Korail wins Manila metro consultancy contract
TINNews
KOREA’s national train operator Korail has be awarded a Won 5bn ($US 4.3m) consultancy contract for Manila metro Line MRT-7 from San Miguel Holdings’ subsidiary Universal LRT, which is implementing the project.
Korail will oversee construction of the 22.8km 14-station line from Quezon City to Bulacan and production of 108 trains by Hyundai-Rotem which are due to be completed in 2019 in time for the opening of the line in April 2020. Hyundai-Rotem is also responsible for signalling, communications, and power supply.
