Alstom has delivered the first next-generation train destined for automatic circulation on Lyon’s metro line B, after more than five months of tests at Valenciennes where it covered 5,000 km. The new train will start dynamic night-time tests on the Lyon network. The train arrived at the La Poudrette depot, 30 months after the project was launched, as planned.
In total, Alstom will supply 30 trains and the system of automatic train operation, designed to increase the transport capacity of line B of the Lyon metro.
The 36-metres-long train can carry more than 300 passengers, offering a renewed travelling experience. It has large bay windows, LED lighting, comfortable velvet seats, passenger information screens, air conditioning. The accessibility and fluidity of the trains have been reinforced, being fitted with wide aisles and doors, a fully low floor, and open interior circulation allowing passengers to pass from one carriage to another during the journey.
Based on Alstom’s rubber-tyred metro solutions, the new trains benefit from the latest technological advances to increase availability, operational flexibility and ease of maintenance. The rubber-tyred metro trains are equipped with Urbalis 400 solution.
The new trains of the Lyon metro are eco-designed and 96% recyclable. They are equipped with a fully electric braking system, LED lighting and other innovations to reduce energy consumption by 25% compared to the trains currently in service.
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