Beijing trams equipped with AB brain
AnsaldoBreda, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract with CNR Dalian, belonging to the Chinese industrial group CNR Group, for the supply of 31 traction equipment and TCMS (train monitoring control system) intended to Sirio trams.
The contract, worth a total of 19 million €, relates to the Sirio that will run through the city of Beijing. Manufactured by CNR Dalian, the 31 vehicles will adopt the technology of AB that with the Chinese industrial railway giant has signed, in 2012, a ten-year agreement for the sale and the transfer of the AnsaldoBreda technology related to the Sirio platform in China.
In this context, the 31 traction equipment and TCMS for the city of Beijing add to those related to the contract for 11 trams already operating in the city of Zhuhai and represent a further step forward towards the opening to markets with great potential for development such as China.
Pictures above: Samples of trams built by AnsaldoBreda (photo courtesy of AnsaldoBreda)
Pininfarina designs the Regional Service Train of AnsaldoBreda
Pininfarina will sign the modern design of the TSR train (Regional Service Train) which was object, in these days, of a contract worth about 100 million euros between AnsaldoBreda, a Finmeccanica’s subsidiary, and Ferrovie Nord public transport company for the construction of seven trains.
TSR trains have long made up the backbone of Lombardy’s public transport system. It is a double-decker train for high-capacity suburban and regional lines, with a body structure consisting of scalable train sets of 3, 4, 5 and 6 cars. The TSR also guarantees the same performance for all possible train formations and has a high accelerating power which maximizes performance on lines with frequent stops, optimizing regional and suburban transit times. In the design phase the intervention of Pininfarina was focused on the volume of the cylinder head and the interior design.
Pininfarina has extensive experience in the rail industry, having designed the interiors and exteriors of Italy’s high-speed trains (ETR X 500), rolling stocks for Swiss, Danish and Norwegian Railways, automated light rail cars in Lille, northern France, and trams for cities in Italy, Greece, Sweden and Turkey. Pininfarina is also cooperating with Eurostar International Limited, the high-speed passenger train operator between the UK and mainland Europe: Pininfarina will be responsible for the design of the interiors and external livery of both the new Eurostar e320 and the upgraded existing Eurostar fleet
