Alstom in Australia

Your sustainable infrastructure solutions provider

Contact Alstom in Australia

Level 4, 16 Giffnock Avenue
North Ryde
NSW 2113
Sydney

+61 2 8870 6000

Your sustainable infrastructure solutions provider

Alstom has been providing sustainable infrastructure solutions in Australia and New Zealand for more than 100 years and currently employs approximately 450 people across 10 sites that include workshops, offices and manufacturing facilities.

Alstom is a major supplier of Rolling Stock, Signalling and associated Services for the rail industry throughout Australia. Our proud history includes the manufacturing of diesel/electric Locomotives in Brisbane, Queensland in the 1940’s and 1950’s to when the Business made a significant step acquiring the Ballarat workshop from the Victorian Government in 1999, as a local industrial base for rolling stock build, renovation and components overhaul.

In the more recent years, Alstom continues to support the national Transport Sector. Our X’Trapolis trains dominate the Melbourne suburban network alongside our Citadis Trams that also operate in both Melbourne and Adelaide. In Sydney, we are supplying our latest Metropolis rolling stock and CBTC signalling system for the new Sydney Metro Northwest, including the maintenance for 15 years. The latest evolution of our Citadis tram, the X05, will bring a new dimension Sydney’s public transport network as part of the Sydney Light Rail project.

400+

employees
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rail cars operating in Melbourne

Focus on our solutions

Suburban trains

Reference projects in Australia

Rolling stock supply

Alstom is a leading supplier of Suburban and Metro trains in Australia, having supplied more than 500 rail cars for Melbourne’s suburban network and will soon supply Australia’s first fully automated rolling stock for Sydney Metro – Northwest project.
Trams in Melbourne and Adelaide

Alstom has supplied 47 low floor Citadis trams that operate in Melbourne (the world’s largest Tramway network) and Adelaide. Alstom has most recently supplied 60 Citadis X05 trams for the Sydney Light Rail project in Sydney.
Signalling

Alstom continues to strengthen its operations in signalling. Notably for TfNSW trains in Sydney and Queensland Rail in Brisbane. Our systems will increase the frequency of trains as well as the safety of the network and positions Alstom well for future signalling opportunities across Australia.
Maintenance

As part of the Sydney Light Rail project, Alstom is responsible for the maintenance of the rolling stock and infrastructure of the network. Alstom will maintain the existing fleet of CAF trams and the new fleet of Citadis X05 trams for 19 years from July 2015. Alstom will be responsible for Alstom’s Metropolis trains for 15 years that were delivered for the Sydney Metro Northwest Rail Link project.

On-going projects in Australia

Sydney light rail system

Alstom as part of the ALTRAC consortium is responsible for the integrated light rail system for Sydney which includes the design, delivery and commissioning of 60 Citadis X05 trams, power supply equipment including APS (ground power supply), signalling systems, the energy recovery system HESOP, depot equipment and 19 years maintenance.
Sydney’s first fully automated metro trains

Alstom is building 22 x 6 car Metropolis trains and CBTC signalling for the Sydney Metro - North West. This project consists of the construction of a new 23km line in the North West of Sydney, as well as the construction of 9 new railway stations. This will be Australia’s first fully automated rail line, to enter service in 2019.
Signalling solutions

Alstom’s extensive range of signalling solutions from interlockings to ETCS L1/L2 and CBTC are currently being rolled out throughout the country, including Roma St, North Coast Line in Queensland, Sydney Trains network and Melbourne suburban network.