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. In addition, the air-conditioned cars feature video cameras for improved safety.

. * Editing Alstom gets an order to supply cars for Shangai Metro Madrid, October 9 th The Shanghai Mass Transit Yangpu Line Development has ordered 28 six-car Alstom Metropolis trainsets worth about €184 million for the city's future Yangpu metro Line.

. The 168 Metropolis cars in this order are based on the vehicles that the company is building for the city's Xinmin Line.

. Shanghai Alstom Transport Company (SATCO), a joint venture between ALSTOM and Shanghai Electric Corporation, will complete assembly of the cars and carry out the painting, fitting out and testing of the vehicles.

. Shanghai has ordered the french company nearly 500 cars for the Xinmin, Pearl and Yangpu metro lines.

. * Editing Bombardier will suply rail cars to Montreal Madrid, September 22th Bombardier announced that received a 38, 9 million euro order from Montreal’s Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) to design and manufacture 22 BiLevel commuter rail cars for the region’s Montréal / Dorion-Rigaud line.

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. Cars are cheap in the US because there is a huge market and a good economy.

. Cars are expensive in Singapore because many of them are imported and there is a high taxation penalty to control traffic numbers.

. Cars are expensive to build in Europe but cheap to build in India because of the differences in labour costs and lower engineering requirements.

. of Vehicles Supplier Rome, Italy 1998 Articulated LRV $2.1 million 18 Fiat Nantes, France 1998 Articulated LRV $2.3 million 23 Adtranz Warsaw, Poland 1998 Metro cars $1.4 million 108 Alstom Metropolis Shanghai, China 1998 Metro cars $1.4 million 144 Alstom Metropolis Hong Kong KCRC 1999 EMU $1.6 million 250 Itochu/Kinki/Kawasaki Connex, UK Electrostar 1999 EMU $1.7 million 176 Adtranz Connex, UK Electrostar 2000 EMU $1.3 million 120 Adtranz second order UK Class 66 1998 Diesel Loco $1.9 million 250 General Motors (Canada) UK Cross Country 1999 DEMU $1.6 million 352 Bombardier Valenciennes, France 1999 LRV $1.8 million 17 Alstom Hong Kong KCRC 1997 Electric Loco $4.7 million 2 Adtranz St Louis, Mo, USA 1999 LRV $2 million 25 Siemens Czech Republic 1999 Suburban EMU $2.7 million 26 Double deck by CKD New York, NY, USA 1998 Heavy Metro $1.9 million 100 Kawasaki Sacramento, California 2000 Light Rail $3 million 40 CAF, Spain Kyushu, Japan 2000 Suburban EMU $1.3 million 12 Norway 2000 Inter City $3.4 million 24 Adtranz NJ Transit, USA 2000 Electric Loco $5.1 million 24 Adtranz Long Island RR, USA 1999 Suburban EMU $3.4 million 192 Bombardier Shanghai, China 1999 Heavy Metro $1.3 million 78 Alstom Metropolis trains.

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. The company has been confirmed as supplier of a driverless metro in Lausanne, Switzerland; supplier of 250 metro cars in Barcelona; and winner of a contract to overhaul 120 metro cars in Atlanta, United States.

. In addition, Alstom has completed, six months ahead of schedule, the delivery of 598 refurbished metro cars in Chicago.

. Barcelona's metropolitan transport authority, ATM, has placed a [euro]290 million order for 250 driverless Metropolis cars.

. In the United States, the board of Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Marta) has awarded Alstom a $US 127 million contract to overhaul 120 cars, representing about half the total fleet The contract includes an option to overhaul an additional 118 cars.

ALSTOM-led consortium to build 170 METROPOLIS metro cars for Budapest railway

5/23/2006 Passenger Cars ALSTOM-led consortium to build 170 METROPOLIS metro cars for Budapest railway Budapest passenger railway BKV recently contracted an ALSTOM-led consortium to supply 170 METROPOLIS metro cars.

. ALSTOM retains a 90 percent share of the $317.8 million order, which includes an option for 28 cars.

. METROPOLIS cars feature a modular two- to nine-car configuration and are compatible with Hungarian operating conditions.

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Alstom Transport reorganizes, receives $550 million in new orders

. The cars then will be assembled, painted, fitted and tested at Shanghair Alstom Transport Co, a joint venture between Alstom and Shanghair Electric Corp.

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. Britain Voith Turbo, Germany, is supplying 87 cooling systems for High Speed Train (HST) power cars.

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Updated 6:12 AM | Monday, June 19, 2006 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Search News Local Economy World Technology Health Sports Tourism Offbeat Entertainment Woman Society Opinion Cars Poverty Services Real Estate Hotels Golf Clubs Business Guide Advertising Economy June, 6 - 2:32 PM Alstom to deliver first metro train in Dominican Republic Santo Domingo.â€“ Alstom SA announced it has won a contract from Dominican government to supply three of its Metropolis metro trains for Santo Domingo, for 92.5 million euros.

. A total 57 cars will be delivered for the metro project, whose first line is scheduled to open in early 2008.

RAILSIM Worldwide Transit Vehicles

. Tram (1501-4) Geneve (Geneva) TPG ACMV/Duewag/BBC Low Floor LRV (801-845) Geneve(Geneva)TPG 1984-7 Vevey/Duewag/ABB 1000mm Lo Flr.LRV(38) Geneve(Geneva)TPG 1995 Vevey/Duewag/ABB 1000mm Low Flr.LRV (22) Gent De Lijn (MIVG) 1961-62 Duewag 1994 Rebuilt LRV (6260-69) Gent De Lijn (MIVG) 1971-72 La Brugeoise/ACEC LRV (6201-46) Gent De Lijn (MIVG) 1974 La Brugeoise/ACEC LRV (6247-54) Gent De Lijn (MIVG) 1998 DWA/Siemens/Adtranz 1000mm Low Flr.LRV Gent De Lijn (MIVG) 1998 DWA/Siemens/Adtranz 1000mm Low Flr.LRV Grenoble SEMITAG 1987-96 ALSTOM 1435mmLow Flr.LRV(2001-36) Guangzhou (Canton) GMC 1996-8 Siemens/Adtranz Metro Halle HVAG 1992-2004 Duewag/Siemens MGT6D Low Flr.Tram (500-1+) Hamburg 1999 LHB/Adtranz U-Bahn DT4 (Mc+M+M+Mc) Metro Heidelberg HSB 1996 Duewag/Adtranz MGT6D Low Fl.LRV (261-72) Helsinki HKL 1998-2000 Adtranz 1000mm Low Floor Variotram (20) Hiroshima 1999 Duewag/Siemens 1435mm Combino Low Floor LRV (4) Hong Kong MTRC 1981-95 ALSTOM Rapid Transit (762) Hong Kong MTRC 2001-2 Mitsubishi/Hyundai (104) Hong Kong MTRC CAF Rapid Transit Iéna 1993-5 Adtranz 1000mm GT6N (GT6M-ZR) Low Floor LRV (19+20) Istanbul IUVT AS 1998 ALSTOM Metro - 2 Cars (32) Istanbul IUVT AS 1998 ALSTOM Metro - 3 Cars (32) Istanbul IUVT AS 1998 ALSTOM Metro - 4 Cars (32) Istanbul IUVT AS 1998 ALSTOM Metro - 5 Cars (32) Istanbul IUVT AS 1998 ALSTOM Metro - 6 Cars (32) Istanbul IUVT AS 1998 ALSTOM Metro - 7 Cars (32) Istanbul SGP SL-D 6/4 Metro Car Triplet Izmir ABB 2-Car LRV Izmir ABB 3-Car LRV Izmir ABB 4-Car LRV Izmir ABB 5-Car LRV Karlsruhe AVG 1991-5 Duewag Dual-voltage 15 kV AC (801-836) Karlsruhe AVG 1991-5 Duewag Dual-voltage 750v DC (801-836) Karlsruhe AVG 1997-9 Duewag Dual-volt.

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. Since the only other Subte line at the time was a competitor, compatibility wasn't an issue, so Line B cars are wider and they use third rail, while all other lines use catenary.

. It currently uses Siemens cars.

. It uses the same Siemens cars as Line C, but with slight modifications.

. Line A uses the same trains since its inauguration in 1913 (!): They are wooden inside, the doors are opened manually in a very precarious way and before arriving to a station lights inside the cars are turned off for a second in a way of warning the passengers that the train will stop.

. Although there were lots of projects of building or buying new cars, nothing has been done.