ALSTOM Awarded $21 Million Contract for Taipei Metro Project.Business Editors ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2000 ALSTOM (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALS Als (äls), Ger. Alsen, island, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, in the Lille Bælt, separated from the mainland by the narrow Alensund. ) will supply train control systems for the Tucheng extension to the Taipei Metro Blue Line, in Taiwan. The total contract value is in excess of $21 million. ALSTOM will provide an ATC (Automatic Train Control) system for the six station, eight kilometer Tucheng extension to the Panchaio (Blue) line. The components of the system will include VPI (Vital Processor Interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st ) for interlocking control, AF track circuits, wayside ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. (Automatic Train Protection Automatic Train Protection (ATP) in Great Britain refers to either of two implementations of a train protection system installed in some trains in order to help prevent collisions through a driver's failure to observe a signal or speed restriction. ) modules, Model 5 switch machines, and Microcabmatic for carborne train control. The equipment will be compatible with the ALSTOM system already installed and operational on the Blue Line. The work will be performed under a subcontract agreement with Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC (Central Electronic Complex) The set of hardware that defines a mainframe, which includes the CPU(s), memory, channels, controllers and power supplies included in the box. Some CECs, such as IBM's Multiprise 2000 and 3000, include data storage devices as well. ) who was the Prime Contractor selected for the overall project, including civil construction and all engineering & mechanical work. Pat Granese and Bill DiCesare of ALSTOM Signaling Inc. in Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or , represented ALSTOM at the signing ceremony, where the contract was formally executed by the Chairman of CEC, Mr. Wen-je Wang. ALSTOM is the incumbent signaling supplier to Taipei Metro, providing wayside and carborne equipment for the Red, Green and Orange line already in operation, and for the initial Panchaio section of the Blue Line. With this extension, ALSTOM signaling systems will be in use in over 50 km of track and 40 stations of the rapid transit system. ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructures. The company today has annual sales in excess of $20 billion of which more than $4 billion are railway equipment and services, and employs more than 140,000 people in over 70 countries. In New York State, ALSTOM employs over 600 people in its train control and service activities, based in Rochester, and another 800 at its rail vehicle fabrication, overhaul and electrical facilities in Hornell. |
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