ABB has won a contract worth $56 million from Bombardier Transportation to supply AC traction motors for new trains that will run on the London Underground.
The 190 new trains are part of Metronet Rail’s $30 billion program to upgrade nine of the 12 lines in London’s underground rail network which carries nearly one billion passengers annually. The seven- and eight-car trains will run on the network’s sub-surface lines (the District, Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines).
The motors are based on Bombardier’s design and will be integrated into the propulsion and control system which is being manufactured by Bombardier in Sweden. The completed trains will be built in England at the Bombardier site in Derby.
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