California: Mare Island’s Alstom snags game-changing contract, promises growth

By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald; October 25, 2017

After 100-plus years in business, in its seventh year on Mare Island, Alstom Transportation, Inc.’s most recently awarded contract promises to be “a game changer” for the firm, several of its principals said.

The company, named for two of its founders (Alsaciennes and Thompson), was awarded a several-years-long contract worth more than $140 million by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO) to perform the mid-life overhaul of 52 P2000 light rail vehicles which operate on LA’s Blue, Green and Expo lines, company officials said.

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