XI’AN, the capital city of China’s Shaanxi province, expanded its metro network significantly on October 15 with the opening of the 39.1km Line 3.
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.
FOLLOWING three months of test operation, passenger services began on Xi'an metro Line 1 on September 15.