CRRC wins ‘largest’ rail car deal in US
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CHINA’S CRRC Corp said it has won its second major contract in the United States after the Chicago transport authority accepted its US$1.3 billion bid to build rail cars for the city.
“This is the largest subway car project that a Chinese railway equipment company has received from a developed country to date. ‘Made in China’ rail is set to land in the United States’ Chicago,” the company said in an e-mailed statement.
China’s railway firms are encouraged to bid for contracts in overseas markets but have so far been successful mostly in developing markets. Chinese firms have also expressed interest in building high-speed rail lines in California and Nevada.
The Chicago Transit Authority said it had awarded the order to build 846 7000-series rail cars to CRRC subsidiary CSR Sifang America, which had submitted the lowest bid. It did not name the other bidders.
The company, formed from the merger of former rivals CNR Corp and China CSR, won its first US contract in 2014 when CNR was awarded a US$567 million deal to supply subway trains to Boston.
CSR will build a new US$40 million factory in Chicago, with the aim of seeing the first cars going into service in 2020.
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