# Alstom awarded $4.7B contract to build VIA Rail passenger cars

Alstom has been awarded a $4.7 billion contract by the federal government to build 313 passenger cars for VIA Rail. The cars will be manufactured at Alstom's Thunder Bay facility and in La Pocatière, Quebec, creating approximately 700 jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-08-18
- Where: Thunder Bay, Ontario; La Pocatière, Quebec, Canada
- Value: $4.70B
- Jobs: 700
- Status: announced
- Products: passenger railcars
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Alstom](https://endata.com/companies/3570.md) (supplier)
- [VIA Rail](https://endata.com/companies/26362.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [smb.ourdavie.com](https://smb.ourdavie.com/article/Unifor-celebrates-Made-in-Canada-manufacturing-of-VIA-Rail-passenger-cars/6a99c80e5c73a7935efd293e), 2017-08-18: "This is a tremendous victory for our members in Thunder Bay and for Canadian manufacturing."

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