Chengdu Railway Corp awarded Alstom and its Chinese JVs SATEE and CASCO two contracts to supply traction systems for 200 metro cars and CBTC signalling system for the entire line of Chengdu metro line 9 phase one, the city’s first driverless metro line. Two contracts are worth approximately EUR 64 million in total. The line is expected to start revenue service by the end of 2020.
Alstom will be supplying its OptONIX metro traction system, specifically designed and developed for the Chinese market. All traction systems will be manufactured jointly by Alstom’s joint ventures (JVs) Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co. Ltds (SATEE) and Chengdu Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment Co. Ltd. (CATEE), with support from Xi’an Alstom Yongji Electric Equipment Co. and two Alstom sites in Europe.
Alstom together with CASCO will equip Chengdu Line 9 with its Urbalis signalling system. CASCO is in charge of the whole life-cycle management of the solution in China. the solution has been ordered by 54 metro lines in China, of which 32 have started revenue services.
“We are very pleased to win these two contracts supporting Chengdu to build its first driverless metro line in the city. With its international service proven references in driverless metro and its successful execution of driverless metro lines in Beijing and Shanghai, Alstom and its joint ventures are confident delivering these two projects in high level of excellence” Ling Fang, Managing Director of China & East Asia, Alstom said.
When it opens, Chengdu Line 9 phase one will be about 22 km long and have 11 stations. It will connect the city’s CBD area in the southwest with city’s West Railway station in the northwest.
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