Siemens has contracted to deliver 72 new cars for the Shanghai Subway Co. by 2007.

Siemens signed the deal in association with its Chinese partner Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Plant. The deal also includes the renovation of the former 24 subway cars it made for Shanghai Subway, which would add the number of carriages from six to eight for each car.

The new subway cars' carrying capacity will reach 2,480 passengers each from the present 1,860 passengers a car each.

Siemens is not only a provider for Shanghai's subway cars, but also the metropolitan's subway signal, power supply and telecommunications systems. It signed a contract to provide Shanghai's No. 2 Subway Line with 168 subway cars in 2002.

Source: Xinhua