CSR delivers 300 train sets to Argentina
Published: Mon, 2015-03-09 09:04The Company CSR Qingdao Sifang of China is about to deliver the first four-car EMUs for Argentine Roca commuter network in Buenos Aires. After 90 days of trials with the first train set, the new CSR fleet is due to enter service in August
At a cost of US$354m, the government has ordered a total of 300 cars for the Roca network, electrified at 25 kV AC. A batch of 60 cars was shipped from China on February 15, due to be followed by 60 cars later this month, 59 in April, 60 in May and the final batch of 57 in June.
Each 25 m long car can accommodate 220 passengers. The new fleet is to comprise three-car and four-car EMUs, capable of operating in pairs. The maximum speed of each air-conditioned train set is 120 km/h.
Electrification of the Roca route between Buenos Aires and La Plata is due to be completed at the end of this year. As well as cutting the fastest journey time from 1 h 20 min to 55 min, this would enable the peak service frequency to be increased from a train every 25 min to every 12 min.