RailConnect NSW awarded Faiveley Transport a USD 150 million contract to supply a complete range of railway systems and maintenance services for the 56 train sets (512 cars) of the New Intercity Fleet in New South Wales, Australia.
Under the contracts Faiveley Transport will provide full braking systems (air generation, brake control and bogie brake), door systems, HVAC (cabin and saloon heating, ventilation and air conditioning), vigilance units, pantographs and Energy Monitoring Systems.
The scope of supply includes the study, design, engineering, manufacture and delivery of the rail systems, as well as a maintenance contract for a 15-year period. It will involve Faiveley operating units in Australia, France, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, India and China. Deliveries are expected to start by the end of 2017 and to be completed by September 2020.
The New Intercity Fleet is a new fleet of high-capacity double-deck trains, ordered in 2016 by the New South Wales Government. RailConnect NSW, a consortium consisting of the Hyundai Rotem Company, UGL Limited and Mitsubishi Electric Australia, won, in 2016, a USD 2.3 billion contract to design and build more than 500 carriages, with the first trains delivered by 2019 and the rest of the fleet being delivered progressively through to 2022.
The new vehicles will operate between Sydney and the Central Coast, Newcastle, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast, and it will offer long distance passengers a more comfortable travelling experience.
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