Alstom Signs for DF Metro Line Supplies

French conglomerate Alstom and its Mexican partners ICA and CICSA have signed a contract with the transport authority of Mexico City for supplying and installing all the electromechanical equipment on the new line 12 of the city’s metro for EUR330m. The company will supply the electrification, substations, operations control center and signaling, telecommunications and ticketing systems, system performance and testing, according to a statement. A launch is slated for mid-July 2008 and the project is expected to be finished by late 2011, according to Alstom. ICA and CICSA will be in charge of the engineering. The total cost of the project is an estimated EUR1.1bn.