TAIPEI City Government’s Systemwide E&M Project Office (Sempo) has awarded Alstom and Taiwanese engineering and contracting services company CTCI a contract to supply an integrated metro system for Taipei metro Line 7 phase one. The total contract value is €378m, while Alstom’s share is worth close to €220m.
THE president of Taiwan Mrs Tsai Ing-wen pledged support on March 18 for the construction of a tram-train link between Taipei and the neighbouring port city of Keelung.
A direct metro link between Taipei city centre and Taoyuan International Airport was inaugurated on March 2 by Taiwan’s minister of transport Mr He Che Dan, the mayor of Taipei Mr Ke Wenzhe, and the mayor of Taoyuan Mr Zheng Wencan.
TRIAL operation began on February 2 on the new express metro link between Taipei and Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan’s busiest, ahead of the start of a limited service on February 16 and full operation on March 2.
THE first train for Taipei’s metro Circular Line emerged from Hitachi Rail Italy’s Reggio Calabria plant on August 30.
TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC) extended its services to the east of the capital on June 30 with the opening of the 9.2km extension from Taipei Railway Station to Nangang, the 12th station on the high-speed line from Kaohsiung.
TAIPEI Rapid Transit Corporation has awarded a contract to Thales to upgrade the fare collection on the city's metro network as the first step towards a national integrated system.
DYNAMIC testing has begun on a new express metro link between Taipei and Taiwan's busiest airport, Taoyuan International, which was used by 35.8 million passengers last year.
THALES has been awarded a €17m contract to supply signalling, telecommunications, and an Operational Control Centre for the Danhai light rail line in New Taipei City.