:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/M7IKVPONMBHETPDSIMVSI6LBME.jpg "New Line 1: after delivery of the works, they will carry out tests with convoys")
After eight months of closure for repair and maintenance of the line 1 of the Public Transport System (CS) Metrothe first phase of the civil works was delivered by the Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaumand now the start of the tests will be carried out.
“Today, at the promised time, we are delivering the civil engineering works. And after? The test of the first 10 metro trains is coming, these are the ones that were already running”.
The tests will be carried out with the 10 units that line 1 had for service in the still active section. To do this, their operating software has been adapted so that it is consistent with that used by New line 1.
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The repair works of the first section of the pink line have already been completed, among the improvements stands out the change of tracks, wiring and lighting inside the stations
Likewise, this software will be used by the 29 trains that will go to the Pink Line. The start of the tests will be completed with the wiring of “some systems that need to be placed”.
According to a press release from public transport, this first phase of modernization of stations Elizabeth the Catholic A Pantitlan It included the change of tracks, rails, sleepers, replacement of ballast and drainage pipes, cabling, construction of three new high capacity shafts, among other actions.
During the test period, the president assured that they will visit the facilities every 15 days with the media to show the progress of what is being done. These will take place from March 1 until May.
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The renovation project includes the integration of 29 new state-of-the-art trains with interconnected carriages
“The tests, according to the experts, according to the companies, well You have to give them time to be sure. and as safe as possible,” said Dr. Sheinbaum Pardo.
It was in the afternoon of February 28 that the president of the capital, during a press conference with officials of STC Metro, gave details of the delivery and the modifications made within the stations closed for their modernization, in which it ensured that an investment of 37 million pesos.
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For this, an international call for tenders was launched in 2020 and advised by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and which brings together 25 winning companies, including Chinese, Spanish, French, Mexican and German.
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