A metro project evaluated at 270 million U.S. dollar in the U.S. state of Massachusetts has beenawarded to CRRC Corp., a conglomerate formed by the merger of China's top two high-speed rail makers, China North Railway (CNR) and China South Railway (CSR). A totalof 134 trains will be purchased for the project, according to a Caixin report on Jan. 10.
An insider disclosed that the contract was signed between CRRC and the MassachusettsBay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in December 2016. CRRC is the only qualifiedprovider of metro trains to meet the MBTA's requirements. As a result, the MBTAdecided not to solicit additional bids, the insider said, emphasizing that the decision wasentirely legal.
China North Railway (CNR) won a contract worth $567 million for the Boston metro inOctober 2014, necessitating the purchase of 284 trains, according to earlier reports. Thismarked China's first batch of rail transit equipment to enter the U.S. market.
The 134 new trains will be put into operation in 2023, according to the Boston Globe.Jeffrey Gonneville, CEO of the MBTA, said the vehicles are expected to cut intervalsbetween trains from between four and five minutes to just three. This change willfacilitate the transport over 10,000 passengers per hour.
(Source: People’s Daily Online)
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