The French train manufacturer will construct 19 trains and provide its patented driverless signaling system for the Wanda-Shulin MRT Line
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/11
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taipei Metro company has awarded a joint
A metro train built by Alstom in São Paulo Brazil. Photo: May, 2017 (By Wikimedia Commons)
contract to a French company and a local Taiwanese company to construct the future Metro Line 7, reports Smart Rail World.
The joint contract valued at US$437.6 million has been given to the French train manufacturer Alstom and the Taiwanese engineering firm CTCI (中鼎集團). The French company has reportedly taken responsibility to build 19 commuter trains that will travel on the new MRT line.
MRT Line 7, also known as the Wanda-Shulin Line, will reportedly stretch a length of 9.5 kilometers, and will include 9 underground stations extending south from the CKS Memorial Station through Yonghe and Zhonghe districts, and then West to join the Bannan Line at Tucheng MRT Station.
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