The first car is unveiled, China's plan to promote the local construction of Mexican subways

CTOnews.com, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) recently, the first train made locally on Mexico City Metro Line 1 was released in the state of Cretaro, according to the official news of China Railway Corporation. This is another landmark achievement of CRRC's first overseas "system +" project.

On November 24, local time, Guillermo Calderon, director of the Mexico City Metro Bureau, released the overall modernization project of Mexico City Metro Line 1, fully affirming the progress and quality of the project.

According to reports, the train design of the project is very Mexican, with tough shape and bright colors. The train is composed of 9 sections (6 moving and 3 towing), with a maximum operating speed of 80 km / h, 150.9 m long and 2.52 m wide, with a maximum capacity of 2252 passengers, which can meet the slope climbing capacity of 8% and the curve radius capacity of 45 m.

The ▲ diagram shows that the bogie adopts the structure of running with large rubber wheels and guided by small rubber wheels, which can effectively reduce the noise generated during operation and adapt to the local terrain conditions in Mexico. At the same time, the vehicle is equipped with steel wheels as safety wheels, which can ensure safe operation in extreme cases and achieve "double insurance".

CTOnews.com learned that in December 2020, CRRC Corporation and CRRC Hong Kong Company successfully won the bid for the overall modernization project of Mexico City Metro Line 1. According to the contract, 27 new cars need to be manufactured locally in Mexico.