Electric Trains: Alstom Wins Huge Contract In Denmark

is an XXL contract that Alstom has just signed. The French railway manufacturer will manufacture, deliver and maintain at least 100 electric trains in Denmark. Amount of the transaction: 2.7 billion euros, for the purchase of trains and maintenance, or 20 billion Danish kroner. “The contract with Alstom covers the purchase of at least 100 electric trainsets. DSB plans to buy around 150 in total, ”the public rail company DSB said in a statement.

The new Coradia Stream trains, scheduled for delivery between 2024 and 2029, are expected to be used nationally to link eastern and western Denmark, as well as parts of regional rail traffic. Present in Denmark since 1999, Alstom has already delivered more than 650 trains there and is currently working on the installation of an on-board signaling system meeting European ERTMS (“European Rail Traffic Management System”) standards. railway). This contract represents the largest order in the history of Danish State Railways.

Alstom, to the fullest

As BFMTV reminds us, Alstom is in brilliant shape at the start of 2021. By increasing the number of contracts abroad, the French group has signed nearly 3 billion euros in orders since January. Last December, the industrialist had completed 40.1 billion euros in its order book. Recently, Alstom signed a contract worth 1.4 billion euros for the supply of suburban trains in Spain and 760 million euros for regional trains in Germany. In France, Alstom is also behind the “light” tram, on the T9 line, which connects Paris to Orly-Ville in 30 minutes, ie twice as fast as before.


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