Colas Rail, leader of a consortium that includes Thales and Egis, has been selected by Mitsubishi Corporation to design and build the turnkey rail system for the first underground line of the Metro Manila Subway, for a total contract value of about €1 billion, of which €760 million* for Colas Rail. The contract, the first secured by Colas Rail in the Philippines, further reinforce the company’s position as a system integrator for major rail infrastructure.

The project involves the design and construction of a 35-km long entirely underground subway line with 15 stations, linking East Valenzuela in northern Manila to Terminal 3 of Ninoy-Aquino International Airport in the south of the capital city, which will save more than an hour over the entire route compared to an identical journey by car. This first subway line will also reinforce the existing aboveground light rail network. Colas Rail will carry out the engineering and system integration, track, CBTC (Communication Based Train Control) signaling, power distribution, overhead lines, and depot equipment, for a total of €760 million euros*.

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