Hitachi Rail Italy presented the first vehicle for the new Metro for Miami-Dade County, with the Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez and the Japanese Consul General Ken Okaniwa in attendance.
Within the ceremony, Hitachi Rail Italy unveiled the first two cars of train number 1 (out of 68 trains in total) that are to be produced for Miami.
Miami-Dade Metro is a contract amounting to about USD 300 million, representing a total quantity of 68 trains (136 cars). Each vehicle is 45.8 m long, 3.11 m wide and can reach a max speed of 75 km/h. The carboy structure is stainless steel. The interior fittings are light alloy with integrated lighting and solutions of modular assembly.
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