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Alstom in Poland

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ul. Emilii Plater 53
00-113 Warszawa
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Leading the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide

Having operated for over 25 years in Poland, Alstom is the largest producer in the country’s railway industry and employs over 4,500 people in 9 sites there. Alstom has built on the extensive industrial heritage of its sites - 190 years of presence of Pafawag in Wrocław, 160 years of Konstal in Chorzów and 100 years of ZWUS in Katowice. Alstom operates in Poland as a single company, ALSTOM Polska S.A., with four branches (Wrocław, Chorzów, Katowice, Warsaw).

Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the foundations for the low-emission transportation of the future and is the producer of the Alstom Coradia iLint train -  the first-ever hydrogen-powered train in the world that has been proven in commercial operation.

  • 4,500
    employees
  • 9
    sites
  • +190
    years of industrial heritage
  • Alstom offers a complete range of products and services, from rolling stock for high-speed and metro applications, monorail, trams to infrastructure and signalling systems, as well as digital mobility solutions.



    Alstom was the first in Poland to launch:

    • Pendolino high-speed trains
    • State-of-the art Traxx locomotives
    • Twindexx double-deck coaches
    • Flexity low-floor trams
    • ERTMS Level 2
    • Manufactured 25% of the entire Warsaw Metro fleet

    Alstom’s rail traffic control systems have been in commercial operation on the majority of main railway lines in Poland, on Line 1 and 2 of Warsaw Metro and in 8 cities in Poland.

  • 25
    more than 25 years of presence in Poland
  • 100
    Traxx locomotives
  • 20
    Pendolino trains
  • Pendolino for PKP Intercity

    Poland’s first high‑speed trains entered service in 2014. PKP Intercity operates 20 Pendolino trains, running 21,000 km daily and serving 34 cities. The Warsaw depot uses TrainScanner for predictive maintenance. Since 2014 they’ve run 47M km and carried almost 25M passengers.

  • Metros for Europe

    Metropolis metro trains for Warsaw (Poland) – 18 six-car trainsets, Metropolis metro trains for Budapest (Hungary) – 22 five-car trainsets for Line 4; Metropolis metro trains for Amsterdam (The Netherlands) – 28 six-car trainsets for Lines 5 & 6.

  • Trams for Europe

    Alstom manufactured trams for Warsaw and 37 Citadis trams for Istanbul (Turkey). Almost 100 modern low-floor Flexity trams have improved urban transport in Cracow, Gdańsk and Łódź.

  • Trains and locos on tracks in Poland

    37 new generation Twindexx coaches are in service on Koleje Mazowieckie railroads. Over 100 Traxx locomotives are in use on Polish tracks. Two Service Centres and 5 auxiliary support centres have maintained Traxx locomotives and Twindexx trains to ensure their uninterrupted motion.

  • Rail traffic control systems

    All main railway lines in Poland and Warsaw Metro Lines 1 and 2 use Alstom rail traffic control systems. ETCS Level 2 is installed on three lines, including the E30, the first in Poland, with five more projects ongoing. A turnkey E65 upgrade enables speeds up to 200 km/h.

  • Riyadh metro

    Metropolis for Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) – 69 two-car trainsets for line 4 (yellow), 5 (green), 6 (purple). Duration: 2013-2018

  • Metro in Dubai for Expo 2020

    Metropolis for Dubai (UAE) – 50 five-car trainsets for EXPO 2020.

  • New Coradia Stream regional trains

    Alstom has manufactured Coradia regional trains for NS in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany – 99 trains in two configurations: 8 cars (50 trains) and 5 cars (49 trains). Scheduled project completion: March 2023.

  • Bodies of Coradia Lint and iLint regional trains

    Alstom has supplied Coradia Lint to Deutsche Bahn and private operators, with over 570 painted and pre‑fitted car bodies built in Poland. Poland also produced 54 Coradia iLint bodies. Adapted for hydrogen power, the Coradia iLint - first in commercial service - premiered in Poland in June 2021.

  • Regional trains for Italy

    Alstom has supplied 323 Smart Coradia trains in two configurations (34 three-car trainsets and 289 four-car trainsets) to Trenitalia rail operator and 57 trainsets to Ferrovie Nord in two configurations (51 four-car trainsets and 6 five-car hydrogen fuel cell trains).

  • Production of loco bodies that are sold to customers all over the world

    The products manufactured in Alstom Poland include Traxx loco bodies mainly, but also bodies of such special-purpose locomotives, as ALP 45 Dual Power or Kiruna ones.

  • Production of ICx high-speed train bodies

    The project under delivery for Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, in consortium with Siemens. Its scope covers laser welding, painting and window bonding.

  • Rail traffic control systems in Poland

    Alstom has delivered numerous signalling projects in Poland to improve access to Gdynia and Gdańsk ports, upgrade track layouts and modernise stations such as Warszawa Zachodnia and Opole Główne. ETCS Level 2 is also being installed on the CMK and the Warszawa–Białystok line.

Contact Alstom's Services Branch in Poland

The Services Branch in Katowice of Alstom Polska is responsible for the sale and repair of railway traffic control devices.

If you are interested in purchasing solutions, products, or spare parts, please contact us at:
📧 sales.service.ktw@alstomgroup.com

For repairs or overhauls of parts under or after warranty, please contact:
📧 repaircenter.katowice@alstomgroup.com

In case of a failure requiring on-site intervention, please contact:
📧 zwus.service@alstomgroup.com

📞 24/7 service hotline: 601 50 20 77

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Alstom in Poland
  • ALSTOM Polska S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Emilii Plater 53, 00-113 Warsaw, entered in the register of entrepreneurs kept by the District Court for the capital city of Warsaw, 12th (12) Commercial Division of the National Court Register under KRS no. Warsaw, 12th (12th) Commercial Division of the National Court Register under KRS number 0000034262, REGON: 272337680, NIP: 627 001 15 83, with share capital of PLN 2,119,876,636.00, fully paid up, BDO 00003617, belonging to a group of companies as a subsidiary of ALSTOM Holdings 347,951,238 RCS Bobigny - the parent company.

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