Hitachi: Ships new models for Thai Railways: Bangkok, Red Line Project

Hitachi: Ships new models for Thai Railways: Bangkok, Red Line Project

Hitachi:

On September 25, 10 new vehicles were shipped for the Thai National Railway Bangkok Red Line Project.

The new vehicles are transported from the Kasado Works (Kamamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) in 6 cars for the 1st train and 4 cars for the 2nd train.

Schedule of driving test:

The shipped vehicles will begin testing in January 2020 after arriving in Thailand in October.

State Railway of Thailand (SRT):

On March 30, 2016, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Sumitomo Corporation received a joint order from Thai National Railways.

By June 2020, all 25 trains (130 cars) will be shipped.

Railway channel

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/tetsudo-ch.com/9788291.html/amp

https://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2019/09/0925.html