Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., has been awarded orders totalling $17.3 million from Alstom Transport S.A. to supply train car body module components for new trains on the Singapore North East Line (NEL) and Circle Line (CCL).
According to the orders, Midas will supply train car body module components for 18 train sets (1 train set = 6 train cars), or 108 train cars for the NEL, and 24 train sets (1 train set = 3 train cars), or 72 train cars for the CCL.
In February 2013, Singapore’s Transport Minister announced that transport operator, SMRT Corporation, will spend about $1.75 billion from 2013 to 2019 to upgrade and purchase assets for its rail network. As part of this upgrade, SMRT will spend $750 million to purchase additional trains for its Mass Railway Transit and Light Rail Transit lines, including 24 new trains for the Circle line.
