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• A contract valued at nearly 1 billion SEK for 10 years of train maintenance;
• Maintenance of Tåg i Bergslagen fleet will be carried out in Alstom’s Gävle and Västerås workshops.
Alstom will provide fleet maintenance to VR Sweden, the new operator of the trains, for Tåg i Bergslagen’s fleet, which link the four Bergslag counties. The contract is worth nearly 1 billion SEK, and Alstom’s scope will be to provide 10 years of fleet maintenance, with a 1-year option. The new contract will begin on 10 December 2023.
“We are very pleased to further strengthen our collaboration with VR and are proud to see this renewed trust in Alstom. We already have a strong partnership with VR and look forward to continuing to deliver first class service and maintenance for these trains,” said Maria Signal Martebo, Managing Director for Alstom Sweden.
Alstom will continue to provide maintenance for the Tåg i Bergslagen fleet in existing workshops in Gävle and Västerås, which will be extended and modernised to fit the new longer trains. Furthermore, Alstom will focus on developing the business through a higher degree of digitalised maintenance.
Alstom is the most significant supplier in the Swedish rail market, having delivered more than 1,000 trains to Swedish railways. Ongoing projects are for instance metro trains (C30) to Stockholm, new regional trains to Gothenburg and SJ’s coming high-speed trains (SJ250). Alstom also has several large maintenance contracts, carrying out maintenance in 16 local depots, including depots in Motala and Västerås, specialising in heavy maintenance and renovations. The company is also leading the roll-out of ERTMS in Sweden, both onboard and trackside, and is supplying the standardised national traffic system to the Swedish Transport Administration. Alstom employs around 2,000 employees in Sweden.
VR Sweden (vrgroup.fi) is part of the Finnish VR Group. VR Sweden oversees Pågatågen in southern Sweden on behalf of Skånetrafiken, Skane’s public transport and Östgötapendeln, Småland’s rail network. In Stockholm, VR runs buses, trams and local trains on behalf of SL, Stockholm’s public transport. The Finnish VR Group is Finland’s network rail that has been running trains, buses and trams in Finland for 160 years.
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About Alstom
Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom (alstom.com) develops and markets mobility solutions that provide sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, Alstom offers its diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. 150,000 vehicles in commercial service worldwide attest to the company’s proven expertise in project management, innovation, design, and technology. In 2021, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, World and Europe, for the 11th consecutive time. Headquartered in France and present in 70 countries, Alstom employs more than 74,000 people. The Group posted revenues of €15.5 billion for the fiscal year ending on 31 March 2022.
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