French rail builder Alstom announced on Tuesday that it has won a major contract worth around 858 million euros to design and supply the rail system for a new light rail line in Tel Aviv, including the supply of 98 trams .
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The group participates in a consortium responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and financing of the line of the Israeli metropolis, a contract valued in total at 2.6 billion euros, he said in a press release. .
Made in La Rochelle
Alstom will be particularly responsible for the design, engineering, supply, integration, testing and commissioning of the railway system, which includes tracks, electrification, power supply, signalling, communication and the supply of the 98 trains, he listed.
The Citadis X05 trams, the latest generation of Alstom's flagship range, will be designed and manufactured in the group's factory in La Rochelle.
The green line of Tel Aviv's light metro, a tramway passing underground in the city center, should be 39 km long by 2030, from north to south of the agglomeration.
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It will complete a 24 km red line, currently nearing completion, on which Chinese trams will run, and a 27 km purple line with trams manufactured by the Spanish group CAF.
Three metro lines are also in the cards.