Alstom awarded metro system contract

By Song Wenwei (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-01-25 16:50

Alstom Transport and its Chinese partners, Nanjing CSR Puzhen Rail Transit and Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipement Co Ltd (SATEE), have been awarded a contract worth a total of 85.5 million euros by the operator Nanjing Metro Company (NMC).

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Alstom's consolidated share is estimated at 25.5 million euros. The contract is for the supplying of 126 metro cars for the Nanjing Metro Line 1 south extension.

"This new contract reconfirms Alstom's world leadership in metro systems, and consolidates its strong presence in China. We will continue to supply advanced products and services to contribute to the development of Nanjing's metro network", said Kim Chan, managing director of Alstom Transport China.

The contract involves 21 six-cars Alstom's Metropolis trainsets. According to the contract, Alstom is responsible for the design of the trains and the validation of the first trainset, Puzhen is in charge of the manufacturing and warranty of the 21 trainsets and SATEE will manufacture the auxiliary inverter and traction equipments. All the metro cars are scheduled to be delivered by 2011.

The Nanjing Metro Line 1 south extension, scheduled to enter into service March 2010, will be 18-kilometer long, linking Andemen and Chengdong Road. In 2002, Alstom supplied 120 Metropolis cars for Nanjing Metro Line 1.

Besides Nanjing Metro Line 1, the Alstom consortium also supplied 144 Metropolis metro cars for Nanjing Metro Line 2 in April 2007. To date, over 370 Metropolis metro cars have been sold in Nanjing and over 1,400 in China.


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