Cisalpino awards ALSTOM an order worth more than €300 million for tilting trains

Cisalpino, a joint venture between the Italian railway company Trenitalia and the Swiss Federal Railways, has chosen ALSTOM for the supply of high-speed tilting trains. Cisalpino has ordered 14 PENDOLINO trainsets for a total of more than €300 million.  

Cisalpino, a joint venture between the Italian railway company Trenitalia and the Swiss Federal Railways, has chosen ALSTOM for the supply of high-speed tilting trains.

Cisalpino has ordered 14 PENDOLINO trainsets for a total of more than €300 million. They will join the existing fleet, which has been in service between Switzerland, Italy and Germany since 1996.

The seven-car trainsets will have a top speed of 250 kph and a capacity of 430 passengers.

The trainsets will be built at ALSTOM’s site in Savigliano, Italy.

Delivery of the new trainsets will begin in May 2007, and the last one will be delivered in January 2008.

Philippe Mellier, President of ALSTOM Transport, said: “We are very pleased that CISALPINO has shown their satisfaction with the PENDOLINO by choosing it again for their high-speed services. The reputation of this tilting train is unrivalled and these latest orders consolidate our leadership in this market.“

Thanks to its proven active tilting system, the PENDOLINO train, can negotiate curves at speeds 35 percent higher than conventional trains, with maximum safety and comfort for passengers. Today, 285 trains worldwide are equipped with ALSTOM's active tilting technology. Trains equipped with this technology have traveled over 200 million kilometers.

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