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Today, for the first time, one of the Thessaloniki Metro trains moved on the rails of the Pylea Depot, passing a few hundred meters on the line. The train, with a total length of 60 meters, made up of four wagons each 15 meters long, moved at a maximum speed of 7 km on the test track (normally, in the tunnel, it will reach 80 km / h ), essentially taking your first ride with. ..the public of passengers, since until now the majority of executives of the construction company had approached it on the fly.
The first passengers were the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Coasts Karamanlis, the Secretary General, George Karagiannis, as well as the management of ATTICA METRO and executives of the wagon manufacturer, Hitachi.
The train tests began about a month ago, as announced by the president of ATTICA METRO SA, Nikos Tachiaos, speaking with APE-MPE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy1b1vtDkoY
So far, Hitachi has delivered nine trains to ATTICA METRO, while the next delivery is scheduled for September 16, which means that by mid-month more than half of the trains will be in Thessaloniki (18 in total will be in the main line). .
Furthermore, “by the end of 2020 we estimate that we will have announced the tender for 15 trains in the Kalamaria extension,” clarified Mr. Tachiaos, adding that the trains arrive in Greece in two parts and are assembled on site. After the assembly of the driverless trains, the so-called SAT (Stand Alone Tests) tests are carried out, the objective of which is to check the functionality of the wagons themselves (for example, if they start smoothly or if the doors open and close correctly) , a trial period with driver is followed and then the software goes from driver mode (with driver) to driverless mode, which – as the minister pointed out by the representative of Hitachi, Domenico Fontinguera – eliminates the possibility of human error in the movement of the subway.
As he has pointed out, “the interesting part begins in 2021 and specifically in October, when the test period of the trains in the tunnels will begin, throughout the line.”
On this inaugural train route, the Minister and Secretary General were accompanied by Mr. Tachiaos and ATTIKO METRO CEO Dimitris Kouretas, as well as Hitachi executives. Mr. Karamanlis was previously informed about the progress of the works on the electromechanical equipment of the Metro and toured the wagons.
Subsequently, Mr. Karamanlis and Mr. Karagiannis visited the Metro station under construction in Kalamaria, where the mayor, Giannis Dardamanelis, said – after the visit – that in less than two weeks the sheets will be removed from the construction site in the Metamorphoseos street.
(Photos: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ / ΑΧΙΛΛΕΑΣ ΧΙΡΑΣ)
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