CRRC Puzhen Alstom Transportation System Co. Limited (PATS), Alstom’s Chinese joint venture, has signed a contract with Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) to provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services for an integrated Automated People Mover (APM) system on the T2 Line linking Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) Terminal 2 Concourse (T2C) and Terminal 2.
PATS will be responsible for the operation and maintenance for HKIA APM system on the T2 Line for three years. The Innovia APM 300 system runs on a 2.6 km three-track line with two stations expected to be put into operation in 2024. The new APM system will help HKIA to enhance operational efficiency.
- Alstom and NS present Coradia Stream Intercity next generation train
- Toby Tiberghien appointed Alstom’s East Asia managing director
- Alstom voted “green champion”
Henry Wang, Managing Director of Alstom China, said: “The acquisition of this operation and maintenance contract is the result of the customer’s recognition of the PATS service in the past five years. It also further illustrates Alstom China’s full capacity to deliver integrated solutions to China and lay a strong foundation to meet the needs of the overseas market. Moving forward, we are committed to continue providing safe, high-quality and efficient products and services for users in China and around the world.”
Alstom in China has eleven joint ventures, seven wholly foreign-owned enterprises, and over 10,000 employees. Together, the joint ventures have delivered more than 6,000 railway passenger cars and 1,530 electric locomotives, 7,194 metro cars, 808 monorail cars, 136 automated people mover cars, and 191 tram cars to China’s growing rail transit market as well as to overseas markets.
