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METROPOLIS

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 WHAT OUR BARCELONA METRO LINE 9

CUSTOMERS SAY: Sebastián

Buenestado Caballero
Chief officer
of the Metro Network
Customer: Transports Metropolitans
de Barcelona
In revenue service: since 2006
Scope of supply: 50x5-car trains
When we planned our high capacity, Highlights: Fully automatic metro line,
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99% availability E RVI
driverless metro line, we considered IN S
that one of the main success factors to guarantee
ALSTOM OFFERS OPERATORS A FULL RANGE OF METRO CARS. ALL RELY ON ADVANCED, PROVEN
the viability of this project was high-reliability
TECHNOLOGY AND CAN BE CUSTOMIZED. YOUR NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE THE STARTING POINT
and high-availability rolling stock. Today we can
FOR OUR ENGINEERS IN THE DESIGN OF YOUR METRO. WHETHER YOU WANT A CUSTOMIZED VERSION
confirm that this objective has been fully reached
OF A MORE STANDARD DESIGN OR A COMPLETELY UNIQUE DESIGN, YOU WILL HAVE A DEPENDABLE
thanks to the Metropolis trains supplied by Alstom
FLEET EQUIPPED WITH SERVICE-PROVEN TECHNOLOGY.
along with the complete integration of all interfaces
involved in the UTO* line.

*Unattended Train Operation

SINGAPORE NORTH-EAST
& CIRCLE LINES
Wee-Meng Sim
LTA Group Director Rail Customer: Land Transport Authority
In revenue service: since 2003
Scope of supply: 25x6-car & 40x3-car trains
Highlights: 99,96% availability, world’s 1st
Alstom’s project team and LTA’s team V IC E
shared a common objective.
heavy driverless metro
INSER
Alstom understood our technical requirements
and this helped us to successfully deliver the project
on time. The system is now operating at a very
high rate of availability: 99.96%.

AMSTERDAM METRO M6

René van Marrewijk Customer: Municipality of Amsterdam

AMSYS Project Director Contract awarded: 2010
Scope of supply: 23x6-car trains
Highlights: Low axle load (12t per axle)
Since the contract award, Alstom for a wide gauge, Full electrical braking up
to 0 km/h, 100% led lighting technology
has executed the project on schedule
for the first two of the 23 trains and we have
enjoyed very good project collaboration with
Alstom – with both their local Netherlands-based
team and the teams in their manufacturing centres
in France and Poland. We look forward to putting
these trains into service and to the benefits they will
bring to Amsterdam’s inhabitants and visitors,
Singapore’s Metropolis and also to us, the Transit Operator.

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 MUNICIPAL LEADERS: METROS ON VIADUCTS
ALSTOM PROVIDES METROS ON VIADUCTS FOR CITIES THAT WISH TO ELEVATE

SHAPE YOUR METRO THEIR METRO AND IMPLEMENT A HEAVY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM QUICKER
THAN THROUGH AN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM.

TO BECOME YOUR CITY’S ICON NEW TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE NOISE
AND VIBRATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED TRAINS OF THE PAST.
ALSTOM’S IN-HOUSE DESIGN & STYLE DEPARTMENT ASSISTS PUBLIC AUTHORITIES TODAY’S TRAINS CAN PROVIDE A SLEEK AESTHETIC ADDITION TO THE CITYSCAPE.
IN DETERMINING THE IDEAL EXTERIOR FOR YOUR CITY: BODYSHELL SHAPE AND MATERIALS,
GAUGE, CAR DIMENSIONS, LIVERY—ALL ARE MADE TO MEASURE.

Xavier Allard
Head of the Design & Styling
department, Alstom Transport

Design & Styling lies at the intersection

of engineering and creative design.
Our aim is to offer customers exacting designs
faithfully rendered in the image of their expectations
and in perfect harmony with the general configuration
of the vehicle under development. Face-to-face
meetings establish a rapport with the customer that
makes the choice process simple and straightforward.
Once the design principles are agreed upon,
they are integrated into product design.

AMSTERDAM METRO M6

Customer: Municipality of Amsterdam

Contract awarded: 2010
Scope of supply: 23x6-car trains
Highlights: Low axle load (12t per axle) for a wide gauge,
Full electrical braking up to 0 km/h, 100% led lighting technology
In Panama,
the customer wanted
a natural, well-integrated train.
Alstom designed a fluid,
elegant metro,
which blends harmoniously
into the cityscape.

For the Amsterdam

metro, the customer asked
for a robust, high-capacity train.
Alstom answered
with this hard-wearing,
heavy metro, which will
increase total transportation
Artist’s impression of Metropolis for Amsterdam metro
in the city.
PANAMA LINE 1
Customer: SMT
Contract awarded: 2010
Scope of supply: 14x4-car trains
Artist’s impression of Metropolis for Panama metro

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 DELIGHT YOUR PASSENGERS SECURITY
Metropolis trains fulfill the highest security standards.
WITH COMFORT All of our trains are designed with a standard
trainborne Ethernet backbone. This provides a single,
unified and secure broadband communication
ALSTOM USES “EMOTIONAL ENGINEERING”, AN APPROACH THAT ENCOMPASSES
network for security and other subsystems including
EVERY ASPECT OF THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE TO ENSURE A PLEASANT TRIP FOR ALL. optional public address and passenger information
equipment.
CAMERA SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
AMBIANCE: THE RIGHT BLEND SPEAKER
OF INTERIOR ELEMENTS EMERGENCY INTERCOM
DISPLAY (TEXT & LCD)
Acoustic comfort, vibration attenuation, ambiance lighting, attractive
and easy to clean materials, designer color schemes, real-time passenger FIRE BARRIERS
information and entertainment, thermal comfort, air quality… FIRE AND SMOKE DETECTORS
All the elements of interior design, standard or optional, have been CRASH DEVICE
rigorously studied to enhance passenger comfort.
FRONT EVACUATION
Inside Amsterdam’s Metropolis Inside Singapore CCL’s Metropolis Inside Santo Domingo’s Metropolis
MOBILITY ONBOARD PASSENGER INFORMATION
Our metros are designed for easy access. An Alstom “Information and Communication
Your passenger flows are optimized through: Technology” (ICT) system can also integrate Passenger
Information & Entertainment modules in a common
CUSTOMIZABLE DOORS architecture with your Security & Communications
WIDE GANGWAYS subsystems. Our scalable and upgradeable Passenger
Information & Entertainment solutions allow you
FLEXIBLE SEATING CONFIGURATIONS to provide passengers with general or interactive travel
DEDICATED SPACE FOR PERSONS WITH REDUCED MOBILITY and safety information in real-time, throughout
(WHEELCHAIRS, STROLLERS) their trips. An advertising-based solution can help
offset initial investment and operating costs.
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THE DRIVER SPENDS HOURS IN THE CONFINED SPACE
OF THE METRO CAB PERFORMING A JOB THAT REQUIRES
CONSTANT VIGILANCE. TO ENSURE OPTIMIZED WORKING
CONDITIONS, ALSTOM OFFERS A STANDARD DRIVER’S
CAB THAT HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR
SAFETY AND COMFORT. AN ERGONOMIC DRIVER’S DESK
AND SEAT, ENLARGED SIDE WINDOW AND AN AIR
CONDITIONING/HEATING SYSTEM ARE AMONG
THE FEATURES PROVIDED FOR ENHANCED COMFORT.
DRIVER DESK DESIGN VALIDATED BY ERGONOMISTS
Amsterdam’s Metropolis: the driver cab
Secu
curi
rity equipment including in-cab CCTV (Closed
Circuit TeleVision) assists drivers in performing routine
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and emergency tasks. An advanced Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) system can provide
drivers with real-time information, a means of sharing
information with passengers and a constant relay with
central control post agents. It can include pre-configured
instructions to assist drivers in managing emergency
events quickly and effectively.
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 MODULAR ARCHITECTURE ELECTRICAL HARNESS

AND COMPONENTS

AUXILIARY SUPPLY (CVS)

BATTERY BOX

BRAKE RESISTOR

2 TYPES OF CARBODY MATERIAL TRACTION

STAINLESS STEEL
ROOF INTEGRATED HVAC*
ALUMINIUM *Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning AIR SUPPLIER
FLEXIBLE SEATING CONFIGURATIONS
POWER SUPPLY
BY CATENARY OR 3RD RAIL

VARIOUS TYPES OF BODY WIDTHS & SHAPES ERGONOMIC DRIVER CAB

EASY CHANGEOVER
TO DRIVERLESS MODE

DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAIN CONFIGURATIONS

STEEL WHEEL OR RUBBER TIRE

WITH OR WITHOUT
A PASSENGER EVACUATION DOOR

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 OPERATORS: FLEET MAINTAINERS:
UPGRADE TO DRIVERLESS “UTO*” THE CONDITION OF YOUR FLEET
IN REAL-TIME
ALSTOM IS THE ONLY MANUFACTURER TO OFFER A FULLY AUTOMATIC, DRIVERLESS (UTO *) FUNCTIONALITY TRAINTRACER IS AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM BY ALSTOM WHICH CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS
OR PROVISION TO UPGRADE TO UTO FOR IT’S COMPLETE RANGE OF METRO TRAINS—SMALL, MEDIUM OR WIDE, THE TRAIN’S MAIN COMPONENTS, BRINGING OPERATORS VALUABLE INFORMATION ON EACH TRAIN’S
STEEL WHEEL OR RUBBER TYRE—WITH REFERENCES OF EACH TYPE IN SERVICE. CONDITION IN REAL TIME. THIS DATA CAN BE USED TO CLARIFY SITUATIONS AS THEY ARISE.
MAINTENANCE MANAGERS RELY ON TRAINTRACER’S RECORDS OF COMPONENT STATUS AND WEAR
TRENDS TO OPTIMIZE PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET.
UTO WIDTH CARS WHEELS PPHPD** URBALIS, PROVEN CBTC DRIVERLESS
Barcelona L9 Medium 5 Steel 38 500 SOLUTION
Alstom provides a proven driverless radio CBTC BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF THE TRAIN’S
Budapest L4 Medium 4 Steel 39 000 MAIN COMPONENTS
(Communication-Based Train Control) system ensuring YOUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING TEAMS
Lausanne M2 Small 2 Tyre 13 000 high reliability, safety and an optimized quality of service INFORMATION IN REAL TIME ON CONDITION
Lyon LD Medium 2 Tyre 15 000 for passengers on any type of rolling stock, new or existing. Working in close coordination, fleet managers and maintenance OF EACH TRAIN
The system integrates all the functions required for full technicians use TrainTracer to schedule parts changes more accurately,
Paris L1 & 14 Small 6 Tyre 40 500 during regularly scheduled maintenance, avoiding disruptive failures. “PIT-STOP” APPROACH ENSURING MINIMUM
Unattended Train Operation (UTO) both for the line and
Shanghai L10 Wide 6 Steel 70 000 depot. Alstom supplied URBALIS UTO on Singapore TRAIN IMMOBILIZATION
Singapore CCL Wide 3 Steel 38 000 North-East and Circle Lines and Lausanne M2. REDUCED MEAN-TIME-TO-REPAIR
TRAINLIFE SERVICES
Singapore NEL Wide 6 Steel 77 000 CONDITIONED BASED MAINTENANCE
Alstom offers a full range of metro maintenance services and parts
**Calculation based on 6 PAX/m² and a headway of 90 sec. FOR HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE
logistics support working with each customer’s maintenance crews.
NETWORK KEY ABBREVIATIONS

TRACKSIDE NETWORK I/O INPUT/OUTPUT

ATC AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL
ATS AUTOMATIC TRAIN SUPERVISION
RADIO NETWORK
PSD PLATFORM SCREEN DOORS
PIS PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM
TRAIN NETWORK
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* Unattended Train Operation

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CHICAGO / ATLANTA
MEDIUM STEEL SAN FRANCISCO NANJING
L: 17 – 21 M WHEELS SHANGHAI
W: 2,6 – 2,9 M
MEXICO
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L: 21 – 25 M SANTO
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METROPOLIS TRAINS TAILOR-MADE METRO TRAINS PANAMA

CHENNAI
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LOS TEQUES
SINGAPORE
LIMA
CAIRO
BRASILIA
LOCAL JOBS RIO DE JANEIRO
BARCELONA
Alstom’s broad geographical coverage of metro manufacturing and assembly
sites worldwide brings numerous benefits: SAO PAULO
MADRID
LOCAL SOURCING OF MATERIALS AND PERSONNEL VALENCIA
SANTIAGO
WORLD-CLASS DESIGN ENGINEERING AND EXPERTISE ALLOCATED AS REQUIRED
UIRED
ACCELERATED DELIVERY TIMES
BUENOS AIRES
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Each aspect of the Alstom metro’s system has been designed for sustainable OF RECYCLABILITY
development: from infrastructure to rolling stock which optimizes energy
efficiency with its traction braking and reduced weight. Environmental impact
has been minimized with the reduction of noise and vibrations. 4,000
These environmental measures contribute equally to the reduction
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Nanjing’s Metropolis Istanbul’s Metropolis

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WITHIN A TURNKEY CONTRACT
ALSTOM CAN ALSO PROVIDE METRO TRAINS AS PART OF A TURNKEY CONTRACT
WITH PERFORMANCE GUARANTEES AND FULL LIFECYCLE SUPPORT.
OPTIMIZED TRANSPORT SYSTEM SOLUTION TO MEET RIDERSHIP AND PROJECT
PRICE/LIFECYCLE COST OBJECTIVES – IN BOTH SHORT TERM AND IN LONGER TERM
(PROVISIONS FOR UPGRADES & EXPANSIONS)
SINGLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROJECT EXECUTION PROJECT SCHEDULE GUARANTEE
EASY SYSTEM INTEGRATION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING

TRAIN CONTROL TRAINLIFE SERVICES

Alstom’s URBALIS signaling solutions, which use proven
CBTC (Communication-Based Train Control) technology,
can also be supplied on an ad-hoc basis for metros of any
type. Alstom develops, installs, commissions and maintains
a complete range of URBALIS solutions and equipment.
Alstom offers customized maintenance solutions to meet
customers’ needs. Our maintenance services are part
of our global offering to optimize cost, guarantee system
availability and ensure optimal operating conditions during
the entire life cycle of the products, systems and solutions.

METRO INFRASTRUCTURE
Alstom designs, builds, commissions and maintains tracks,
electrical substations, depots and stations for metros,
using the most advanced technologies and processes for rapid
delivery, cost optimization and life-long high performance.

Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for

SYSTEM DEPOT &

innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. The Group is the only multi-specialist manufacturer in the railway sector,
ENGINEERING MAINTENANCE
& PROJECT offering the widest range of rolling stock, signaling, services and infrastructures. Alstom provides turnkey integrated power plant
FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT
solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including gas, coal, hydro, nuclear and wind as well as solutions
SIGNALLING
CATENARY / & for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 93,500 people in 100 countries, and had sales of over
3RD RAIL CONTROL SYSTEMS
€ 20.9 billion in 2010/11.

TEST & STATION

COMMISSIONING EQUIPMENT

POWER SUPPLY TRACK WORK

*Proforma figures

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