The newly opened 55,000ft² plant will be used to assemble over 900 bogies for 468 new rubber-tired metro cars to be delivered to Société de transport de Montréal (STM) by a joint venture of Bombardier and Alstom under a C$1.2bn ($1.13bn) eight-year contract.
Manufacturing of the first bogie is expected to be completed in autumn 2013.
According to Alstom, the bogies include drive, braking and suspension mechanisms to provide comfort and safety to passengers.
Alstom Transport president of North America Guillaume Mehlman said that in addition to the contract with the STM, the new Sorel-Tracy plant will also be used for other transit projects across North America.
"This transfer once again demonstrates Alstom Transport's ability to localise manufacturing operations to be closer to its customers and users," Mehlman said.
"The bogies include drive, braking and suspension mechanisms to provide comfort and safety to passengers."
Alstom vice-president and general manager Sorel-Tracy Claude Lambert said: "By locating the manufacturing and assembly operations for the bogies in Quebec, Alstom is proud to contribute to the STM's requirement for 60% Canadian content."
Alstom's manufacturing centre in Hornell, New York, US, will deliver the traction motors that will be integrated into the bogies of Montreal's metro cars.
The bogies will later be shipped to the Bombardier plant in La Pocatière, where the cars will be mounted on them.
Alstom will also be delivering traction, train control, communications and passenger information, and video-surveillance systems for STM's new metro cars.
Montreal's metro includes four lines with a total of 71km of track and 68 stations.
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