Alstom to supply track works for the Singapore
metros future Downtown Line

The contract includes design, supply of the equipments,
installation of 70 kilometres of tracks and of a 750 VCC power
supply third rail, testing and commissioning for the Downtown
Line as well as the extension of the existing North South Line.
The contract is for the stages 1 and 2 of the project, which
will be built in 3 stages, with stage 1 to be completed in
2013, stage 2 in 2015 and stage 3 in 2016. The Downtown Line
will link the northwestern and eastern areas of the island to
the Central Business District and the Marina Bay.



Alstom already equipped two other lines of the Singapore metro,
the North East Line (NEL) and the Circle Line. The company
supplied the metro carriages and successfully installed its
Urbalis technology in the NEL, the largest automatic metro
system in the world, in service since 2003. Alstom is also in
charge of the Circle Line turnkey project since 2000. In
addition to the rolling stock, the contract includes
engineering of the entire system, construction of the tracks,
provision of power supply systems and signalling equipment and
the train management and supervision system. When it is put
into full service in 2011, the Circle Line will be the longest
fully automated metro line worldwide stretching 33 km of
in-tunnel track.


Alstom Transport's expertise in infrastructure

In fulfilling this contract, Alstom will draw on its expertise
in the area of infrastructure. This activity includes
electrification of railway lines, track laying, modernization
of existing lines and electromechanical systems for new railway
lines, tramways and metros. Alstom has already electrified more
than 10,000 kilometers and has laid more than 2,000 kilometers
of track. The company has been awarded large-scale contracts
for Singapore's automatic metro, China's high-speed Shi-Tai
line, the High Speed 1 Paris-London link and
Turkey's Marmaray project.


Press contact

Cécile Dodat


Tél. : + 33 1 41 66 91 48 / +33 6 72 59 83 70

cecile.dodat@transport.alstom.com