The city of Budapest has selected a consortium headed by ALSTOM for its metro

The agreement includes additional provision for the
maintenance of these vehicles for a three-year period as well
as an option for a further 28 cars. ALSTOMs local
partner is GANZ Transelektro Traction Electrics.

In 1896, Budapest was the first city in continental Europe
to inaugurate an electrically-powered metro. Since then, the
network has been extended to three lines covering 31 km with 78
stations Today, it is being further extended with a fourth 7.3
km line linking the south-west of the city to a future central
railway station, due to open in 2009. The construction of yet
another 3.2 km extension towards the north-east of the city has
been planned for the next three years.

15 four-car trainsets from the METROPOLIS range, each with a
800 passenger capacity will run on this new line with an option
for 7 trainsets for the future extension. Additionally, 22
five-car trainsets, with a capacity of 1020 passengers, will
replace the existing fleet on line 2.

The main advantages of this METROPOLIS rolling stock come
from its modular construction (2 to 9 car configuration), its
ability to run in automatic mode, its reliability (1832
carriages sold throughout the world) and its compatibility with
Hungarian operating conditions.

As ALSTOMs first major reference in Hungary, this
project confirms the Companys leading position in metro
solutions :

• 6 billion passengers travel on an ALSTOM metro every
  year,
• 1 metro out of every 4 metros in the world is made by
  ALSTOM,
• more than 40 towns worldwide have opted for an ALSTOM
  metro,
• ALSTOM has more than 70 years experience in metro design
  and construction.

Press contact:


Clotilde Provost

Clotilde.provost@transport.alstom.com

+33 1 41 66 91 43