In a contract worth US$451.9 million, a consortium of CAF and 596 Thales will supply Santiago’s metro operator with CAF trains controlled by Thales’ communication based train control (CBTC) system for lines 3 and 6 of the metro. The contract also includes a 20-year maintenance agreement.
Thales will supply its fully automatic Seltrac CBTC solution, enabling the metro operator to increase the frequency of train services and passenger capacity. This is boosted by CAF’s new energy efficient rail cars, which offer an increased capacity of 260 passengers per car.
The combined system will ultimately provide a passenger throughput capability of more than 50,000 passengers per hour each day. This city, combined with Seltrac’s energy-saving mechanism, which provides coasting, synchronised traction and braking, deferred start and restricted runs helps to optimise operating costs.
Thales will supply its fully automatic Seltrac CBTC solution, enabling the metro operator to increase the frequency of train services and passenger capacity. This is boosted by CAF’s new energy efficient rail cars, which offer an increased capacity of 260 passengers per car.
The combined system will ultimately provide a passenger throughput capability of more than 50,000 passengers per hour each day. This city, combined with Seltrac’s energy-saving mechanism, which provides coasting, synchronised traction and braking, deferred start and restricted runs helps to optimise operating costs.
