PANAMA: The first test run on the Panamá City metro has taken place between Albrook and 5 de Mayo. The 2 km test run on September 13 took place at the southern end of the 13·7 km line, which is now 92% complete.
The 13-station Line 1 is being built by a consortium of FCC, Odebrecht and Alstom under a contract awarded in 2010. The budget is US$1·8bn, including a fleet of 19 three-car Alstom Metropolis trainsets.
Line 1 is expected to carry 15 000 passengers/h in 2014, rising to 40 000 by 2035.
PANAMA: Alstom has delivered the first three of 19 three-car Metropolis trainsets for the Panamá City metro. The trains are being built at Alstom’s Santa Perpètua de Mogoda factory in Spain and have recently been undergoing tests on the FGC network in Barcelona. The trains will be used on ...
PANAMA: A Metropolis trainset built for Line 1 of the Panamá City metro by Alstom Transport at its Santa Perpètua de Mogoda plant in Spain has begun eight weeks of traction, braking and endurance trials on the FGC network in Barcelona. Based at FGC’s Rubí depot, the trainset is being ...
PANAMA: President Ricardo Martinelli has announced the start of tendering for Panamá City metro Line 2 saying 'we are going to transform the former transport chaos in Panamá into a safe, reliable system for all citizens'. The president was speaking during a visit to Herrenknecht's tunnel boring machine plant in ...
