LTA awards $749m contract for 10-door trains

Guess who walked away with fatter pockets.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced Wednesday that a contract worth approximately $749 million has been awarded to the Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd/CSR Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd/Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Consortium for the purchase of 91 new four–car trains for the Thomson and Eastern Region Lines.

These trains are the first in the country to have five doors on each side of every car. They are also driverless and fully automated.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has been in the railway manufacturing industry for over a century. In Singapore, Kawasaki is the supplier with the most number of trains on the North South East West Line (NSEWL).

The Consortium is in progress of delivering 13 trains this year and a further 28 from 2016.

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