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Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional and urban trains along with trams.
In 1999, it changed its name to Alstom Power & Conversion, then on 10 November 2005, it became a separate company from Alstom. On 29 March 2011, it was announced that a 90% stake in Converteam was to be bought by GE Energy for $3.2 billion. [2] This deal was completed on 2 September 2011.
The Westinghouse motors were retained on the Alstom C (C1) and Morrison-Knudsen C2 cars and the motors that were removed from the Rohr cars were kept as spares. Cars have a starting acceleration of 3.0 mph/s or 4.8 km/(h⋅s) and are capable of holding that acceleration up to 31 mph (50 km/h).
Arabelle Solutions, formerly GE Alstom Nuclear Systems, or GEAST, for ‘GE Alstom’, most of which was spun off from GE Steam Power, is a French multinational specialising in nuclear activities related to steam turbines (Arabelle) for the conventional island, present in nearly 16 countries including China, Finland, India, Romania and the United Kingdom, and headquartered in Boulogne ...
The Avelia Horizon, called TGV M ("M" for modular) by its main customer SNCF, is a high-speed passenger train designed and produced by Alstom.It has a broadly similar design to the TGV Duplex sets, with bi-level carriages and a push–pull configuration with a power car on either end.
The contract was awarded to a 50/50 joint venture between Hitachi Rail and Alstom, for 54 trains, which will be constructed in the United Kingdom. [8] The trains will be based on an evolution of the Zefiro V300 platform and able to run at the top operational speed of 360 km/h (225 mph) on the HS2 line.
Following the purchase of Bombardier Transportation in January 2021, Alstom will be responsible for completing the ALP-45A order. In 2019, NJ Transit unveiled locomotive 4519 painted in a heritage Erie Lackawanna scheme. [37]
In 2008 the President of Alstom Transport, Philippe Mellier, stated that an 'AGV Duplex' would be developed, and would become Alstom's double deck train offer (for SNCF) after the TGV 2N2. [32] In June 2011 Les Échos reported that Alstom was developing a new high speed train, "AGV II" with a top speed of between 380 and 400 km/h (240 and 250 ...