Thales was awarded a EUR 17M contract for the design and manufacture of signalling, communications and Operational Control Centre (OCC) systems for the Danhai Light Rail Transit project, Taiwan’s second Tramway line and one of the first Tramway projects in Asia Pacific.
Taiwan’s local industry China Steel Corp., along with its subsidiaries United Steel Engineering & Construction Corp. and Taiwan Rolling Stock Co., will construct Danhai’s Light Rail Phase 1 Corridors, including the Green Mountain Line (11 stations), a section of Blue Ocean Line (3 stations) and a depot. This project, expected to be completed in 2018, will run a total of approximately 10km.
In undertaking this project, the New Taipei City government is preparing its public transportation infrastructure in anticipation of expected population growth, Danhai being in close proximity to Taiwan’s capital city Taipei. The government has further plans to build at least four other similar lines in the next four to seven years.
The Danhai project is the first to employ a local Taiwanese solution to which Thales will bring its global expertise and knowledge of critical rail system solutions. Thales has already delivered numerous metro projects in Malaysia, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and China. This first LRT project in Taiwan represents a key milestone for Thales extending its footprint in Asia.
