French company
Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has announced that the Consortium SIF — led by Alstom and including Sofratesa — has been selected by Fideicomiso para el Desarrollo del Sistema de Transporte Masivo (FITRAM) of the Dominican Republic to deliver an integrated Innovia monorail system for the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
When complete, the 13km, 14-station monorail system will be the first of its kind in the country and in the Caribbean; it has been designed to carry up to 20,000 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd) and will provide faster and more efficient connections between the city’s northwest and southeast areas.
Alstom’s scope within the contract includes: system integration, testing, and commissioning of the full system and the supply of Innovia monorail trains; Cityflo 650 GOA4 driverless signalling; Hesop reversible power supply, conductor rail, and high-speed interchange switch systems; and depot equipment. Alstom’s share of the contract is worth about 370 million euros. This project is receiving financing from the French government.
The 13 four-car automated Innovia Monorail 300 trains to be delivered by Alstom will feature automatic driverless operation, bi-directional operations, and compliance with international safety requirements and standards.
Capitalising on Alstom’s strong leadership with over 30 years’ expertise in communications-based train control (CBTC), Alstom’s Cityflo 650 CBTC solution — the first driverless rail control system in the Dominican Republic — will support the highest grade of automation (GoA4), allowing for high reliability, shorter intervals between trains, flexible and safe operations, and reduced maintenance costs; and to further increase the energy efficiency of the system, Alstom will install Hesop reversible power stations, which will result in not only building fewer substations but also recovering and reinjecting up to 99% braking energy from the trains back into the network.