| Alcatel-Lucent and Thales to provide signalling system for Beijing metro Daxing line |
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The FINANCIAL -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Thales on November 9 announced that they have been selected by Beijing MTR Corporation to provide a turnkey signalling solution for the Daxing line metro project.
The new trunk metro line is expected to be operational by the end of 2010 and follows the successful recent implementation of the Beijing metro Line 4. Alcatel-Lucent , through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, its Chinese flagship company, and Thales are part of a consortium that also comprises Beijing Hua-Tie Information Technology Development CO. (HT).
The 22 km-long Daxing line will include 11 stations and will connect Daxing district in south suburban Beijing with downtown through to the Beijing metro line 4. It will help to ease the traffic load while providing the inhabitants with a faster, safer and more convenient travelling experience.
Under the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will be responsible for network integration service, as well as consulting, design, and engineering services. Thales will provide its industry-leading SelTrac Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) system.
“Beijing’s mass-transit network is expected to be the world's largest by 2015. The state-of-art engineering services of Alcatel-Lucent and the advanced signalling technologies from Thales will ensure the safety, quality and reliability of the new metro Daxing line,”said Mr.Cao Jiantang, Deputy General Manager for Daxing line project management office, Beijing MTR Construction Administration Corporation.
“This contract complements our previous achievements in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou,” said Olivia Qiu, president of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell and president of Alcatel-Lucent East Asia. “They reflect the strong confidence our Chinese customers have in the solution and integration service the team brought and further highlight the expertise of the team in serving the urban railway industry.”
“This contract further confirms Thales' leadership on the CBTC signalling market in China. I am really proud that Thales’s world leading CBTC technology, Seltrac is providing millions of passengers from the largest Chinese cities with a reliable and safe metro service,” said Jean-Pierre Forestier, Vice President, Managing Director of Thales’s Rail Signalling activity.
Alcatel-Lucent and Thales have been selected by the municipalities of Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan and Guangzhou to provide turnkey signalling solutions for their metro projects.Alcatel-Lucent is the network integrator of choice for carriers and enterprises seeking to solve complex communications challenges. Thales is a worldwide leader in the supply of fully automated train control and communications solutions.
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