CAF has won a CBTC contract for the Helsinki metro, awarded by Metropolitan Area Transport, Helsinki City Transport, and Länsimetro, which own, manage, and operate the Finnish capital’s metro network. The contract is worth over 60 million EUR.
The Spanish company CAF will modernize the entire signaling infrastructure by implementing the CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) system developed by CAF, called OPTIO.
As part of the CBTC contract, CAF will also supply the control center and modernize the existing rolling stock consisting of M300 trains, previously delivered by CAF, which will be equipped with on-board CBTC systems.
The Helsinki metro network, approximately 43 km long, connects the Finnish capital to the neighboring city of Espoo via its two lines. Opened in 1982, the network has 30 stations and serves over 78 million passengers annually.
The main objectives of the project, which will be implemented gradually, include modernizing the system to increase reliability and enhancing the degree of operational automation. At the same time, the modernisation will allow for an increase in train frequency to meet anticipated demand in the coming years. All this will be achieved through the implementation of an advanced signalling solution, scheduled to enter commercial operation by the end of this decade.
The CBTC contract represents a new milestone for CAF, strengthening the company’s commitment to the railway signaling segment and marking an important achievement in the field of automatic metro operation, following the contract obtained for the Naples metro.
CAF has delivered 25 metro trains to the Helsinki network in recent years. The Scandinavian region is also a strategic and growing market for CAF, where the company has carried out other projects, including the delivery of trains for the line connecting Oslo to the airport, trams for cities such as Stockholm, Oslo, and Lund, as well as two major contracts to supply new regional trains for Swedish operators Transitio AB and SJ AB.
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