Alstom SA: Alstom signs contract with The Royal Commission for AlUla for the Tramway Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia worth more than €500 million
04 January 2024 - 3:46AM
Alstom SA: Alstom signs contract with The Royal Commission for
AlUla for the Tramway Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia worth
more than €500 million
- Redefining urban transportation in AlUla, synergising
historical legacy with cutting-edge low-carbon technology
- The world's longest battery-powered, catenary-free tramway
line, links UNESCO World Heritage sites
03 January 2024 – Alstom, global leader
in smart and sustainable mobility, signs a more than €500 million
contract with The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) for AlUla's
pioneering battery-powered tramway – the world's longest
catenary-free line.
The fully integrated Alstom tramway system will
feature 20 state-of-the-art Citadis B battery-trams. The 22.4km
line will encapsulate richness, history, and green mobility like no
other, linking 17 strategically located stations, offering
unmatched access to AlUla's five core historical districts,
including UNESCO World Heritage sites such as AlUla Old Town
(District 1), Dadan (District 2), Jabal Ikmah (District 3),
Nabataean Horizon (District 4), and Hegra Historical City (District
5).
This ambitious project aims to deliver unique
transit options for residents and tourists, with innovative,
climate-adapted trams.
“This project is truly unique as it combines sustainability,
passenger experience, and immersion into the surroundings, in a
region full of history and wonders. It is so much more than a
tramway and we are extremely honoured to have been selected by the
Royal Commission of AlUla. This project incorporates many key
elements of Vision 2030 including Saudi Arabia’s focus on
environmental stewardship. We very much look forward to unveiling
it to the world,” said Mohamed Khalil, Managing Director of Alstom
Saudi Arabia.
Alstom plays a pivotal role in this project,
from comprehensive system design to integration, installation and
testing and commissioning of the catenary-free and battery-powered
tramway. Alstom will also deliver power supply, signalling,
communication, and depot equipment and provide full maintenance for
the trams for 10 years, using HealthHub, Alstom’s tool for
predictive maintenance and fleet management to deliver the highest
availability. The services teams will also use an itinerant
workshop for all types of overhauls to be more flexible and reduce
capital expenditure, and provide robust training programmes for
tram personnel, ensuring operational efficiency. The project will
draw on Alstom’s global in-house expertise in integrated railway
systems. The trams will be manufactured across Alstom’s French
production sites, including La Rochelle for both design and
construction.
This project builds upon Alstom’s pioneering expertise in the
field of Tramways in the GCC. The company delivered the Dubai
tramway, the first fully integrated tramway system in the Middle
East and the world’s first 100% catenary-free line, which was
opened in November 2014. Alstom also built the first tramway in
Lusail Qatar, the largest tramway system project in the Gulf region
and the first catenary-free tramway in the country, which
transported passengers during the World Cup.
Alstom has been a reliable partner of Saudi Arabia’s history for
over 70 years. The company has supported the Haramain high-speed
rail line between Mecca and Medina and also supplies an integrated
Metro System for Lines 3, 4, 5, and 6 and the operation and
maintenance of these lines.Alstom has also provided automated
people mover (APM) system to Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International
Airport, which has been in passenger service since 2020, for which
the O&M maintenance has been carried out by Alstom since
2022.
For more information please visit our website.
Alstom™, Citadis B™ and HealthHub™ are protected
trademarks of the Alstom Group.
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