SOUTH KOREA: Busan Transportation Corp has awarded Hyundai Rotem a 55·6bn won contract for the supply of 48 trainsets for Busan metro Line 1, the manufacturer announced on September 11.
Deliveries from Rotem’s Changwon plant are due to be completed by 2020. The air-conditioned 80 km/h trains will be equipped with an onboard data recorder.
Hyundai Rotem had previously won contracts to supply rolling stock to the 40·5 km Line 1 in 2013 and 2016.
SOUTH KOREA: A southern extension of Busan metro Line 1 opened on April 20 from Sinpyeong to Dadaepo Beach. The 8 km extension adds six stations and brings Line 1 to 42·3 km Construction of the extension began in late 2009 and cost 959bn won. Test runs started in ...
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem is to supply 40 trainsets to Busan metro Line 1, the company announced on March 14. The 52·8bn won order is intended to replace the ageing fleet that has been in service since 1985-86. To be built in Changwon, the standard-gauge trains will be equipped ...
