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Alstom says the first of 100 Next Generation G Class trams has entered passenger service in Melbourne. Built locally at Alstom’s Dandenong site from its Flexity 2 design, it has over 65% local content and capacity for more than 150 passengers. The program follows a €700 million contract awarded in 2022, with fleet maintenance from Maidstone.

Alstom says it has started passenger service in Melbourne with the first of 100 Next Generation G Class trams under a €700 million contract from the Victorian Government awarded in 2022. Alstom will build trams at its Dandenong facility and maintain them via a Maidstone depot, with 65% local content and over 2,000 jobs supported.

Victoria will order 25 additional Alstom X’Trapolis 2.0 six-car trains for Melbourne, taking the planned fleet to 50 sets. The follow-on contract was linked to the 2026-27 state budget and is intended to replace ageing Comeng trains and expand capacity. The trains are expected to be built at Alstom’s Ballarat facility, supporting local jobs and supply-chain work.

Victoria’s state government, according to the government and Alstom, ordered 25 additional X’trapolis 2.0 electric commuter trains from Alstom under an option in the 2021 contract. The EUR 270 million deal doubles the production fleet to 50 units, with at least 60% local sourcing. Alstom says builds will occur in Victoria and the first trains entered service in May 2026.

Alstom said it won a €270 million contract from Australia’s Victorian Government to supply 25 additional X’Trapolis 2.0 electric trains. The order follows an option under a 2021 deal and raises the program total to 50 trains. Trains will be built in Victoria with a 60% local content requirement. Alstom shares were up 0.33% at EUR 16.60 in Paris.

Alstom said the Victorian Government exercised an option for 25 additional X’trapolis 2.0 electric trains, worth €270m, adding to the 25 trains under a 2021 contract. The order brings Alstom’s total fleet in Victoria to 50 trains. Alstom said the trains meet a 60% local content requirement and will be booked in FY2026/27 Q2.

Alstom’s first G Class tram entered passenger service on Melbourne’s Route 59, after testing from the Maidstone depot, with first paying passengers reported in late July 2026. The Victorian Government ordered 100 next-generation trams and built the Maidstone depot for up to 30 trams. The fully low-floor Flexity 2-based trams will replace older high-floor vehicles and expand across routes 57, 59, 82 and later others.

Kazakhstan has spent the past decade developing domestic rail manufacturing, supported by foreign investment and increased local production. The sector is also beginning to supply export markets. Kazakhstan is also preparing the next phase of railway expansion to increase network capacity and accommodate growing transit volumes. Alstom has operated in Kazakhstan since 2010, developing locomotive production and maintenance facilities while increasing the manufacture of components in the country.

Romania received the first five Traxx Passenger electric locomotives ordered by the Railway Reform Authority ARF, marking the latest step in the country's railway fleet renewal program. The locomotives have been handed over to state-owned passenger rail operator CFR Călători and are expected to enter commercial service once the remaining regulatory procedures are completed.

Alstom has celebrated the delivery of the first of 100 Next Generation G Class Trams (NGT) into passenger service in Melbourne, Australia. The successful delivery marks the beginning of the fulfilment of a 700 million EUR contract initially awarded to Alstom in 2022, with the company set to maintain the new fleet from a purpose-built facility in Maidstone, Melbourne.