METRO QUITO
CAF is the supplier of the first metro line units in the city of Quito. Each new unit is made up of 6 cars. These are vehicles designed for mass transit under the highest quality and safety standards, and can run at a maximum speed of 100 km/h.
Trains are fitted with wide gangways for ease of passenger traffic laong train cars, as well as dedicated areas for Persons with Reduced Mobility. In addition, units are equipped with four doors on each car side for optimum flow of boarding and exiting passengers at line stations.
Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador is the second most populated city in the country with approximately 2.5 million inhabitants. This first metro line will comprise 15 stations along the 23 Km line, from Quitumbe in the south to El Labrador in the north.
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Technical data sheet
- CompositionTc-M-M-M-M-Tc
- Train length (mm): 109,104
- Total Passenger Capacity 1,259 (6p/m2)
- Maximum speed (km/h) 100
- Equipment
- Event Recorder
- Fire detection
- Tetra radio system
- 8 access doors per car
- PRM access ramp
- Evacuation ladder
- Brake system
- Gangway
- Train Control and Monitoring System (TCMS)