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AirTrain operation

Alstom Transport USA Inc · AIR Airport Commission

The Airport Commission pays a rail company to run the AirTrain, the automated people mover linking terminals and car parks. Recorded under the Airport Commission's own sole-source authority. San Francisco agreed $128.7M with Alstom Transport USA Inc for contract 1000006337 (AIR Airport Commission); $28.6M has been paid on it so far. Source: SF Controller supplier contracts (open data), data as of 13 July 2026.

In plain English

The Airport Commission pays a rail company to run the AirTrain, the automated people mover linking terminals and car parks. Recorded under the Airport Commission's own sole-source authority.

Signed by Airport Commission

Sole-source
Agreed
$128.7M
Paid
$28.6M
22% of agreed
Remaining (calculated)
$100.1M
The money
Paid against the agreed amount
Payments per fiscal year
181920
Largest year: $16.3M
Payment detail begins FY2018
The deal
Contract term
March 1, 2009August 19, 2019
Term ended
Recorded purchasing authority
Purchasing authority, verbatim
AIRPORT COMMISSION AUTHORITY - SOLE SOURCE

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Project team
SupplierRoleAttached $
Alstom Transport USA IncPrime
SANTORA SALESLBESubcontractor$6.8M

Attached amounts for subcontractors and JV members live inside the prime's envelope — they are context, never additive with the contract's own amounts.

Sources
This contract in the source
Raw rows (JSON, data.sfgov.org)