ITALY: Torino metro project promoter Infra.To has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract to design and supply driverless trains and signalling systems for the future metro Line 2 which will run 10 km from Rebaudengo to Politecnico.
There is a €388·5m base contract for the initial 7·7 km 10-station Rebaudengo – Porta Nuova section which is scheduled to open in 2033, and a €93·1m option for the Porta Nuova – Politecnico second section. The long-planned line will augment the existing Line 1 which opened in 2006 and has been extended several times. Line 1 uses the rubber-tyred VAL technology supplied by Siemens Mobility as successor to French company Matra.
Trainsets and CBTC
The base order includes 12 four-car steel-wheel trainsets, with an option for two more trainsets for the extension. Each set will have a capacity of 68 seated and 336 standing passengers, with two spaces for passengers with reduced mobility and four bicycle spaces.
They will be equipped with Hitachi’s HMAX for Rail digital asset management system. This combines sensors, artificial intelligence and edge computing to collect vehicle and line data in real time to monitor the system and enable prompt intervention when necessary.
Hitachi Rail is to supply its latest-generation communications-based train control supporting GoA4 unattended automatic operation.
‘The collaboration with Hitachi Rail will enable the city to equip itself with a modern, fully automated, and highly technological infrastructure in line with the most advanced international standards’, said Infra.To CEO Bernardino Chiaia on March 4. ‘Infra.To and the city of Torino thus continue their commitment to developing an efficient, safe, and sustainable public transport system.’
In the longer term further extensions are planned which would take Line 2 to 28 km long with 31 stations.
