Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and Bombardier Transportation and Alstom consortium signed an amendment to the initial acquisition contract of October 2010 for the supply of an additional 153 Azur metro cars (17 nine-car trainsets). The value of this order is EUR 299 million, of which Bombardier’s share is valued at EUR 188 million and Alstom’s share is valued at EUR 112 million.
Most of the manufacturing and the total of the final assembly of the additional vehicles will be undertaken at Bombardier’s facility in La Pocatière, in the Bas St-Laurent region of Québec, where the manufacturing of the last trainsets of STM is being completed, according to the agreed schedule.
As with the first phase, Alstom’s facility will supply the bogies and the motors, as well as the train control, communication, passenger information and video surveillance systems.
Each trainset can accommodate 8% more passengers, which represents thousands of additional riders annually.
The new trains will have open gangways, allowing passengers to walk freely from one end of the train to the other, have 27% wider doors for faster passenger entry and exit. The trains have an improved ventilation system, modern passenger information system and are equipped with onboard cameras and a two-way intercom system connecting passengers with the driver.
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