Metropolis metros: Keeping your city breathing

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Metropolis at a glance

Market leader with more than 60 years of experience
Leading in driverless and turnkey metro solutions
Flexible configurations for different customer needs
More than 80 customers worldwide operate metros made by Alstom
Unique design and highest safety standards
Focused on passenger experience and sustainability

Market leading in metros, with more than 60 years of experience, Alstom’s Metropolis™ metros are designed to keep cities breathing. They combine service-proven components with innovative technologies to enhance reliability, passenger comfort and sustainability. With flexible configurations, they can be adapted to multiple capacity and operational needs for new and existing infrastructure.

Metropolis metros: keeping your city breathing — Alstom’s Metropolis metros are service proven solutions, benefiting from the experience in 70+ cities for more than 60 years.

Metropolis™ key figures

>35k

metro cars worldwide of which 6,000 are driverless
>70

cities served by Alstom metros
1 of 4

metros worldwide is made by Alstom

Metropolis: The number one in metros worldwide

With its extensive track record, low lifecycle costs and keen focus on passenger experience, Alstom’s Metropolis metros set the standard in reliable and attractive metro service. Offering unique designs and flexible configurations, Metropolis stands for energy-efficient, quiet and safe operations.

Metropolis metros are designed to keep your cities breathing. Alstom's world leading metro solutions have been in service for more than 60 years.

Wide range of configurations

Alstom’s Metropolis trains serve the different needs of customers worldwide. From small gauge to large gauge profiles, 2-to-9-car configurations, automated or manual operation, different voltage systems, steel or tyre wheels and individual interior designs, the trains can be adapted to different infrastructure and capacity needs as well as changing populations and operator expectations.

Modular design of Metropolis metros. © ALSTOM SA 2023. Sowhen

Leading in turnkey solutions

Alstom is also a leader in providing complete turnkey systems operating with Metropolis trains. Full automation and short installation time, as well as optimised cost over the complete lifecycle, have convinced many customers around the globe.

Metropolis metro for Sydney’s rapid transit line. © ALSTOM SA 2021. RailGallery

Tailored metro solutions for specific needs

Alstom can design tailor-made solutions to fit local characteristics and customer needs while keeping a focus on reliability, maintainability, low lifecycle costs and passenger comfort. Prime examples include the iconic C30 metro for Stockholm, Sweden, and the rubber-tyre MP05 metro for Paris, France.

© ALSTOM SA 2023. Kasper Dudzik — Award-winning Movia C30 metro for Sweden’s capital Stockholm. © ALSTOM SA 2023. | Kasper Dudzik

Highly sustainable

Passenger-friendly

Accessible

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Prioritising passenger experience

Metropolis metros offer a combination of passenger-oriented features that create a unique travel experience: accessible information on wide LCD screens, projections on windows and surround audio for clear announcements, wide and spacious interiors, low noise levels and energy-efficient LED lighting solutions to improve signage and atmosphere management.

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Prioritising passenger wellbeing

Alstom’s air treatment solutions remove pollutants, dust, aerosol, viruses and bacteria to ensure healthiest travel conditions for passengers onboard Metropolis metros. In addition, Alstom’s metros offer smart solutions for passenger flow and crowd control, making them accessible for passengers with reduced mobility.

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Prioritising sustainability

Alstom’s Metropolis solutions are eco-designed for higher sustainability. The high recyclability and recoverability rates of materials and the low-weight design increase energy efficiency and greatly contribute to minimising environmental impact.

Prioritising passenger experience

Metropolis metros offer a combination of passenger-oriented features that create a unique travel experience: accessible information on wide LCD screens, projections on windows and surround audio for clear announcements, wide and spacious interiors, low noise levels and energy-efficient LED lighting solutions to improve signage and atmosphere management.
Prioritising passenger wellbeing

Alstom’s air treatment solutions remove pollutants, dust, aerosol, viruses and bacteria to ensure healthiest travel conditions for passengers onboard Metropolis metros. In addition, Alstom’s metros offer smart solutions for passenger flow and crowd control, making them accessible for passengers with reduced mobility.
Prioritising sustainability

Alstom’s Metropolis solutions are eco-designed for higher sustainability. The high recyclability and recoverability rates of materials and the low-weight design increase energy efficiency and greatly contribute to minimising environmental impact.

12 billion

passengers travel on Alstom’s metros every year
10/10

cities with the oldest metro networks use Alstom metros
>96%

recyclability helps reduce environmental impact

Technical details

Configuration	Two to nine cars
Capacity	up to 300 passengers / car (6 pax/m²)
Max speed	up to 100 km/h
Length per car	up to 25 meters
Width per car	up to 3.2 meters

Long description of Metropolis metro project references
Map titled "Metropolis™ metro project references." The map shows the global locations of Metropolis metro projects and manufacturing footprints. Cities with project references are marked with a dot, while manufacturing footprints countries are highlighted in red.

References include the following:
- North America: United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic
- South America: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Panama
- Europe: France, United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Belgium
- Africa: Egypt
- Middle East: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,
- Asia: China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Azerbaijan
Manufacturing footprint includes the following countries:
- Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Metropolis metro line 7, Santiago, Chile

In 2022, Alstom was awarded the contract to provide 37 Metropolis metro trains and its Urbalis CBTC signalling solution, along with 20 years of maintenance for the future line 7 to Metro de Santiago. This metro line will improve the quality of mobility by providing reliable, safe and environmentally-friendly mobility.
Metropolis metro, Grand Paris SGP Line 15,16,17, France

Lines 15, 16 and 17 will be equipped with state-of-the-art driverless automatic metros developed from solutions from Alstom's Metropolis range. These metros will guarantee the highest levels of availability, reliability and safety expected by passengers. With cars 2.8m wide, each metro will be able to carry approximately 500 passengers in its 3-car version and around 1,000 passengers in its 6-car version.

Alstom in France
Metro REM, Montreal, Canada

In 2018, the Alstom-led consortium with SNC-Lavalin, signed a contract with CDPQ Infra to deliver a complete automatic and driverless light metro system, including rolling stock and signalling, as well as operation and maintenance services, for the Réseau Express métropolitain (REM) project in Montreal, Canada.

Alstom in Canada
Metro Agra Kanpur, India

In 2020, Alstom was awarded a contract for the delivery of 201 metro cars and an advanced signalling system by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) for operation on the network of Agra-Kanpur. The first trainset was presented to the customer in September 2021.

Alstom in India
Movia C30 metro, Stockholm, Sweden

In 2013, Alstom has received an order for 96 4-car Movia trains from Stockholm Public Transport (SL). The Movia C30 trains have a unique design and are made to operate reliably under winter conditions in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm. They also provide a very low noise level in operation and offer sumptuous passenger comfort.
Metropolis metro, Cairo line 1, Egypt

In 2021 – Alstom and the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) announced an agreement for 55 Metropolis trains (9 cars per train) and an 8-year maintenance contract. As a state-of-the-art metro, Metropolis brings an unprecedented level of comfort to Cairo residents and tourists. Its interior layout is tailored to the specific requirements of the line and designed to maximise train capacity while enhancing comfort, accessibility and passenger flow.
Metropolis metro, São Paulo Line 8 & 9, Brazil

In 2021 – Alstom was chosen by ViaMobilidade Linhas 8 e 9 concessionaire1 to deliver 36 eight-car trains which will provide service on the 8-Diamante and 9-Esmerala lines in São Paulo, Brazil. The new trains are part of the package of improvements and obligations taken on by the concessionaire that recently acquired responsibility for operating and maintaining both metropolitan train lines for 30 years.
Metropolis metro Mumbai Line 3, India

In 2019, Alstom signed a contract with MMRC for the delivery of new metro trains for Line 3 of Mumbai’s metro network. The order includes manufacturing of 31 light-weight, modern metro trains of eight cars each. Along with rolling stock, Alstom will also carry out the power supply contract and equip Line 3 with latest generation Urbalis 400 CBTC signalling technology.

Alstom in India
Metropolis metro, Sydney, Australia

In 2014, Alstom won a contract to deliver 22 six-car trainsets, as well as the CBTC signalling system, for North West Rail Link, Australia’s largest public transport project and first fully-automated metro network. Alstom’s engineering hub in Bengaluru adapted the Metropolis and Urbalis solutions to the specific needs of Sydney Metro to ensure fast, safe and reliable services to the residents of Sydney. The last train was handed over to the customer in December 2018.

Alstom in Australia
Metropolis turnkey metro, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In 2013, Alstom and its consortium FAST were awarded a turnkey contract for three metro lines for the city of Riyadh. Alstom’s turnkey solutions support ADA (Saudi Arabia's Arriyadh Development Authority) in the development of a premium metro system to address Riyadh’s population growth, which is expected to jump by 40% in concurrence with a 60% rise in travel demand by 2030.