Alstom has been awarded a 15-year maintenance contract by Metro Trains Sydney (MTS) for the maintenance of the 36km-long Sydney Metro Northwest railway. The contract includes the maintenance of Alstom's 22 six-car Metropolis train sets, Australia's first fully automated passenger rail vehicles, Alstom's Urbalis 400 Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling systems, point machines, operation and maintenance of the depot and the cleaning of the trains.

More than 50 full time people, which will include 5% apprentices, will maintain the system during the operational phase of the project which will utilise Alstom's industry leading HealthHub maintenance platform. HealthHub is an innovative maintenance approach designed to shift from traditional mileage-based maintenance to condition-based predictive maintenance, thus reducing the lifecycle cost for the operator.

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