Alstom supplies advanced traction system Optonix to Qingdao Metro Line 3 (China)

Alstom and its local joint venture, Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. (SATEE), have been awarded a contract worth around 26 million by Qingdao Metro Co., Ltd to supply the state-of-the-art traction system to Qingdao Metro Line 3.

According to the contract, Alstom and SATEE will provide traction systems equipped with the latest technology named Optonix for the 144 metro cars of Qingdao Line 3. OPTONIX, specially designed and developed by Alstom for the Chinese market, helps to reduce travel time and increase frequency of the train operation. Designed for high-speed metro, the system features lightweight and compact design, leading to high performance train operations at lower cost. Already implemented on Beijing line 15, this system is now fully operational since the end of 2010.

Qingdao Line 3, connecting Qingdao Railway Station and Qingdao Railway North Station, is 25km long with 22 stations and will be operating at 80 km/h with 2-minute headway. Commercial service is scheduled for December 2014.

The Qingdao Line 3 contract represents the fifth traction contract for Alstom in China over the last 18 months, demonstrating our dynamic growth in the booming Chinese market. Alstom SATEE is becoming a leading manufacturer of traction systems in China by further localising R&D and engineering capabilities there, in order to respond to Chinese market expectations said Dominique Pouliquen, President of Alstom Transport Asia Pacific and Alstom China Country President.

Qingdao Line 3 will connect the vital business zones in the city and thus will play a central role in the citys economic development. Alstom is very proud to contribute to Qingdaos development and its metro plan" added Ling Fang, Managing Director of Alstom Transport China.

About SATEE 

Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd. (SATEE) is a joint venture set up by Alstom Transport and Shanghai Electric Group in 1999, specialised in traction equipment. Within the Alstom consortium, SATEE has been involved in the projects for Shanghai Metro lines 1, 3, 5, 8 and 10, Nanjing Metro lines 1, 1 ext., 2 and Nanjing lines 10, 15 and 6.

About Alstom Transport in China 

Alstom's long-term co-operation with Chinese railway dates back to the 1950s, when the company provided China with its first electric locomotive. Since then, Alstom Transport has become one of major foreign suppliers to the Chinese rail transport market, providing its state-of-the-art products and solutions ranging from rolling stock, signaling to infrastructure segments to China. As one of the most reliable and long-term partners for the Chinese rail industry, Alstom Transport currently has 3 operational offices, 5 joint ventures and 1,700 employees in China.

About Alstom Transport 

A promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom is the only manufacturer in the world to offer a complete range of high performance products: rolling stock, infrastructure, information systems, services and turnkey solutions. Mindful of operators´ ever more stringent profitability objectives and of their growing need for sustainable mobility solutions, we propose ecologically and economically efficient products and services to our customers. Alstom transport recorded sales of 5.6 billion euros in the fiscal year 2010-2011. Alstom Transport is present in 60 countries and employs some 26,000 people.

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