Alstom has established India’s first Digital Experience Centre in Bangalore. Known to be the first rail OEM, the 5000 sq. ft. Alstom Digital Experience Centre was built with a total investment of €40 million over the last decade combining a Signalling Lab infrastructure.
The Alstom Digital Experience will be the hub for executing Urban, Mainline, Freight and mining (specific market) projects along with the integrated cybersecurity, Security & Telecom and SCADA features.
Commenting on the laith of the Digital Experience Centre, Olivier Loison, Managing Director, Alstom India said, “The rail network in India, both urban and mainline is becoming highly modernised and complex, this makes it more important than ever to develop advanced Signalling solutions to drive safety, efficiency, and improved passenger experience. In addition to our excellent manufacturing and engineering capabilities, we are proud to be now leading the charter of rail technology innovation with the launch of this centre in India. As the leaders in sustainable mobility, we look forward to developing modern signalling solutions by harnessing the country’s vast talent pool, moving forward the innovation goalpost in our industry.’’
Highlights about the Digital Experience Centre
The centre will facilitate learning, adaptation, experimentation, simulation, and validation of Alstom’s new signalling solutions advanced industry hardware and software innovations. It will conduct complete simulations of world-class signalling technologies, including the one developed for the NaMo Bharat, India’s first semi-high-speed regional train. Moreover, the centre will leverage IoT, IoB for Security and Telecom-related domains, GenAI applications (OpenAI-based), and blockchain for innovation projects in railway applications. These initiatives aim to enhance Alstom’s business capabilities, and efficiency, and inspire a culture of innovation within the organisation. The centre’s extensive infrastructure will speed up localisations of solutions and R&D programs, drive innovation in India, and support the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the government. Other key highlights include:
- Centralised demonstration of Operation Control Centre depicting all train movements in a project
- Remote system monitoring and troubleshooting
- Display of safety-critical hardware, trackside equipment, innovation booths, and interactive information on all signalling gears
- Complete end-to-end tests for projects and R&D software delivered from India.
- Built leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, Big Data, intelligent maintenance, LTE, and cybersecurity.
- Mobile app enabled solutions.
Now with this Digital Experience Centre, Alstom has its largest signalling lab infrastructure in India. It is known to aid the company’s vision of making India a global hub for technology and innovation. The dedicated experience centre will support more than 7 million hours of engineering work for Indian and global projects.
Alstom’s signalling lab infrastructure in India today addresses more than 40% of its worldwide R&D needs.
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