CSR wins bid for vehicles for Chengdu Subway Line 2

Recently, CSR signed a contract with Chengdu Subway Rail Transit Co., Ltd. for Phase vehicles for Chengdu Subway Line 2, with is worth about RMB 520 million.

This is the third successful bid of the company after it won the bids for Chengdu Subway Line 1 and Phase of Chengdu Subway Line 2. So far, CSR has got orders for 59 metro trains 354 vehicles from Chengdu and become a major rail transit partner of southwest China. According to the source, the Line 1 order was delivered in May 2010 under the contract, and vehicles for Phase of Line 2 have been designed and developed and entered into the stage of mass production.

Since going into operation on September 27, 2010, Line 1 vehicles have gained extensive praise from customers and Chengdu s citizens for its novel and human-oriented design as well as advanced and mature operation quality.

With a full length of 41.895km, Chengdu Subway Line 2 stretches from northwest Chengdu s Pixian County to east Chengdu s Longquanyi District via the central downtown. The length of Phase is about 19.5km. According to the technical staff of CSR, Phase vehicles will inherit the technical advantage of Line 1 vehicles, and will make improvements in the structural design of bodies and heads, vehicle modularization and light design.

CSR is a major rail transit equipment manufacturing base in China. It not only operates the greatest number of EMUs and turns out the most complete range of equipment in China, but also has delivered metro vehicles to 14 subway lines in domestic and foreign cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Tianjin, Shenyang and Singapore.