LEVALLOIS-PERRET (dpa-AFX) - Alstom SA (ALS.L), a French rolling stock maker, said on Thursday that it has signed a 700 million euros contract with Department of Transport Victoria, Australia, to supply 100 Flexity low-floor Next Generation Trams or NGTs for urban tram network.
The contract includes the supply of rolling stock and 15-year maintenance service for the biggest tram contract in Australia and in the Southern hemisphere.
The delivery of the Flexity 2 light rail vehicles is scheduled to begin in 2025.
The introduction of the low-floor NGT fleet will enable gradual retirement of further high-floor trams from the Melbourne network. . This order adds to the French firm's present major rolling stock fleet in Victoria which includes 141 Flexity and Citadis trams, 106 X'trapolis suburban trains, and 95 Vlocity regional trains.
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