CHENGDU Metro has awarded a €57m contract to Alstom to supply traction equipment for 496 metro cars being built for the 49km Line 5, which is due to open at the end of 2019.
FOLLOWING three years of construction, the Chinese city of Chengdu celebrated the opening of the 10.9km metro Line 10 on September 6.
NEW United Group (NUG), China, has awarded a Yuan 531m ($US 79.6m) contract to the Bombardier NUG Propulsion System Chinese joint venture to supply traction and control for 678 metro cars.
CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles has rolled out the first of 40 Citadis low-floor LRVs for Chengdu light rail Line 2.
CHENGDU metro Line 4 almost doubled in length on June 2 with the opening of two Phase 2 extensions, which have a total length of 20.3km.
CHENGDU added a northeast - southwest line to its metro network on July 31 with the start of trial operation on the initial phase of Line 3 (Magenta Line) from Chengdu Junqu General Hospital to Taipingyuan.
CHENGDU Metro Corporation has awarded a €40m contract to Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment (Satee) to supply traction equipment for 288 metro cars being built by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles for operation on phases 2 and 3 of Line 3.
CHINA's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) confirmed on May 18 that it has approved the next phase of the metro network in Chengdu, which encompasses the construction of 79.1km of new lines by 2020.
THE FIRST of 27 six-car trains for Chengdu metro Line 4 was presented to Mr Yu Ningyue, chairman of Chengdu Metro Corporation at the CNR Changchun plant on August 21.
ALSTOM and its Chinese joint venture Shanghai Alstom Transport Electrical Equipment (Satee) have been awarded two contracts worth a total of €75m to supply traction systems for more than 550 metro cars for the cities of Chengdu and Xi'an.