For high capacity signalling tech for suburban rail network (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Paris , 18 Jul - French rail transport specialist Alstom and Australian construction firm DT Infrastructure said they have been awarded a contract worth 1.6 billion Australian dollars (1 billion euros) from the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia (PTA) for the design, supply, construction, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of high capacity signalling technology for Perth's suburban rail network.

The award of the contract, which the companies claimed is the world's largest signalling project by route length, will be delivered by an alliance comprising the Public Transport Authority, Alstom and DT Infrastructure. It features the provision of Alstom's Urbalis CBTC technology installed by DT Infrastructure's local workforce.

The project is expected to enable a 40% increase in network capacity, as well as energy saving and other benefits.

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