Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has commenced commercial operations for the Macau Light Rapid Transit (Macau LRT) Seac Pai Van and Hengqin Extension Lines.
The Seac Pai Van Line, which includes two new stations and a transfer station extension of more than 1.6 km, opened in November, while the Hengqin Line, with two station extensions of more than 2.2 km, opened this month .
The Seac Pai Van Line will improve access to a new major general hospital and ease traffic between the Macau Peninsula and Taipa Island.
The Hengqin Line aims to strengthen economic development by increasing cross-border traffic with mainland China.
A consortium consisting of MHI, Top Builders Macau and Hou Chun Construction and Engineering carried out the project.
The extensions build on the existing Taipa Line, which MHI completed in 2019, and are expected to improve transport links to Seac Pai Van, a residential area, and to Hengqin in mainland China.
The Taipa Line’s 110 cars will also serve the new extensions.
MHI’s role included the provision of automatic guideway transit systems (AGT), including signals, communications systems, power supply facilities, trackwork, platform doors and fare charging machinery, excluding the construction of station buildings and civil engineering works.
MHI also received an order from Macau’s Public Works Bureau (DSOP) in February this year to supply an AGT system for the Macau LRT East Line.
The company will oversee the entire system, including signals, communications, power distribution, guidance, platform doors and automated fare collection, except for station building construction and civil engineering works.
The project includes six station extensions spanning 7.65 km, connecting the Macau Peninsula and the Chinese border gate at Gongbei.
Last year, MHI completed the construction and delivery of the Macau LRT Barra Extension line.
The company also signed an agreement to extend its contract with the Philippine Department of Transportation to continue providing maintenance services for the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 (MRT-3).
MHI plans to continue providing solutions such as the ΣSynX (Sigma Syncs) Supervision technology, with the aim of contributing to a low-carbon society through clean transportation modes such as the AGT systems.
“Macau LRT Seac Pai Van and Hengqin Extension Lines Enter into Service” was originally created and published by Railway Technology, a brand owned by GlobalData.
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