Thales wins Taiwan LRT contract

Thales has been awarded a contract by China Steel Corporation for the implementation of a signalling system for the extension of the light rail transit (LRT) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With almost 2.8 million inhabitants, Kaohsiung is the country’s second largest city and was the first city in Taiwan to launch a tramway project in 2012. It was also the first to deploy a modern electric tramway system. The current line has 14 stations and the extension will add a further 23. The completed 22-kilometer circula
January 19, 2017 Read time: 1 min
596 Thales has been awarded a contract by China Steel Corporation for the implementation of a signalling system for the extension of the light rail transit (LRT) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

With almost 2.8 million inhabitants, Kaohsiung is the country’s second largest city and was the first city in Taiwan to launch a tramway project in 2012. It was also the first to deploy a modern electric tramway system. The current line has 14 stations and the extension will add a further 23. The completed 22-kilometer circular line will have interchanges at both ends of the two existing metro lines.

As part of this four and a half year contract, Thales will handle the signalling, including the supply of interlocking systems, traffic light priority systems as well as the automatic vehicle localisation system.

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