Stadler Rail awarded Masats a contract for the supply of train doors for 15 four-car trains which will be delivered to Catalan railway company Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC).
The order includes 360 passenger doors and 60 automatic cabin doors. A total of 420 systems will be supplied to improve access to the trains as well as passenger entry and exit times.
The passenger doors are high-performance double 00Gc electric sliding doors for which Stadler sought the greatest of passenger availability and information. These doors are highly reliable and safe.
The cabin doors are one-leaf electric sliding doors manufactured by Masats at its plant in Sant Salvador de Guardiola, Barcelona. They feature the most modern of safety elements. The cabin door has an innovative pendular movement mechanism that closes and locks the door upwards. This system offers top-quality soundproofing and thermal insulation for optimal driver comfort.
The production of the train doors will be carried out at the Masats plant in Barcelona. The trains will be able to absorb the growth in passengers deriving from the extended service offered to Terrassa and Sabadell, north of Barcelona, in addition to increases in service frequency.
In 2018, FGC and Stadler Rail Valencia a EUR 120.4 million contract for the supply of 15 four-car electric multiple units for the standard–gauge Vallès network.
On May 6, FGC presented the first of the 15 new EMUs which has a capacity for 775 passengers with 196 seats. The new trains will allow FGC to operate a train at every 5 minutes on the Terrassa – Sabadell route and at every 2.5 minutes from Sant Cugat to Barcelona. The new trains are able to run at a maximum speed of 90 Km/h. They are equipped with air conditioning system, video surveillance, modern passenger information system. They have dedicated spaces for wheelchairs and bicycles.
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