Alstom has been awarded a 37 million euro contract to install new traction systems on Lines 3 and 4 of the Shanghai Metro.
Alstom and Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment will install the new systems for the 210 metro cars that operate on both lines.
Shanghai Metro Line 3 covers 29 stations, connecting North Jiangyang Road station in the northern Baoshan District to Shanghai South railway station in the southern Xuhui District.
Line 4 is a circle line with 26 stations, extending into the Pudong area across the Huangpu River.
“Metro cars and traction system of Shanghai Line 3 was Alstom’s first contract in China in 1999,” said Dominique Pouliquen, president of Alstom Transport Asia Pacific and Alstom China Country president.
“This new contract clearly demonstrates Shanghai Shentong’s confidence and trust in Alstom technologies and solutions. With its strong localisation strategy combined with enhanced R&D and engineering capabilities, Alstom has reinforced its leading position in traction system in China.”
Over the past years, Alstom has supplied more than 1,600 metro cars and obtained contracts of traction system for more than 2,600 metro cars in China, including more than 1,200 Metropolis metro cars and related traction systems for Shanghai.
