Alstom-led consortium to deliver driverless light metro system to Montreal

An Alstom-led consortium has joined forces with Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec subsidiary DCPQ Infra to deliver an automatic and driverless light metro system for the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) project in Montreal, Canada. Alstom will introduce train and signalling solutions to help maximise system reliability, performance, capacity and passenger experience. The consortium, called Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais (Groupe PMM), is also working with Surveyer Nenniger
April 17, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
An 8158 Alstom-led consortium has joined forces with Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec subsidiary DCPQ Infra to deliver an automatic and driverless light metro system for the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) project in Montreal, Canada. Alstom will introduce train and signalling solutions to help maximise system reliability, performance, capacity and passenger experience.

 
The consortium, called Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais (Groupe PMM), is also working with Surveyer Nenniger & Chênevert ( SNC-Lavalin) in a contract worth around $2.8bn (£1.5bn). Alstom's share of this is estimated at $2.2bn (£1.21bn) and SNC-Lavalin's is $600m (£332m).
 
Once completed, REM will be 67km long with 26 stations that connect Montreal to the South Shore, the North Shore, the West Island and Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport.
 
Groupe PMM will deliver 212 Alstom Metropolis metro cars, Alstom’s Urbalis 400 driverless and automated communications-based train control and Iconis control centre solutions, as well as platform screen doors, Wi-Fi connectivity and 30 years of operations and maintenance services. In addition, the consortium will manage train and system integration tests and depot equipment supply for train maintenance.
 
Alstrom will also create a global centre of excellence in Montreal for the research and development of integrated systems of control in urban mobility. The facility will bring together around 100 professionals who will collaborate on developing solutions to be used in company projects worldwide.
 
Commercial service on the first segment of REM is expected in summer 2021.

Related Content

  • January 4, 2018
    Cubic wins contract to mobilize LA Metro TAP Fare Payment System
    Cubic Transportation Systems has been awarded a contract by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority (LA Metro), to deliver an integrated traveller app in support of the TAP regional contactless fare system. It is designed with the intention of allowing users to make a fare purchase, use their mobile device as a TAP card and complete their journey using transit, bikeshare, or other multimodal programs. It will also provide them with commute information. TAP links 24 transit agencies across the Los
    Read More
  • June 5, 2018
    Russia 2018 World Cup: ITS can win it
    Teams and supporters will cover vast distances in Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Stephane Clauss from Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions division examines how the latest camera technologies can be deployed to help things run smoothly over the next month or so... For one month, from June 14, Russia is hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup. This is the largest country in the world and the distances between venues will be larger than at almost any other World Cup - bar the finals in the US and Brazil.
    Read More
  • January 29, 2016
    Heathrow’s Ultra Pod technology joins GATEway driverless car pilot
    British companies Westfield Sportscars, Heathrow Enterprises and Oxbotica have joined the GATEway (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment) project in Greenwich and are currently developing driverless shuttles for operation in Greenwich in summer 2016. Using entirely British engineering and software capabilities, the new consortium members will be developing the existing UltraPods currently in service at Heathrow Airport into fully autonomous and electric passenger shuttles. Operating at Terminal 5 for ne
    Read More
  • December 5, 2017
    Hamburg’s on-demand alternative to commuting by car
    As Hamburg is confirmed as the host for the 2021 ITS World Congress, David Crawford looks at the city’s moves towards enabling MaaS-type operations. Germany’s second-largest city, Hamburg, is pinning its civic reputation on having its promised all-electric, on-demand, shuttle bus ridesharing service up and running by 2018. Partners in the three-year project are regional metro and bus service provider Hamburger Hochbahn and Volkswagen Group’s Berlinbased mobility innovation subsidiary Moia, which was set
    Read More

Highlighted Content