The first train of the Guadalajara Metro leaves Barcelona headed for Mexico

Alstom Spain is in charge of manufacturing both the trains and the passenger safety and information systems for the new metro line.

The first train of the new Guadalajara (Mexico) Metro line, manufactured at Alstom’s facilities in Santa Perpètua (Barcelona), has been loaded on board ship at the Port of Sagunto, headed for Mexico. The 17 remaining trains of this new metropolitan line will be shipped over the upcoming months.

In September 2014, the State Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico awarded a consortium led by Alstom with a contract for the construction and implementation of a complete metro system for line 3 of the Guadalajara metro. This new line, which is 20 kilometres long, will run diagonally across the city of Guadalajara, transporting 230,000 passengers daily. The train manufacturing plant of Alstom Spain is in charge of supplying the 18 trains (which have three coaches each). These trains, of the Metrópolis range, are similar to those that are also manufactured in Barcelona for Line 9 of the Barcelona Metro, the Santo Domingo Metro, the Lima Metro and the Panama Metro, among others.

The engineering centre and the safety laboratories, located in Madrid, will in turn be in charge of developing the video surveillance system, the control centres and the passenger information equipment.