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CSR Sifang lands second major U.S. transit car contract In the largest single purchase of rapid transit cars in Chicago history, the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) has awarded a $1.31 billion contract to China-based CSR Sifang America Joint Venture for 846 7000 Series cars. CTA will initially purchase a base $632 million order of 400 cars, with options to purchase the remainder in coming years. This is CSR Sifang’s second U.S. contract for transit cars. In 2015, the company won an order for 284 railcars from Boston’s MBTA.
North America Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART): Received the inaugural car of its Fleet of the Future, which itook a crosscountry journey from Bombardier’s, Plattsburgh, N.Y. plant to a BART testing facility in Hayward, Calif. This prototype car will be followed by nine others throughout the year to complete BART’s first new 10-car test train. Kinkisharyo International: Had its new P3010 light rail vehicles (LRVs) roll into their first revenue service on March 5, 2016 as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) opened its $1 billion Gold Line Extension now serving Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte/City of Hope, Irwindale, Azusa and APU/Citrus College. Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Maryland Transit Administration (MTA): Selected Purple 8
Railway Age
April 2016
Line Transit Partners, a consortium of Fluor Enterprises Inc., Meridiam Infrastructure Purple Line, LLC, and Star America Purple Line, LLC, as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Purple Line project. Metrolinx: Selected CH2M for its Next Wave Rapid Transit Projects – Consultant Services for Program Management Services contract. These include the Hurontario LRT, Hamilton LRT, and other rapid transit projects to be determined. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT): Moved one step closer to obtaining its new Siemens Charger locomotives with the installation of the first engine. Siemens USA is building new diesel-electric locomotives for six states, including Washington. The new locomotives will power the Amtrak Cascades service.
Worldwide: Busan Transportation Corp. (South Korea): Has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 52.8 trillion ($US 442.1 million) contract to supply 40 new metro trains for use on Metro Line 1. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (Malaysia): Has awarded Turner & Townsend a contract to provide quantitative risk assessment during the construction of MRT Line 2 in Kuala Lumpur, on which work is due to start soon. Metropolitan EAD: Awarded Siemens and Newag, Poland, a €140 million contract to supply trains and signaling for the first phase of the new Line 3, which is due to open in 2019. Seibu Railway (Japan): Awarded Hitachi a contract to supply seven eight-car EMUs for limited express services on its 1067-mm-gauge network.