MEXICO: Sistema de Transporte Colectivo has awarded CAF México a €164m contract to supply 10 nine-car rubber-tyred metro trainsets for Line 1 in Mexico City. Deliveries are due to begin in the first half of 2018.
The contract announced on August 16 forms part of the rolling stock and infrastructure refurbishment programme.
Cablebus 2 MEXICO: Italian manufacturer Leitner ropeways announced on March 2 that a further two Cablebús 2 urban cable car lines are expected to open in Mexico City by mid-2021. The two routes totalling 10·6 km are under construction in the southeastern district of Iztapalapa at cost ...
MEXICO: A full-size mock-up of a car for the future light metro Line 3 in Guadalajara has been unveiled in the city by operator SITEUR. Alstom is supplying 18 three-section vehicles from its Metropolis family under a contract awarded in 2014 that also covers substations and communications systems. Signalling and ...
MEXICO: A three-year programme to upgrade 85% of the Mexico City metro fleet has been launched by operator STC, which is undertaking work in-house with the assistance of Alstom. In order to meet rising demand, trains are to be extended to nine cars on all lines, except Line 12 where ...
