Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works awarded Alstom a EUR 120 million contract to provide the Cityflo 650 CBTC signalling system for Miami-Dade Metromover system.
Alstom will also replace or refurbish the power distribution system, the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System, guideway switches and other elements that make up the Metromover system and introduce new features that will increase reliability and availability, lower maintenance costs, and enable more efficient operation while maximising passenger safety.
The Cityflo 650 CBTC solution has been designed to meet the most stringent safety, reliability, maintainability, and availability requirements. The technology also allows a high degree of operating flexibility to accommodate peak passenger demands and will be able to connect with future mobility projects in Miami.
“We are pleased to be supporting Miami-Dade County in modernising the iconic Metromover system, which has been serving area residents and visitors for 35 years, and to be helping the County meet its future mobility requirements,” Jérôme Wallut, President, Alstom Americas said.
The Cityflo CBTC technology was developed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Metromover signalling upgrade will be led out of Pittsburgh with many of the experienced CBTC developers participating, supported by a local team that will manage the project execution phase. Alstom’s Miami-Dade local partners and subcontractors, including nearly a dozen Disadvantaged Business Enterprise firms, will round out the highly qualified team.
Alstom will bring and leverage its turnkey approach to the project to ensure the fully integration of the signalling system, communications and wayside elements.
The Miami-Dade Metromover system, opened in 1986, was the first urban application of the Westinghouse Automated People Mover (APM) technology, which is now part of the Alstom product portfolio. Over the years, the system has been expanded and the vehicle fleet has been replaced but some of the major subsystems are reaching the end of their design life.
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