Thales has been selected by metro operator CCR Metrô Bahia to provide a signalling solution for lines 1 and 2 of the new metro in Salvador, Brazil’s third largest city.
Thales will deliver its world leading SelTrac communications-based train control (CBTC) signalling solution, providing fully automatic driverless operation. Lines 1 and 2 cover a combined distance of 31 kilometres and serve 19 stations.
The new metro will be part of an integrated transportation system, serving Luiz Eduardo Magalhães
French driverless shuttle company Navya and the South Australian State Government have agreed on plans to establish Navya’s Asia-Pacific manufacturing facility in Adelaide. Navya’s ARMA shuttles are electric, 100 per cent driverless and can carry up to 15 people.
South Australia hosted the first demonstration of a driverless vehicle in Australia in 2015, while Adelaide hosted the inaugural International Driverless Cars Conference in November 2015.
The New Taipei City government has awarded Thales a US$18.5 million 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.
Local Taiwan company China Steel, along with its subsidiaries United Steel Engineering and Construction and Taiwan Rolling Stock, will construct the project’s Phase 1 Corridors, including the Green M
