Taiwan Railway Administration orders 50 EMUs from Hitachi
Hitachi previously supplied a fleet of TEMU 1000 inter-city EMUs to TRA.
TAIWAN Railway Administration (TRA) and its procurement agent the Bank of Taiwan signed a $NT 44.3bn ($US 1.6bn) contract with Hitachi on January 15 for 50 12-car inter-city EMUs.
TRA is procuring the 150km/h 25kV 60Hz trains as part of its 2015 – 2024 Train Procurement and Renewal Plan.
Delivery of the 1067mm-gauge trains will begin in 2021.
Hitachi was competing in the tender against Stadler, which offered a train based on its Smile EMU platform.
Hitachi previously supplied 64 TEMU 1000 inter-city EMUs to TRA in two batches between 2007 and 2015.
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