FlexCare Modernise: Full range of modernisation solutions for existing assets
FlexCare Modernise at a glance
- Market leader for train modernisation
- Flexible and tailored solutions, including consulting
- Lower total cost of ownership
- Smart and energy saving solutions capitalising on existing assets
- Improves passenger experience and accessibility
- Innovative solutions to reduce carbon footprint
Alstom is the market leader and preferred partner for modernisation solutions to enhance and extend the lifetime of rolling stock. FlexCare Modernise™ offers the most comprehensive portfolio of Life, Smart and Green modernisation solutions to address a wide range of customer needs such as minimising lifecycle costs, reducing environmental impact, and enhancing passenger comfort and train performance.
Market leader in modernisation
As the market leader for train modernisation with over 40,000 vehicles modernised around the world, Alstom implements return of experience into every project we deliver, ensuring your trains come back as good as new. Our flexible Life, Green and Smart modernisation solutions allow you to capitalise on your existing rail assets, rather than investing in a new fleet, while benefiting from new functionalities, higher performance, lower carbon footprint, and a longer lifespan.
Consulting expertise to help you make the most of your assets
With new standards and norms, environmental regulations, as well as company decarbonisation goals, many operators and asset owners are required to modernise their fleets. With such a wide range of solutions available on the market, it can be difficult to assess which services are best suited for a particular fleet and operational requirements. Alstom’s experts offer consulting services to help you identify the pain points of your fleet, find the right solutions with our extensive catalogue, and recommend a tailored approach to your unique needs.
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Smart solutions for saving energy
With rising energy prices, many operators are looking for quick-wins to lower their operational costs and save on energy. In anticipation of this need, Alstom developed a portfolio of energy saving solutions for existing fleets as part of our smart modernisation catalogue. Our energy saving solutions focus on monitoring and upgrading the energy performance of the train’s main energy consuming subsystems. They also have the added benefit of indirectly reducing carbon emissions.
Alstom offers solutions to help you lower energy costs related to operating rolling stock assets. Our operation performance solutions include door upgrades, bogie-track interface, signalling upgrades, and even driving advisory systems, which can reduce traction energy consumption by up to 15%. This solution uses train, track and timetable information to calculate the most efficient way of driving a train, while ensuring your train arrives on time, despite minimal energy consumption.
We also have solutions to improve the energy performance of fleets, including traction, HVAC, and lighting upgrades, as well as energy monitoring. Realise up to 15% of energy saving thanks to our traction systems, power modules, drives and auxiliary converter upgrades. Alstom electric traction solutions are available for all types of rolling stock vehicles, from light rail through to locomotives. Your fleets will benefit from improved reliability, obsolescence treatment, traction lifetime extension and reduced energy consumption.
Unsure of which energy solutions will best fit your needs and offer you the highest energy performance? Alstom offers specialised consultation services including energy mapping and feasibility studies to determine the best possible options for your fleet. We have solutions that are quick and easy to implement for shorter train immobilisation, such as HVAC and door upgrades, as well as stabling of your trains, to reduce your energy bills as soon as possible.
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Life modernisation for Sao Paulo Metro lines 1 & 3, Brazil
From 2009 to 2014, Alstom undertook a life modernisation for Sao Paulo Metro’s fleets on lines 1 and 3 which were produced in 1974 and 1981. The scope included complete modernisation of the traction system, overhaul of various systems, and modernisation to align the comfort and passenger experience levels with the newer metros running on line 2. The modernisation provided 50% energy savings with regenerative braking, a 20% increase in reliability, and improved headways.
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