The Alstom-led Veloxia consortium will build the 710km line in Argentina. Alstom will be responsible for overall project management and engineering, rolling stock and train maintenance, installation and deployment of European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2, communications systems, electrification, and infrastructure maintenance. Consortium partner Iecsa (Argentina) will carry out civil works.
When the line opens in 2011, Buenos Aires – Cordoba journey times will be slashed from 14 hours to just three hours. Nine return services serving seven stations will be operated by a fleet of eight 320km/h TGV Duplex double-deck trains, which have a capacity of 500 passengers. Alstom will manufacture the trains in France before shipping them to Argentina for final assembly at its La Plata site near Buenos Aires.
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