CRRC nets contract for Chilean rail routes

The sketch design of electric multiple units for Chilean State Railways by CRRC Sifang, a unit of China Railway Rolling Stock. CRRC Sifang, a unit of China Railway Rolling Stock — the country's largest rolling stock manufacturer by production volume — was officially awarded the contract to build multiple electric units for Chilean State Railways, also known as EFE. It was the largest single rolling stock order in EFE's history according to CRRC Sifang, based in Qingdao, Shandong province. Of the 32 trains, 22 will be deployed to the new 61-kilometer commuter line running west from Alameda station in Santiago to Melipilla, with the remaining 10 planned for a new route north from Alameda to Quinta Normal and Batuco, according to a report from International Railway Journal, a leading international publication on global railways.