CHINA: The first two of 40 light rail vehicles that CRRC Nanjing Puzhen is supplying to MRT Corp arrived at the Tuen Mun depot in Hong Kong on December 28.
CRRC is supplying the LRVs under a HK$745m order placed in 2016. In addition to replacing the 30 Phase 2 LRVs in service since 1992, the vehicles will help to expand the fleet to 150 by 2023.
Following dynamic tests, the first batch of the new LRVs is expected to enter passenger service in 2019. Deliveries are due to end in 2023.
CHINA: CRRC Qingdao Sifang rolled out the first of 93 eight-car metro trainsets for Hong Kong on December 21. It is expected to enter passenger service in the second half of 2018, with deliveries of the entire order scheduled to be completed in 2023. In 2015 Hong Kong MTR ...
CHINA: MTR Corp has awarded a HK$745m contract to CRRC Nanjing Puzhen for the supply of 40 light rail vehicles. These are intended to augment the fleet and replace the 30 Phase 2 LRVs in service since 1992. The first of the new LRVs are due to enter passenger ...
