JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric announced on February 22 that it had installed wayside and onboard radio equipment for a trial of CBTC signalling on part of the Tokyo metro.
Mitsubishi will work with operator Tokyo Metro to test the equipment on a three-station branch of the Marunouchi Line between Nakano-sakaue and Honancho. One specially-equipped train will be used for verification purposes.
Tokyo Metro intends to install CBTC on the entire Marunouchi Line by the end of the 2023 financial year.
JAPAN: Tokyo Metro has started trial running with the first of 42 seven-car Series 13000 trainsets, which are expected to enter service on the capital’s Hibiya Line later this year. The 1 067 mm gauge aluminium-bodied trainsets are being built Kinki Sharyo in Osaka, and the first train was delivered ...
JAPAN: Nippon Sharyo Series 1000 trainsets operating on Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line have been fitted with Toshiba onboard emergency batteries so that they can reach the next station under their own power in the event of a traction supply failure. Toshiba says the SCiB lithium-ion battery is well-suited to emergency ...
USA: MTA New York City Transit has formally awarded Mitsubishi Electric Corp a contract to develop and test its communications-based train control products to verify interoperability with the CBTC systems ordered from Siemens and Thales. Last year MTA awarded Siemens and Thales two contracts to install CBTC on the subway’s ...
