Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos (HKL), the public transport operator in the city of Helsinki, has chosen CAF for the procurement of five M300 series metro units. These will be added to the 20 trains that CAF previously supplied to the Finnish capital’s metro system.
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(05/03/2020)
These new 4-car units will be similar to the existing M300 units, already in commercial service, thus increasing the current Helsinki Metro fleet from 45 to 50 trains as, aside from the 20 M300 CAF-produced trains, 6 M200 series trains and 19 M100 series trains are also currently in operation.
The new trains will span a length of 90 metres with a passenger capacity of 575. They will be fully accessible from end to end facilitating passenger circulation between cars on route. The contract includes the supply of spare parts and the trains are scheduled to be delivered over the course of 2022, with a view towards catering for the traffic increase forecast.
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