SONGJIANG Tramway has awarded a joint venture between Shanghai Shentong Metro Group (51%) and Keolis’ Chinese joint venture, Shanghai Keolis (49%), a five-year contract to operate and maintain the 31km Shanghai Songjiang Tramway.
SHANGHAI Shentong Metro Group announced on July 18 that it has taken delivery of the city’s 5000th metro car.
A new fully-automated driverless peoplemover has opened in southern Shanghai to connect the metro with a large residential area.
SHANGHAI Shentong Metro Group has awarded the Thales SEC Transport (TST) joint venture of Thales and Shanghai Electric a contract to equip the new Line 14 for driverless operation as a pilot project.
SHANGHAI Metro started trial running on an extension to Line 9 and the new Line 17 on December 30 which has expanded the network to 637km and 387 stations, thereby maintaining its position as the world’s largest metro network.
SHANGHAI Shentong Metro Group has awarded Shentong Bombardier (Shanghai) Rail Transit Vehicle Maintenance Company (SHBRT) two contracts worth a total of Yuan 1.1bn ($US 158m) to carry out 10-year overhauls on 498 metro cars used on lines 7 and 9.
SHANGHAI Metro has placed a Yuan 543m ($US 78m) contract with the CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport joint venture for additional cars for Line 2.