Beijing Metro awarded Alstom and Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment (SATEE), Alstom’s local JV, a EUR 27 million contract to provide traction systems to equip 160 metro cars for the phase 3 of Beijing metro line 6, expected to enter into commercial service by the end of 2018.
Alstom and SATEE will provide the Optonix traction system specially designed and developed by Alstom for the Chinese market, and already ordered by major Chinese cities including Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xi’an and Chengdu. The system uses electrical braking and features a lightweight and compact design, leading to high performance train operations capabilities.
The system will be tested at SATEE’s facility in Shanghai before commissioning. The JV will also provide the propulsion inverter, auxiliary converter, brake resistor, master controller, gearbox and coupling. Traction motors will be produced locally by XAYEECO, Alstom’s JV for traction motors in China. Other key components such as high circuit breakers and traction control will also be provided by Alstom.
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