Alstom will provide the fully automated signaling system
for line 10 of Shanghai metro
Alstom will provide the fully automated signaling system
for line 10 of Shanghai metro
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The consortium made up of
Alstom and its partner, CASCO Signal Ltd., is to supply to
the operator Shanghai Shentong Holdings Group the fully
automated system for line 10 of Shanghai metro, in China,
being constructed ahead of the 2010 World Expo. According
to the contract, Alstom will take in charge of the design
and manufacture of the Alstom Urbalis fully automated train
control system.
Line 10 will be 36 kilometres
long and will link the district of New Jiangwan Town, in
the north east of the city, with Hongqiao airport, to the
south west of Shanghai, with 29 stations.
Alstom and its partner,
CASCO, will equip the line with Urbalis
TM, a mass transit control system that integrates
a CBTC[1]based on the state-of-the-art
communications and radio network. This innovative and
reliable solution increases mass transit lines capacity by
allowing short headways between trains, while guaranteeing
maximum safety for passengers. Delivery of the system is
planned for December 2010. Besides this contract, Alstom
Transport and its Chinese partner Puzhen have been awarded
last August a contract for the delivery, by end of 2010, of
246 metro cars for Line 10.
“Shanghai
Line 10 willbethe
second fully automatic signalling system contract awarded to
Alstom in China after Beijing Airport Link project. This new
contract further strengthens Alstom’s presence in the
mass transit signaling market and reconfirms Alstom’s
leadership position in China. Alstom has been a supplier to
Shanghai Shentong Holdings Group since 1999, and this
contract demonstrates our customer’s clear recognition
and confidence in Alstom”, says Kim Chan, Managing
Director, Alstom Transport China.
In
fulfilling these contracts, Alstom Transport will draw on its
expertise in the domain of urban transport and, in
particular, metro systems. Since 1998, Alstom has been
constructing and equipping the Singapore metro, the largest
automatic metro in the world. In 2003, the company was
awarded the contract for the automatic metro in Lausanne. In
China, Alstom is to supply the train control system for line
2 of the Beijing metro, which will serve the installations
for the 2008 Olympic Games.Jointly
with Puzhen and SATCO,Alstom
has also received orders for over 1,000 Metropolis cars,
including six lines of the Shanghai metro network, as well as
the Nanjing metro network. One in four metros currently
operating across the world is an Alstom metro.
[1]Communication Based
Transit Control System
About Alstom
Transport
A
promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom Transport develops
and markets the most complete range of systems, equipment
and services in the railway market. Alstom
Transport’s strength lies in its ability to manage
entire transport systems, taking in the rolling stock,
signalling and infrastructure, and to offer
“turnkey” solutions. Alstom Transport’s
sales over the 2006/07 financial year took it to 1st place
in the world transport market.
About CASCO Signal Ltd.
CASCO Signal Ltd is a joint
venture set up by Alstom Transport and CRSC Group. Its
offices are located in China, in Beijing and Shanghai. CASCO
has been supplying signalling systems and high technology
services to the railway industry for over 20 years. It has
handled a range of projects for the Chinese Ministry of
Railways (MOR), within mass transit transport systems in
several Chinese cities.
For
More Information, Please Contact:
Ms Jenny ZHANG
Tel: (010) 8460 9196
Jenny-y.zhang@transport.alstom.com
Mr. Jiazhong MEI
Tel: (021) 6103 3983