Alstom penetrates North American market with Ottawa light rail project

摘要

Ottawa, Ontario's planned light rail transit system - touted as the "largest infrastructure project in the city's history" - is also significant as it marks Alstom Transport's breakthrough into the North American light rail market. In late February, Alstom finalized a contract to provide 34 light rail vehicles and 30 years of maintenance services to the Rideau Transit Group consortium that was selected to design, build, finance and maintain the first line of the Ottawa Light Rapid Transit system - the Confederation Line - worth more than $2 billion. Alstom's portion of the contract is worth approximately $520 million.