Siemens station management system for Hong Kong metro

Siemens is to supply the IT and communication technology for Hong Kong's East-West Line. The order, worth around US$39.92 million, from local metro operator MTR Corporation, includes the supply of the station management system, which controls and monitors functions such as emergency call points, traction power supply, tunnel ventilation, overhead line fire detection, passenger information systems and escalators. Hong Kong's East-West Line is being created by connecting the West Rail Line to the Ma On Shan L
August 8, 2013 Read time: 1 min
189 Siemens is to supply the IT and communication technology for Hong Kong's East-West Line.

The order, worth around US$39.92 million, from local metro operator MTR Corporation, includes the supply of the station management system, which controls and monitors functions such as emergency call points, traction power supply, tunnel ventilation, overhead line fire detection, passenger information systems and escalators.

Hong Kong's East-West Line is being created by connecting the West Rail Line to the Ma On Shan Line by a new 17 kilometre Shatin to Central Link, thus creating a continuous east-west link on which the trains run fully automatically. The route, which is some 58 kilometres in length and includes 27 stations, will be the longest of Hong Kong's eight lines when it is commissioned in 2018.
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