with Alstom and Kiepe Electric to receive 64 low-floor Citadis trams. They are worth a total of 363 million euros and will be customized and adapted to...Read more
Alstom’s maintenance tool will monitor PKP’s Intercity trains
A predictive maintenance solution of Alstom will be used to maintain the fleet of 20 Avelia Pendolinos operated by PKP Intercity. The solution that goes by the name of TrainsScanner, has entered service in Warsaw’s...Read more