GMV to supply AlUla tram vehicle location system

 

 

Alstom is building the 22.4km AlUla tram line connecting historical locations in the UNESCO World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia, including 20 battery-powered Alstom Citadis trains using SRS ground-based static charging. To provide advanced capabilities for tram traffic operation and management, Alstom has selected GMV intelligent transportation systems to provide a multi-application computer-aided dispatch/automatic vehicle location platform, giving the operator the ability to perform integrated transport management, including planning and monitoring of services and fleets in real time, providing passenger information and using recorded data for statistical purposes. 

 

GMV has already supplied similar systems to Barcelona tramways, Warszawa tramway and TfNSW tramway in Sydney, Australia. The AlUla tramway project in Saudi Arabia will immerse its passengers in a cultural journey through five historic districts and 17 stations, partly based on the track bed of the historic Hijaz railway. this part of the country’s Saudi Vision 2030. Phase one should be operational by the second half of 2027.