The Japanese Hitachi and the French Transdev prevailed over the European Siemens and Alstom to supply rolling stock for the new metro line in Toronto, Canada, which will build the Vinco gala and the Spanish Ferrovial, as advanced by elEconomista.es. Thus, the teams that will build and commission this new transport in the city are advancing and it is expected that they will sign the contracts before the end of the year.

According to the list of companies that convinced the Toronto Transportation Authority, the consortium called Connect 6ixformed by Transdev and Hitachi themselves, accompanied by Plenary Americas, will benefit from the financial advice of the National Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to carry out the supply of rolling stock, its maintenance, and the operations of the new Ontario line of the metro of the city ​​that will involve the investment, according to the data of the project itself, of more than 10,000 million Canadian dollars, that is to say around 8 billion eurosmost of which will be dedicated to the construction of the tunnel and the stations for which Ferrovial and Vinci will be responsible.

Two other teams that had been pre-selected were excluded from this match. The first of these, ONConnects, was led by Canadian companies Aecon, Siemens Mobility and Keolis and the financial advisory firm of Scotia Capital. The second, ONLineLinx, had French Alstom, British John Laing and construction-side support from the Canadian subsidiary of Spanish FCC. On the operations side, this last team was the headliner of the international subsidiary of the German giant Deutsche Bahn. But all were left out of the project.

15 kilometers and 15 stations

The new Ontario line of the Toronto subway will consist of a route of 15.6 kilometers and a journey time of approximately 30 minutes with stops at 15 stations along the way, according to official documentation. The singularity of the project lies in the conjunction of underground and elevated sections, depending on the part of the route in which it is located.

The Toronto Department of Transportation estimates that 388,000 daily passengers will use this new line once its construction is complete. In addition, its commissioning aims to provide faster, more frequent and more reliable access to transportation for more than 255,000 people who will live within a 10-minute walk of a station on the Ontario line. In addition, it will be used to decongest line 1 of the city’s metro, according to the city’s transport network.

This contract is divided into three main lots, one for the construction of the northern part of the route and another for the southern part. There is also a third lot, that awarded to Transdev and Hitachi, which will concern the design, supply, operation and maintenance of the trains, as well as the design of the tracks and Wi-Fi and passenger communications. In addition, they will be in charge of integrating the fare equipment into the city’s Presto system.

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