Ansaldo STS Australia
Ansaldo STS Australia Pty Ltd
11 Viola Place, Eagle Farm, Brisbane QLD 4009 - Australia
Press Office
Phone +61 7 3868 9333 - Fax +61 7 3268 2136
A Finmeccanica Company
Ansaldo STS is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. It is a leading technology company operating in the global Railway & Mass Transit Transportation business with the provision of traffic management,
planning, train control and signalling systems and services. It acts as lead contractor and turnkey provider on major projects worldwide. Ansaldo STS is headquartered in Genoa, Italy and employs over
4,200 people in 28 countries. In 2008, its revenues reached
1.106 M, with a gross operating margin of
118 M and net profits of
77.6 M.
8 October 2009
Ansaldo STS wins order worth EUR 12 million from Trenitalia
Ansaldo STS will provide maintenance services for the on-board signalling system on 32
high-speed ETR (Elettro Treno Rapido) 500 trains.
Ansaldo STS, the lead bidder of the temporary consortium set up with Alstom Ferroviaria,
has acquired a multi-year maintenance contract from Trenitalia for the on-board signalling
system on 32 high-speed ETR 500 trains.
In total, the contract is worth EUR 25 million, and the portion pertaining to Ansaldo STS is
EUR 12 million.
In detail, the maintenance and assistance services relate to the safety and signalling
systems designed and built by Ansaldo STS in accordance with the European standard
(ERTMS L2), which are fitted on the ETR 500 trains.
The assistance services will be provided on-site and remotely, taking advantage of the
high technological standards that will bring benefits to Trenitalia’s regular commercial
service on high-speed trains.
Note for editors
The European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS), level 1 and 2, was
designed to create interoperability between railway lines. Its aim is to provide the
European rail industry with a standard for the development of signalling and railway traffic
control systems, able to ensure more efficient use of the network, increased capacity and
greater safety.
ETR 500 (Elettro Treno Rapido 500) is a family of Italian high-speed trains introduced in
1993.
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Media Contact:
Anne Richardson, tel. +61 438 626 909
richardson.anne@ansaldo-sts.com.au
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