Alstom Commences Three-Year Overhaul of Buenos Aires Metro Cars, Boosting Local Employment

Alstom has signed a contract with EMOVA, the concessionaire of the Buenos Aires Metro Network, to overhaul its fleet of 60 Alstom Metropolis 300 model cars.

The three-year contract will ensure a more comfortable travel experience for metro users and generate jobs, as the work will be carried out at Alstom's Los Hornos plant in La Plata.

"This contract is the first maintenance agreement for the Alstom Metropolis 300 concluded between EMOVA and Alstom since 2016 when Alstom sold a fleet of 180 cars (30 trains) to Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE)," said Ernesto Garberoglio, General Manager of Alstom Argentina. "This new contract covers 60 of these cars, which serve lines D and H of the Buenos Aires Metro, and around 50 collaborators from our company will be assigned to carry out these tasks."

The Buenos Aires Metro serves over 800,000 users daily, offering fast, efficient, and safe service. Alstom equips three of the six metro lines with signaling systems and rolling stock of the Metropolis 100 and Metropolis 300 models manufactured in Brazil. 

Source: Alstom