Alstom delivers the first train for Sao Paulo Metro Line
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This train is part of a project for the supply of 16 trains
(96 cars). It was received by the Governor of Sao Paulo State,
Mr. José Serra, the Mayor of São Paulo, Gilberto
Kassab and the Secretary of Metropolitan Transports for Sao
Paulo State, José Luiz Portella Pereira.

The new trains, made of stainless steel, were developed with
local engineering and are being manufactured at Alstom's Lapa
Plant in São Paulo, that employs more than 1,000 people.

The cars are equipped with dynamic maps which will indicate the
next stops, using illuminated signs. These new trains take
largely into account constraints linked to handicaps: the first
and last cars will have seats tailored to overweight people,
doors adapted for wheelchair users and visual signals
indicating closing doors for people with hearing disabilities.

Each of the cars will carry four closed-circuit television
cameras, air conditioning system and smoke detectors. "This is
an evolution in passenger transport contracts in Brazil with
the main focus on user comfort and safety, employing the most
advanced technologies available", said Ramon Fondevila,
Managing Director of Alstom Transport in Brazil.