The Chengdu metro line 3 phase one has entered revenue service on July 31st, 2016 and covers 20 km long and includes 17 stations – is from General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region to Taipingyuan. It connects Northeast Chengdu with Southwest Chengdu in a diagonal.
For this section, 144 metro cars are equipped with Alstom’s traction systems.
The Chengdu Line 3 – which is being built in 3 phases – will be 50.4 km long and include 37 stations. Alstom has been awarded contracts to supply traction systems to equip a total of 432 metro cars to circulate on the new line, including 144 metro cars for phase one and 288 metro cars for phase two and three, expected to start their trial runs in 2018. The traction systems for all three phases are being manufactured by Alstom’s local joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd. (SATEE) in China, and Alstom in France and Belgium, with components supplied by Tarbes and software supplied by Charleroi.
Through SATEE, Alstom is supplying its metro traction system OptONIX, specifically designed and developed for the Chinese market. OptONIX is Alstom’s high performance, high reliability traction system specifically developed to improve operational performance and reduce life cycle cost.
Share on:
