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2014
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Alstom’s Lapa manufacturing plant in Brazil has timely manufactured the first complete body-shell of the twenty X’Trapolis Mega commuter trains currently under production in the site as part of its 600-trains contract with Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.
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The Alstom-led Gibela consortium has completed manufacturing of the first complete stainless-steel bodyshell for the 20 X'Trapolis Mega EMUs it is supplying to Passenger Rail Authority of South Africa (Prasa) from Alstom's Lapa plant in Brazil as part of an order for 600 trains.
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Making quick work of its ten-year R51-billion contract to supply South Africa’s Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) with 600 trains, rail company Gibela has unveiled the first completed car body-shell at major shareholder Alstom’s Lapa manufacturing facility, in Sao Paulo, Brazil – some seven months after the landmark deal’s financial close.
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South African rail company Gibela Rail Transport Consortium is making steady progress on executing a R51-billion contract to supply the State-owned mass transportation system operator Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) with 600 new X'Ttrapolis Mega commuter trains to replace South Africa's aging Metrorail rolling stock trains over the next ten years, says Gibela CEO Marc Granger.
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Stainless steel flat products producer Columbus Stainless received the first order in February to supply coils and sheets for the first 20 passenger train sets that form part of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) passenger coach replacement project.
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Metrorail’s first new passenger train will arrive in November next year, says Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) CEO Lucky Montana.
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Alston, a world leader in rail transport equipment, has made a bold move towards equipping young South African engineers with a range of skills in train manufacturing. Download article
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Construction of 600 000m2 Alstom-led Gibela train manufacturing facility in Ekurhuleni in Gauteng is set to begin mid 2015, with the construction phase set to include 20, 000 to 30, 000 local people as contractors and subcontractors.
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Gibela, the consortium led by French global engineering firm Alstom that won a tender to deliver 600 commuter train sets to the Passenger Rail Agency of SA, has started lining up almost 100 local suppliers from whom it will source more than two-thirds of the raw materials and components for the contract.
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Gibela has three main challenges in executing the R51-billion contract to supply the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa with 600 new trains, says CEO Marc Granger.
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Reiterating its committment to fulfilling local content requirements during the servicing of the R51-billion rolling stock contract awarded to it by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, South African rail company Gibela has preselected nearly 100 local companies as possible component and service suppliers.
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Gibela Transport, a joint venture 61% owned by French company Alstom, has begun manufacturing the 600 state-of-the-art passenger trains, comprising 3 600 coaches, that are set to revitalise South African rail transport while giving a major boost to the industrialisation of the economy.
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Gibela Transport, a joint venture 61% owned by French company Alstom, has begun manufacturing the 600 state-of-the-art passenger trains, comprising 3 600 coaches, that are set to revitalise South African rail transport while giving a major boost to the industrialisation of the economy.
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The first 20 trains in the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa’s) ten-year, R51-billion deal to procure 600 new trains should be shipped from Brazil by the end of 2015, says Gibela CEO Marc Granger.
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GIBELA, the empowered South African company responsible for supplying 580 commuter train sets to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) over 10 years, says that while the first 20 of 600 "cutting-edge" commuter trains will be made in Brazil, South African workers will be involved in their hands-on construction as part of skills training.
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South Africa will benefit from the multi-billion rand project that will see Prasa replace its outdated trains, Gibela Rail Transportation said on Thursday.
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South Africa will benefit from the multi–billion rand project that will see Prasa gradually replace its current outdated train fleet, Gibela, the company responsible for doing so, said on Thursday.
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Speaking in Johannesburg, he said PRASA should start using these first new trains, which will replace its old Metrorail rolling stock, in 2016.
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South Africa will benefit from the multi-billion rand project that will see Prasa gradually replace its current outdated train fleet, Gibela, the company responsible for doing so, said on Thursday.