Faiveley Transport (
www.faiveleytransport.com), which has its headquarters in France and 55 sites world-wide, has been awarded a contract worth over 50 million euros by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd to supply couplers and door systems for the Hong Kong metro’s new eight-car trains, which will replace the first-generation fleet currently operating there. The 93 new trains were ordered in July 2015 by Hong Kong’s metro operator, MTR Corporation.
Faiveley Transport’s contract includes the design, manufacture and delivery of door systems (external sliding-type access doors and sliding-plug cabin doors) as well as coupler systems (automatic and semi-permanent couplers).
It will involve the group’s sites in Witten (Germany) and Shanghai, with support from its Hong Kong site for tests and commissioning assistance. Delivery will be spread over a period from the end of 2016 to the middle of 2023.
Faiveley Transport is a long-standing and major supplier to the Hong Kong metro. Jun He, president of its China division, said: “Our experience and technical expertise — combined with our strong customer relationships — have been instrumental in our being selected.
"More than a year after the creation of our dedicated China Division, these contracts are further testimony of our group’s ability to satisfy its customers’ requirements and demonstrate the confidence that our Chinese customers have in Faiveley Transport as a key rail systems supplier in the Greater China region.”