Alstom announced on Sunday that the ExpoLink consortium, comprising of Alstom, Acciona and Gülermak has delivered Route 2020, the world's fastest-built turnkey metro project, located in Dubai.

The project was officially inaugurated last week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai.

Work on the €2.6 billion new metro line started in 2016, according to Alstom's press statement. The 15km-long line, of which 11.8km is above ground and 3.2km is underground, has seven stations, with an interchange on the Red Line and includes the flagship metro station at the Expo exhibition site.

As part of the consortium, the statement said, Alstom was responsible for the integration of the entire metro system including 50 Metropolis trainsets produced in Alstom's site in Katowice, Poland; power supply, communication, signalling, automatic ticket control, track works, platform screen doors and a three-year warranty on the whole system, as well as the enhancement of the existing metro line by upgrading power supply, signalling systems, communication and track works.

The trainsets are 85.5 metres long and composed of five cars per trainset with carrying capacity of up to 696 passengers for each trainset, the statement said.

The train is equipped with a full electrical braking system, LED lighting and other innovations to reduce energy consumption.

"The Route 2020 project shows Dubai's commitment to offer its residents and visitors a state-of-the-art rail network system, and we remain committed to providing the RTA with the utmost support in their journey towards greener and smarter mobility," said Müslüm Yakisan, Senior Vice President for Africa, Middle East and Central Asia at Alstom.

Alstom had delivered the Dubai tramway, the first fully integrated tramway system in the Middle East and the world's first 100 percent catenary-free line, which was opened in November 2014. Alstom is also in charge of the maintenance of the Dubai Tram for a period of 13 years.

(Writing by Madhura Deulgaonkar; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com)

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