Alstom Deploys 76 Flexity Light Rail Vehicles in Toronto
Alstom has announced that 76 Flexity Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) have entered service on the brand new Line 5 Eglinton (Eglinton Crosstown LRT) in Toronto, Canada.
These vehicles will operate in tandem with a signaling system also supplied by Alstom.
Alstom's LRVs travel 19 kilometers along Eglinton Avenue, one of the city's busiest main thoroughfares.
The new LRT line is capable of carrying 123,000 passengers daily. The line is connected to 68 bus routes, three TTC subway stations, and two regional GO Transit passenger rail lines.
Globally, more than 8,000 LRVs of this Alstom model have been ordered or are successfully operating in commercial service across 140 cities.
"Alstom's vehicles and signaling continue to serve as the backbone of a crucial part of the Greater Toronto Area's public transit system," said Michael Keroulle, President of Alstom Americas.
Alstom is one of the world leading manufacturers of infrastructures for rail transport sector. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- rolling stocks (51.1%): trains, tramways and locomotives;
- railway services (24.3%): maintenance, modernization, management of spare parts, support and technical assistance services;
- signaling, information and control systems (14.3%);
- railway infrastructures (10.3%): infrastructures for the track laying, lines electrical power systems, electromechanical equipment, telecommunication devices and traveler information in station, terminals for automatic purchase of tickets, access to escalators, lifts for disabled, automatic landing doors on platforms, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting systems).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (17.1%), Europe (39.6%), Americas (19.8%), Asia/Pacific (14.5%) and Middle East/Africa/Central Asia (9%).
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