The front is shaped to prevent snow accumulation, and the cars have heated door thresholds, floors and autocouplers, as well as ice protection equipment, heated windscreens and ice scrapers on the pantographs. The trains are similar to those supplied for the Sydney metro, but adapted for Canadian conditions. The trains are designed ‘to perfectly fuse with the green spaces of the city’, offering passengers ‘breathtaking views’ through the large windows. Turnkey showcaseĪlstom is supplying 106 two-car Metropolis trainsets, and said the styling of the units was ‘inspired by Montréal’s landscape and history’. The C$2♸bn contract to supply rolling stock and systems, along with 30 years of operations and maintenance was won by the Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais consortium of Alstom and SNC-Lavalin. The C$5bn infrastructure engineering, procurement and construction contract was awarded to the Groupe NouvLR consortium of SNC-Lavalin Grands Projets, Dragados Canada, Groupe Aecon Québec, Pomerleau and EBC. The two main contracts for developing, equipping and operating the network were announced by CDPQ Infra in February 2018. A financing package was agreed in 2017, with backing from CDPQ and the province of Québec as well as a federal contribution through Canada Infrastructure Bank. ![]() The CDPQ subsidiary had been established the previous year to study infrastructure projects suggested by the provincial government. Proposals for the development of an automated network separate from Montréal’s existing rubber-tyred metro were unveiled by CDPQ Infra in 2016.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |