Eurostar chooses Alstom for 30 Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains

The SNCF Voyageurs Board of Administrators has accredited a further order for 30 new-generation Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains for near 1.4 billion euros1, in addition to choices for as much as 20 further trains. First deliveries are scheduled for 2031.

This order issues the four-voltage model of this very high-speed prepare, which meets the wants of European visitors. The worldwide trainsets will function on the rail networks of 5 nations beneath the Eurostar banner: Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the UK, so far as London (St. Pancras Worldwide railway station) by way of the Channel Tunnel – a primary for a double-deck high-speed prepare.

“By selecting Avelia Horizon to resume its fleet, Eurostar is confirming its need to mix technological efficiency, vitality effectivity and passenger consolation. This new-generation prepare, designed to satisfy the calls for of worldwide very high-speed visitors, embodies our imaginative and prescient of sustainable and aggressive European mobility,” mentioned Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chief Govt Officer of Alstom.

This third optionally available tranche of the framework contract between SNCF Voyageurs and Alstom provides to the 115 trains already ordered by SNCF Voyageurs, together with 100 for business operation in France and 15 for business operation in Europe.

Avelia Horizon: Alstom’s very high-speed prepare combining efficiency, vitality effectivity and luxury

Benefitting from greater than 40 years’ experience in very high-speed, Avelia Horizon, developed as a part of an innovation partnership between SNCF Voyageurs and Alstom, embodies a brand new period in rail transport. This very high-speed prepare is Alstom’s newest double-deck era, able to reaching speeds of over 300 km/h, whereas providing distinctive capability and luxury, and unrivalled operational flexibility.

Outfitted with two compact, high-performance energy automobiles and 9 articulated double-deck automobiles, the Avelia Horizon prepare can comfortably accommodate greater than 1,000 passengers (in a number of models), whereas travelling at a most velocity of 320 km/h.

Designed for sustainable efficiency, this new prepare consumes 20% much less vitality than the earlier era, due to its superior aerodynamic design and optimised traction.

Upkeep prices for the Avelia Horizon prepare have been diminished by 30% in comparison with the earlier era. Many elements have been redesigned to simplify and house out upkeep operations, thereby lowering prices and downtime. Predictive upkeep has been built-in into the design from the outset, with a distant diagnostics system to anticipate upkeep operations and improve reliability.

Thanks to those enhancements, mixed with the most important seating capability available on the market, Avelia Horizon provides a major discount in working prices per seat, whereas guaranteeing a excessive stage of consolation and repair.

A prepare designed and manufactured in France

“The success of this main programme is predicated on the dedication of all of the French websites concerned within the Avelia Horizon product. Due to the involvement of ten nationwide websites, we’re as soon as once more demonstrating the excellence of French rail know-how and our means to satisfy the challenges of sustainable mobility in Europe,” emphasised Frédéric Wiscart, President of Alstom France.

To higher meet the rising demand from the French and worldwide markets for its Avelia very high-speed prepare platform, Alstom has introduced an funding of €150 million to extend the Group’s manufacturing capability at a number of French websites.

Ten of Alstom’s 14 French websites shall be concerned on this undertaking:

• Belfort, for energy automobiles;
• La Rochelle, for passenger automobiles and undertaking administration;
• Villeurbanne, for the control-command laptop system, the passenger data system and on-board tools;
• Ornans, for the motors;
• Le Creusot, for the bogies;
• Tarbes, for traction and electrical cupboards;
• Toulouse Electrical Growth Centre, for electrical circuits;
• Petit-Quevilly, for transformers;
• Saint-Ouen, for design and signalling;
• and Valenciennes’ Elements Growth Website for interiors.

Alstom’s Avelia vary of high-speed trains covers most working speeds of between 200 km/h and 350 km/h. All kinds of configurations and architectures can be found to greatest meet buyer wants: single or double-deck trains, concentrated or distributed traction, articulated or non-articulated structure, tilting or non-tilting trains. Drawing on an entire vary of high-speed options, Avelia trains symbolize the broadest providing available on the market. Greater than 1,000 Avelia trains function in 25 nations, crossing 22 borders.