Metropolis metros: Keeping your city breathing
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™ key figures
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.
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.
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.
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.
-
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.
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 |
-
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.
-
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 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.
-
Press ReleasesAlstom delivers Next Generation Driving Simulator to Metrorex for the practical training of the drivers for new metro trains on Line 5
-
Press ReleasesMumbai Metro Aqua Line inaugurated for commercial operation with trains and signalling solutions supplied by Alstom
-
Press ReleasesHanoi Metro Line 3 to start passenger service with Alstom’s first integrated system in Vietnam
-
Press ReleasesAlstom and Linha Uni unveil the design of Line 6-Orange trains in São Paulo
-
Press ReleasesMP14, Alstom’s new-generation rubber-tyred metro, on time for the opening of extensions of Line 14 in the Île-de-France region
-
Press ReleasesAlstom successfully delivers the first train for Pune Metro Line 3
-
NewsChanging populations: How Alstom’s Metropolis metro solutions master mass transit challenges