Istanbul Mayor, Kadir Topbas, announced that China will produce 350 metro cars, in Turkey, in cooperation with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
In July, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Rail System Department (İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Raylı Sistem Daire) organised a tender for the purchase of 75 train sets with four cars (totalling 300 cars). The new metro trains will be used on the M7 Kabataş – Mecidiyeköy – Mahmutbey metro line. The best offer was given by Chinese Changchun Railway Vehicles with EUR 277 mn. Other offers were given by Hyundai Eurotem, Alstom and Siemens.
CNR Cooperation, which owns Changchun Railway Vehicles, also produces metro cars of Ankara and Izmir. CNR has a assembly plant in Ankara.
According to the documentation specifications 144 cars will be delivered within 42 months and the rest of 156 cars should be delivered within 22 months, after the signing of the contract.
The M7 Mecidiyeköy – Mahmutbey is a rapid transit line of the İstanbul Metro system on the European part of Istanbul.
Share on:
