Taichung is Taiwan’s second-largest city, located in central Taiwan.
ST Engineering’s urban solutions business will provide turnkey rail services for Taiwan’s new Taichung MRT Blue Line. This is part of a broader contract with consortium partners Alstom Transport, CTCI Corporation and Hyundai Rotem Company, which will provide the signalling system, power supply system and rolling stock respectively.
In an April 10 announcement, ST Engineering says it was awarded the contract worth some $1.4 billion from the Rapid Transit System Bureau of Taichung City Government. The contracted scope covers a period of about 14 years and is expected to start in 2Q2025.
